Blackburn vs Middlesbrough 2-1
A. Gudjohnsen 49'
T. Cantwell 55'
J. Sarmiento 12'
Blackburn beat Middlesbrough 2-1 at Ewood Park, overturning Jorge Sarmiento's 12th-minute opener through Ali Gudjohnsen (49') and Tom Cantwell (55'). Middlesbrough enjoyed 71% possession and 22 shots to Blackburn's 6, but the hosts were more clinical, testing the keeper five times to the visitors' three.
Match note written by Pitcharium from the match data.Match timeline
- 12'J. Sarmiento assist M. Whittaker
- Oladapo Afolayan · Yellow card24'
- Sean McLoughlin · Yellow card45+2'
- A. Gudjohnsen assist H. Pickering49'
- T. Cantwell55'
- Sam Morsy · Yellow card58'
- 60'M. Peart-Harris for R. McGree
- 60'J. Sarmiento for K. Joseph
- O. Afolayan for J. Fevrier61'
- R. Morishita for M. Jorgensen61'
- S. Morsy for A. Forshaw69'
- A. Gudjohnsen for Y. Ohashi69'
- Todd Cantwell · Yellow card76'
- 77'M. Arfsten for Neto Borges
- 77'S. Berhalter for L. Castledine
- T. Cantwell for H. Carter80'
- 90'Will Lankshear · Yellow card
Match stats
Line-ups
Blackburn starting XI
- 22B. Toth
- 2R. Alebiosu
- 6T. Atcheson
- 15S. McLoughlin
- 3H. Pickering
- 8S. Morsy
- 31K. Montgomery
- 25R. Morishita
- 10T. Cantwell
- 21O. Afolayan
- 9A. Gudjohnsen
Blackburn bench · coach Tony Mowbray
Middlesbrough starting XI
- 1R. Vitek
- 2C. Brittain
- 12L. Ayling
- 29A. Malanda
- 17M. Arfsten
- 6S. Berhalter
- 14M. Peart-Harris
- 10A. Morris
- 16J. Sarmiento
- 11M. Whittaker
- 7W. Lankshear
Middlesbrough bench · coach Kim Hellberg
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Blackburn formlast ten
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Head-to-headlast 10 meetings
5Blackburn wins
3Draws
2Middlesbrough wins
2 - 1
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| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 13 | +13 | 28 |
| 2 |  Swansea | 13 | +7 | 26 |
| 3 |  Wolves | 13 | +7 | 24 |
| 4 |  West Brom | 13 | +5 | 24 |
| 5 |  Southampton | 13 | +15 | 23 |
| 6 |  Birmingham | 13 | +10 | 23 |
| 7 |  Stoke City | 13 | +4 | 23 |
| 8 |  West Ham | 13 | +15 | 22 |
| 9 |  QPR | 13 | +5 | 20 |
| 10 |  Sheffield Utd | 13 | +2 | 19 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 13 | +1 | 19 |
| 12 |  Millwall | 13 | +2 | 18 |
| 13 | Blackburn | 13 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 |  Norwich | 13 | -1 | 15 |
