Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Middlesbrough · Championship
Blackburn Rovers beat Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough met in the Championship at Ewood Park in Blackburn on Saturday, 22 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Blackburn Rovers: A. Guðjohnsen 49'; T. Cantwell 55'. Middlesbrough: J. Sarmiento 12'.
How the match went
Middlesbrough saw more of the ball, 71% of it. Blackburn Rovers had 6 shots with 5 on target, Middlesbrough 22 with 3 on target. There were 12 corners in total, 2 to Blackburn Rovers and 10 to Middlesbrough. Blackburn Rovers conceded 10 fouls, Middlesbrough 10. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (4 for Blackburn Rovers, 1 for Middlesbrough).
Line-ups
Blackburn Rovers started in a 4-2-3-1: Balázs Tóth, Ryan Alebiosu, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Harry Pickering, Sam Morsy, Kristi Montgomery, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Oladapo Afolayan, Andri Guðjohnsen.
Middlesbrough started in a 4-4-2: Radek Vitek, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Adilson Malanda, Maximilian Arfsten, Sebastian Berhalter, Myles Peart-Harris, Aidan Morris, Jeremy Sarmiento, Morgan Whittaker, Will Lankshear.
More from this competition: Championship fixtures, results and table.