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Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Michael Carrick is aiming for a crucial away win in the Championship on Friday night, as he takes his Middlesbrough side to the Ewood Park to visit Blackburn Rovers and Ryan Lowe. Statistics power the predictions below for seventeen markets, and flipping between them delivers bespoke analysis, including head to head (H2H), form and a whole lot more besides. Odds from leading bookmakers are also provided. Click on the tabs below to explore.

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Blackburn Rovers's next match is v Millwall at 15:00 on Friday 18th April
Middlesbrough's next match is v Plymouth at 15:00 on Friday 18th April
The last English Championship meeting between Blackburn and M'Boro was on Friday 4th April 2025
English Championship
April 4th 2025
Blackburn 0
2 M'Boro
 
2' T. Conway
8' S. Iling
 
BLB
MID
Shots On
2
3
Shots Off
4
7
Corners
4
3
Possession
53%
47%
Fouls
15
10
Yellow/red cards
2/0
 
BlackburnM'Boro
 
A. Pears
D. Batth
D. Hyam
Y. Oliveira Ribeiro
T. Cantwell
T. Dolan
J. Rankin-Costello
R. Hedges (C. Woodrow 79')
J. Buckley
L. Travis
M. Gueye (Y. Ohashi 46')
M. Travers
(R. van den Berg 33') V. Borges dos Santos Neto
A. Dijksteel
(R. Giles 86') F. Azaz
A. Morris
J. Howson
H. Hackney
(M. Forss 86') football iconT. Conway
(M. Whittaker 70') D. Burgzorg
football iconS. Iling
(D. Barlaser 85') K. Iheanacho

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Blackburn and M'Boro will score a minimum of a couple of between them during the standard 90 mins. This is based on each side's recent form stats, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 74%. The bookmakers have it at 1.30.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Blackburn are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 42% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.62.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Blackburn
42%
17/10
2%
-
Draw
26%
12/5
3%
-
M'Boro
32%
29/20
2%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2-
Blackburn 1-0
10%
17/2
12%
-
Blackburn 2-1
9%
9/1-
M'Boro 1-0
9%
8/1
13%
-
M'Boro 2-1
7%
17/2
5%
-
Blackburn 2-0
7%
14/1
15%
-
Draw 0-0
7%
10/1
16%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1
13%
-
M'Boro 2-0
5%
11/1-
Blackburn 3-1
4%
20/1
9%
-
Blackburn 3-0
3%
28/1-
M'Boro 3-1
3%
18/1
10%
-
Blackburn 3-2
3%
28/1
15%
-
M'Boro 3-2
2%
25/1
10%
-
M'Boro 3-0
2%
22/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
10/11
9%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
10/11
10%
-
Home 1st Goal
50%
11/10-
Away 1st Goal
46%
4/5
2%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
10/1
16%
-
BTTS - Yes
54%
8/11
4%
-
BTTS - No
46%
1/1
5%
-
BTTS - Home Win
20%
9/2-
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2-
BTTS - Away Win
15%
15/4
14%
-
Home/draw
68%
8/15
2%
-
Away/draw
58%
4/9
3%
-
Home/away
74%
3/10
2%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
2/7
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
11/4
10%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
12/5
9%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
1/3
3%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
5/1
14%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/8
2%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
12/1
13%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/25
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/20
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
10/1
16%
-
Home DNB
60%
1/1
5%
-
Away DNB
50%
8/11
4%
-
Blackburn win to nil
23%
4/1
11%
-
M'Boro win to nil
17%
10/3-
Blackburn / Blackburn
18%
7/2-
Blackburn / M'Boro
3%
25/1
10%
-
Blackburn / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Blackburn
13%
11/2
8%
-
Draw / M'Boro
14%
5/1-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
10%
-
M'Boro / Blackburn
3%
28/1-
M'Boro / M'Boro
21%
3/1
8%
-
M'Boro / Draw
7%
12/1
13%
-
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 39 matches so far this season and are in 11th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 6 and won 4. Blackburn have conceded 18 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Blackburn have played 19 games at home, winning 10, drawing 3 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 26 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

