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

Fri 26th Dec, 15:00 BST, Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

Valérien Ismaël will be hoping for a crucial away win in the Championship on Friday afternoon, as he takes his Blackburn Rovers side to the Riverside Stadium to visit Middlesbrough and Rob Edwards. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, statistics for the biggest betting market have been laid out below, with head to head (H2H) records and particularly important form streaks highlighted. The best odds are provided too.


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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
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M'Boro
43%
--
Draw
28%
--
Blackburn
29%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
M'Boro 1-0
13%
--
Blackburn 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
10%
--
M'Boro 2-1
8%
--
M'Boro 2-0
8%
--
Blackburn 2-1
7%
--
Blackburn 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
M'Boro 3-1
4%
--
M'Boro 3-0
4%
--
Blackburn 3-1
2%
--
M'Boro 3-2
2%
--
Blackburn 3-0
2%
--
Blackburn 3-2
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
7%
--
BTTS - Yes
46%
--
BTTS - No
54%
--
BTTS - Home Win
16%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
12%
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Home/draw
71%
--
Away/draw
57%
--
Home/away
72%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
--
Home DNB
62%
--
Away DNB
49%
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M'Boro win to nil
26%
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Blackburn win to nil
18%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

M'Boro have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 6 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. M'Boro have outscored their opponents by 33 goals to 20 goals.

Home League Performance

M'Boro have played 10 games at home winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 16 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Blackburn are in 20th position in the Championship on 22 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 3 and won 6. Blackburn have conceded 21 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
M'Boro
Blackburn
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry2114523047 
l
 
2-4A
Feb 16
Apr 18
l
 
2-0A
2
M'Boro2112631142 
-
-
Mar 21
Dec 26
3
Preston21984735 
Jan 24
d
 
2-2A
Feb 20
w
 
1-2F
4
Millwall211056-435 
Apr 3
w
 
0-3F
Dec 20
Mar 14
5
Ipswich219751334 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 18
Sep 20
Jan 17
6
Hull211047134 
Dec 29
w
 
1-4F
Jan 31
w
 
0-3F
7
Stoke211038833 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 21
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
8
Leicester21876331 
Feb 24
d
 
1-1A
May 2
w
 
0-2F
9
QPR21948-531 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 7
l
 
0-1A
Feb 14
10
Southampton21867530 
Jan 4
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1A
Apr 25
11
Bristol C21867430 
Mar 14
Dec 20
Feb 24
w
 
0-1F
12
Birmingham21858429 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 2
l
 
1-2F
Apr 3
13
Watford21786229 
Apr 25
l
 
3-0A
Jan 24
w
 
0-1F
14
Wrexham216105128 
d
 
1-1A
May 2
Jan 1
d
 
1-1F
15
West Brom21849-328 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 16
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
16
Derby20767-227 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 1
l
 
1-2A
Feb 28
17
Charlton20668-624 
Mar 11
w
 
1-2F
Jan 4
l
 
3-0A
18
Sheff Utd217212-623 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 9
l
 
1-3F
Apr 22
19
Swansea216510-723 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 6
l
 
1-2F
Jan 20
20
Blackburn206410-622 
Dec 26
Mar 21
-
-
21
Portsmouth205510-1020 
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
Mar 7
l
 
2-1F
22
Oxford Utd214710-819 
Feb 21
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
Mar 11
23
Norwich214512-1017 
Jan 31
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
Feb 7
24
Sheff Wed191612-22-9 
Apr 21
w
 
