Match summary
Middlesbrough beat Blackburn 2-0 on the road. Middlesbrough led 2-0 at half-time.
Tommy Conway put Middlesbrough ahead in the 2nd minute and Samuel Iling Junior made it 0-2 in the 8th minute.
The chances backed that up: Middlesbrough created 0.92 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Blackburn's 0.46 from 7.
Before kick-off
Blackburn win
34%
Avg odds 2.82
Draw
28%
Avg odds 3.40
Middlesbrough win
38%
Avg odds 2.46
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.