📊 Form Guide

Blackburn Rovers

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Blackburn Rovers will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-2 Championship success vs Millwall.

In that game, Blackburn Rovers managed 53% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Blackburn Rovers was Mathias Jørgensen (80', 85'). At the other end, Millwall got 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Luke Cundle (54') was the scorer for Millwall.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Blackburn Rovers haven’t conceded. The facts show that Blackburn Rovers have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 8 goals during that time.

Their past results show that Blackburn Rovers:

• haven't beaten Middlesbrough in their previous 2 league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Middlesbrough

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In their last game, Middlesbrough drew 1-1 in the Championship match with Bristol City.

In that game, Middlesbrough had 69% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Middlesbrough was Leo Castledine (65'). Bristol City got 4 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Adam Randell (96') was the scorer for Bristol City.

A series of steadfast performances by the Middlesbrough defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their past 6 fixtures overall. During the same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 9. Putting that to one side, time will tell if that pattern will continue on in this next match.

Ahead of this clash, Middlesbrough have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings dating back to 16/09/2023 tells us that Blackburn Rovers have won 3 of these games and Middlesbrough 1, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

In all, 7 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 4 of them for Rovers and 3 being from The Boro. That’s an average goals per game of 1.17.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was Championship match day 23 on 26/12/2025 and the score finished Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn Rovers.

In that game, Middlesbrough had 53% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

Blackburn Rovers had 13 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was James Bell.

📰 Team News: Blackburn Rovers

It’s our opinion that Rovers will probably employ a 3-4-2-1 formation in the match with Balázs Tóth, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Eiran Cashin, Ryan Alebiosu, Adam Forshaw, T. Gardner-Hickman, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell and Mathias Jorgensen.

📋 Team News: Middlesbrough

There’s a good chance that The Boro seem likely to utilise a 4-4-2 lineup, settling for Solomon Brynn, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Adilson Malanda, Matthew Targett, Morgan Whittaker, Aidan Morris, Alan Browne, Riley McGree, Leo Castledine and David Strelec.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Blackburn Rovers will need things to go their way to be putting a goal past this Middlesbrough team who will likely score & stay on top.

Our tip is therefore for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 winning score for Middlesbrough when the full-time whistle blows.

Should be an interesting one.

Lucas Pereira, 12:03 21/03/2026