0-1F
Dec 6
Dec 29
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
M'Boro 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
M'Boro3 - 1QPR
M'Boro2 - 1Derby
M'Boro2 - 4Coventry
M'Boro2 - 1Birmingham
M'Boro1 - 1Wrexham
M'Boro2 - 1Ipswich
M'Boro0 - 0Stoke
M'Boro2 - 1West Brom
M'Boro1 - 0Sheff Utd
M'Boro1 - 0Swansea
M'Boro0 - 0Norwich
M'Boro2 - 1Plymouth
M'Boro0 - 1Leeds
M'Boro2 - 1Oxford Utd
M'Boro2 - 1QPR
M'Boro1 - 0Derby
M'Boro0 - 1Watford
M'Boro2 - 3Sunderland
M'Boro2 - 0West Brom
M'Boro1 - 1Cardiff
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HM'Boro3 - 1QPR
AM'Boro2 - 1Charlton
AM'Boro4 - 1Hull
HM'Boro2 - 1Derby
HM'Boro2 - 4Coventry
AM'Boro1 - 1Oxford Utd
HM'Boro2 - 1Birmingham
AM'Boro1 - 1Leicester
AM'Boro0 - 3Watford
HM'Boro1 - 1Wrexham
AM'Boro1 - 0Sheff Wed
HM'Boro2 - 1Ipswich
AM'Boro0 - 1Portsmouth
HM'Boro0 - 0Stoke
AM'Boro1 - 1Southampton
HM'Boro2 - 1West Brom
AM'Boro2 - 2Preston
HM'Boro1 - 0Sheff Utd
AM'Boro2 - 1Norwich
AM'Boro3 - 0Millwall
Blackburn 20TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth2 - 1Blackburn
Wrexham1 - 1Blackburn
Preston1 - 2Blackburn
Bristol C0 - 1Blackburn
Leicester0 - 2Blackburn
Coventry2 - 0Blackburn
Charlton3 - 0Blackburn
Watford0 - 1Blackburn
Hull0 - 3Blackburn
West Brom1 - 0Blackburn
Sheff Utd1 - 1Blackburn
Sunderland0 - 1Blackburn
Luton0 - 1Blackburn
Portsmouth1 - 0Blackburn
Stoke1 - 0Blackburn
Derby2 - 1Blackburn
Swansea3 - 0Blackburn
West Brom0 - 2Blackburn
QPR2 - 1Blackburn
Bristol C2 - 1Blackburn
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackburn1 - 2Portsmouth
HBlackburn1 - 1Oxford Utd
HBlackburn1 - 1Ipswich
ABlackburn1 - 1Wrexham
HBlackburn0 - 1QPR
ABlackburn2 - 1Preston
HBlackburn1 - 2Derby
ABlackburn1 - 0Bristol C
ABlackburn2 - 0Leicester
HBlackburn2 - 1Southampton
HBlackburn1 - 3Sheff Utd
ABlackburn0 - 2Coventry
HBlackburn1 - 1Stoke
HBlackburn1 - 2Swansea
ABlackburn0 - 3Charlton
ABlackburn1 - 0Watford
HBlackburn0 - 2Norwich
ABlackburn3 - 0Hull
HBlackburn1 - 2Birmingham
ABlackburn0 - 1West Brom
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
10
Blackburn have not lost to M'Boro in 10 consecutive away league meetings
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
MID
7
D
8
BLB
8
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
League games at Blackburn since 1993
Blackburn
M'Boro
Goals: Scored
21
22
Games: Scored
15 / 23
14 / 23
Clean sheets
9 / 23
8 / 23
MID
6
D
8
BLB
9
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
0 - 2M'Boro
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
Goal Statistics

Blackburn Rovers's defensive record is very strong, V. Ismaël's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Championship games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.3 for Middlesbrough makes sense in this context.

M'Boro 2nd Blackburn 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that M'Boro will score no more than 1 goal
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Blackburn will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-6
M'Boro’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-6
Blackburn’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
M'Boro
PG (predicted goals)
Blackburn
1.3
1
Attack rating
23%
better
MID
BLB
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Games scored17
14
Failed to score3
5
Scored first10
9
Goals scored30
19
Avg. goals scored1.4
1
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for17
11
Avg. XG for1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+23%
Defence rating
8%
better
MID
BLB
view stats
Games conceded15
15
Clean sheets5
4
Conceded first9
10
Goals conceded21
24
Avg. goals conceded1
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded6
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
16%
Avg. XG against1
1.2
KickOff rating
+8%

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

M'Boro Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21854
S BrynnM WhittakerH HackneyH Hackney
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Brynn GLK211
-
H Hackney MID2135
4
-
T Conway FWD2132
3
-
C Brittain DEF204
3
-
A Jones DEF2011
3
1
M Whittaker FWD2083
2
-
L Ayling DEF1912
3
-
M Targett DEF1821
1
-
D Burgzorg FWD1812
1
-
K Sène FWD182
2
-
A Morris MID172
-
A Browne MID15
1
-
S Nypan MID14
2
-
S Silvera FWD14
3
-
D Strelec FWD133
1
-
D Fry DEF112
-
S Hansen FWD111
-
R McGree MID921
1
-
G Edmundson DEF5
1
-
A. Raslan Kanté MID4
-
A Bangura DEF31
-
A Gilbert MID311
1
-
D Lenihan DEF2
1
-
M. Hamilton FWD1
-
Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20626
R AlebiosuA GudjohnsenR AlebiosuT Gardner-Hickman
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Alebiosu DEF2012
2
-
Y Ohashi FWD2051
2
-
L Miller DEF1911
2
-
S McLoughlin DEF18
4
1
R Hedges FWD1812
3
-
R Morishita  MID1612
-
M Gueye FWD16
1
-
A Gudjohnsen FWD166
1
-
T Gardner-Hickman DEF15
6
-
D Neve MID151
-
S Tronstad MID15
5
-
B Tóth GLK13
-
A Henriksson MID12
2
-
S Tavares MID111
2
-
Y Ribeiro DEF10
-
T Cantwell MID1041
3
-
A Kargbo FWD1011
-
S Wharton DEF9
1
-
A Pears GLK8
1
-
K. Montgomery MID8
-
M. Baradji MID6
-
A Forshaw MID6
1
-
H Pickering DEF2
-
H Carter DEF1
-