M'Boro lay in 7th place on 57 points in the Championship league table having played 39 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 29 games against teams below them in the table, winning 13, drawing 7 and losing 9 games. They have scored 50 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. M'Boro have conceded 35 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

M'Boro have played 19 away games, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 9 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Blackburn
M'Boro
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds42251345388 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1A
2
Burnley42241624488 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
3
Sheff Utd4226792483 
l
 
0-2A
May 3
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-1A
4
Sunderland42211381976 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 21
l
 
2-3F
l
 
1-0A
5
Bristol C42161610964 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1F
6
Coventry4218915563 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-3A
May 3
7
West Brom421418101260 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
8
M'Boro Away42179161060 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
-
-
9
Millwall42161214060 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
10
Blackburn Home4216818056 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
11
Watford4216818-556 
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
12
Swansea4215918-654 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
13
Norwich42131415553 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2F
Apr 26
d
 
3-3A
14
Sheff Wed42141117-853 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
3-3F
Apr 21
15
QPR42121416-650 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-4F
16
Preston42101913-849 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
17
Oxford Utd42121218-1748 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
w
 
2-6A
18
Stoke42111417-1147 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-3F
19
Portsmouth42121020-1646 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1F
20
Hull42111219-945 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
21
Derby42111021-1043 
w
 
4-2F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
22
Cardiff4291518-2142 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
23
Luton42101022-2640 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
5-1F
d
 
0-00-0
24
Plymouth4291320-3840 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
Apr 18
d
 
3-3A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Blackburn 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn1 - 2Cardiff
Blackburn1 - 1Norwich
Blackburn2 - 0Plymouth
Blackburn2 - 1Preston
Blackburn0 - 2Coventry
Blackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
Blackburn0 - 1Burnley
Blackburn0 - 1Hull
Blackburn2 - 2Sunderland
Blackburn2 - 0Luton
Blackburn1 - 0Leeds
Blackburn0 - 2Stoke
Blackburn0 - 2Sheff Utd
Blackburn0 - 0West Brom
Blackburn1 - 0Swansea
Blackburn2 - 0QPR
Blackburn3 - 0Bristol C
Blackburn2 - 1Oxford Utd
Blackburn4 - 2Derby
Blackburn0 - 0Coventry
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackburn0 - 1Portsmouth
HBlackburn1 - 2Cardiff
ABlackburn0 - 1Stoke
ABlackburn1 - 2Derby
HBlackburn1 - 1Norwich
ABlackburn0 - 3Swansea
HBlackburn2 - 0Plymouth
ABlackburn2 - 0West Brom
ABlackburn1 - 2QPR
HBlackburn2 - 1Preston
ABlackburn1 - 2Bristol C
HBlackburn0 - 2Coventry
ABlackburn0 - 1Oxford Utd
HBlackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
HBlackburn0 - 1Burnley
ABlackburn1 - 1Leeds
HBlackburn0 - 1Hull
HBlackburn2 - 2Sunderland
ABlackburn0 - 1Millwall
HBlackburn2 - 0Luton
M'Boro 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Luton0 - 0M'Boro
Swansea1 - 0M'Boro
Stoke1 - 3M'Boro
Bristol C2 - 1M'Boro
Sheff Utd3 - 1M'Boro
Preston2 - 1M'Boro
Portsmouth2 - 1M'Boro
Hull0 - 1M'Boro
Plymouth3 - 3M'Boro
Leeds3 - 1M'Boro
Burnley1 - 1M'Boro
Oxford Utd2 - 6M'Boro
QPR1 - 4M'Boro
Norwich3 - 3M'Boro
Watford2 - 1M'Boro
West Brom0 - 1M'Boro
Sunderland1 - 0M'Boro
Cardiff0 - 2M'Boro
Derby1 - 0M'Boro
Cardiff1 - 4M'Boro
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HM'Boro2 - 1Oxford Utd
AM'Boro0 - 0Luton
HM'Boro2 - 1QPR
AM'Boro0 - 1Swansea
HM'Boro1 - 0Derby
AM'Boro3 - 1Stoke
AM'Boro1 - 2Bristol C
HM'Boro0 - 1Watford
AM'Boro1 - 3Sheff Utd
HM'Boro2 - 3Sunderland
AM'Boro1 - 2Preston
HM'Boro2 - 0West Brom
AM'Boro1 - 2Portsmouth
HM'Boro1 - 1Cardiff
AM'Boro1 - 0Hull
HM'Boro0 - 0Burnley
HM'Boro3 - 3Sheff Wed
AM'Boro3 - 3Plymouth
HM'Boro1 - 0Millwall
AM'Boro1 - 3Leeds
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Blackburn since 1993
Blackburn
M'Boro
Goals: Scored
21
20
Games: Scored
15 / 22
13 / 22
Clean sheets
9 / 22
7 / 22
BLB
9
D
8
MID
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Blackburn2 - 1
1 - 2M'Boro
Blackburn1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Blackburn1 - 0
0 - 1M'Boro
Blackburn2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Blackburn1 - 0
1 - 2M'Boro
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Blackburn2 - 1
Blackburn3 - 2
0 - 4M'Boro
Draw2 - 2Draw
Blackburn1 - 0
0 - 1M'Boro
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Blackburn1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at M'Boro since 1992
M'Boro
Blackburn
Goals: Scored
20
22
Games: Scored
15 / 23
16 / 23
Clean sheets
7 / 23
8 / 23
BLB
8
D
8
MID
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT M'Boro
0 - 1Blackburn
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Blackburn
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Blackburn
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
M'Boro1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Blackburn
0 - 1Blackburn
0 - 2Blackburn
M'Boro1 - 0
0 - 1Blackburn
M'Boro1 - 0
1 - 3Blackburn
M'Boro2 - 1
M'Boro2 - 1
M'Boro2 - 0
M'Boro3 - 2
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Blackburn Rovers of late. It has been 6 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Friday night against Middlesbrough.

