ARENA RETE
IT
Head to head · season 2026/27 · Championship

Blackburn Rovers vs Middlesbrough

Two sides in the same league, read through the same numbers: who is ahead, who scores more, who keeps it tighter at the back. They meet on Tuesday 2 March at 20:45, Italian time.

Blackburn Rovers16th in ChampionshipvsMiddlesbrough3rd in Championship
9Points15
2-3-3Won-drawn-lost4-3-1
1.1Points per match1.9
12Goals for16
12Goals against12
1Clean sheets1
DWLLDFormDDWWD
—Current run2 draws in a row
2-0-2 · 6 ptsAt home (W-D-L)3-1-0 · 10 pts
0-3-1 · 3 ptsAway (W-D-L)1-2-1 · 5 pts
7.4 in 8Expected goals for (xG)15.8 in 8
12.3Expected goals against (xG)9.2
6.72Average player rating6.85
Andri Guðjohnsen (3)Top scorerWill Lankshear (6)

This season's meetings

Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers, Tuesday 2 March at 20:45The match page, with line-ups and the live score.Open →

The data forecast

for Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday 2 March
Middlesbrough v Blackburn RoversArena Rete's estimate from goals, expected goals, attack and defence in the league
Middlesbrough 60%draw 21%Blackburn Rovers 19%
Most likely score2-110% on its own
Over or under 2.5 goalsOver61% over · 39% under
Both teams to scoreYes58% yes
Goals the model expects2.07 – 1.09Middlesbrough – Blackburn Rovers

Poisson model on 8 matches for Middlesbrough and 8 for Blackburn Rovers, actual goals and expected goals weighted equally; early in the season teams start from the league average. This is an estimate, not betting advice.

Previous meetings

every match in the archive
7Blackburn Rovers wins
6draws
2Middlesbrough wins

15 meetings in our data provider's archive · goals: Blackburn Rovers 13, Middlesbrough 9 · 1.5 per match

  1. 22 Aug 2026Blackburn Rovers2-1MiddlesbroughChampionship
  2. 21 Mar 2026Blackburn Rovers0-0MiddlesbroughChampionship
  3. 26 Dec 2025Middlesbrough0-0Blackburn RoversChampionship
  4. 4 Apr 2025Blackburn Rovers0-2MiddlesbroughChampionship
  5. 11 Jan 2025Middlesbrough0-1Blackburn RoversFA Cup
  6. 27 Nov 2024Middlesbrough0-1Blackburn RoversChampionship
  7. 16 Mar 2024Middlesbrough0-0Blackburn RoversChampionship
  8. 16 Sept 2023Blackburn Rovers2-1MiddlesbroughChampionship
  9. 29 Dec 2022Blackburn Rovers1-2MiddlesbroughChampionship
  10. 15 Oct 2022Middlesbrough1-2Blackburn RoversChampionship
  11. 24 Jan 2022Blackburn Rovers1-0MiddlesbroughChampionship
  12. 28 Aug 2021Middlesbrough1-1Blackburn RoversChampionship

and 3 older ones.

Tables are rebuilt from league results (points deductions not included); expected goals and ratings come from our data provider, where it supplies them. More in head to head.