Blackburn 10th M'Boro 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Blackburn will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that M'Boro will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-12
Blackburn have scored 12% fewer goals at home than predicted
+18
M'Boro have scored 18% more goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Blackburn
PG (predicted goals)
M'Boro
1.4
1.2
Attack rating
BLB
MID
22%
better
view stats
Games scored25
30
Failed to score14
9
Scored first16
22
Goals scored42
59
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.5
Avg. shots per game7
10
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.2
1.5
KickOff rating
+22%
Defence rating
7%
better
BLB
MID
view stats
Games conceded26
28
Clean sheets13
11
Conceded first21
15
Goals conceded41
49
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against12%
16%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.1
KickOff rating
+7%

Blackburn v M'Boro Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
417611
D HyamY OhashiM GueyeM Gueye
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Pears GLK40
4
-
J Rankin-Costello DEF2922
4
-
D Hyam DEF4112
7
-
D Batth DEF322
5
-
Y Ribeiro DEF101
-
T Cantwell MID3325
6
-
L Travis MID3321
10
-
J Buckley MID22
6
-
R Hedges FWD3711
3
-
M Gueye FWD4066
10
1
T Dolan FWD3956
11
-
Subs
B Tóth GLK1
-
H Pickering DEF141
1
-
D Sanderson DEF9
1
-
S Tronstad MID33
4
-
A Forshaw MID111
-
A Cozier-Duberry MID221
-
K. Montgomery MID1
-
Y Ohashi FWD3171
4
-
C Woodrow FWD6
-
M'Boro Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3812117
H HackneyT ConwayF AzazH Hackney
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Travers GLK12
-
A Dijksteel DEF2821
5
-
J Howson DEF161
-
N Borges DEF3413
4
-
S Junior DEF1112
1
-
A Morris MID302
4
-
H Hackney MID3852
6
1
D Burgzorg MID3752
2
-
K Iheanacho MID1012
-
F Azaz MID401011
5
-
T Conway FWD31121
1
-
Subs
T Glover GLK7
-
R Berg DEF23
3
2
R Giles DEF9
-
D Barlaser MID2311
2
-
R McGree MID1615
2
-
L. Woolston MID
-
A. Palmer MID
-
M Whittaker FWD111
-
M Forss FWD191
1
-