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Blackburn Rovers vs Middlesbrough Prediction: Mowbray's Return Meets Hellberg's High Press
Blackburn Rovers host Middlesbrough at Ewood Park on 22 August 2026, two sides who both came away from Gameweek 1 with something to show and now meet before anyone in the division has a clear read on who is actually…
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- Matchweek 2 of the 2026-2027 Championship brings Blackburn Rovers against Middlesbrough on 2026-08-22 (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
- With the data available to us, Tony Mowbray and K. Hellberg have not met as managers before.
- Current league positions have Blackburn Rovers 9th on 1 point and Middlesbrough 4th on 3 points.
- Blackburn Rovers report 6 missing players: M. Baradji (Hamstring Injury), D. De Neve (Injury), M. Jorgensen (Injury), A. Kargbo (Muscle Injury), L. Miller (Achilles Tendon Injury), S. Wharton (Achilles Tendon Injury) whereas Middlesbrough report 2 missing players: T. Conway (Injury), A. Morris (Injury).
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Blackburn Rovers should be met by Middlesbrough's expected 3-4-2-1.
- Last time out, T. Cantwell registered the best mark for Blackburn Rovers - 7.9 - and S. Berhalter did likewise for Middlesbrough with an 6.9 score.
- Blackburn Rovers could only draw 2-2 with Wolverhampton Wanderers, but Middlesbrough bounced back with a 2-1 win over Lincoln City.
- Blackburn Rovers (2-2-1) and Middlesbrough (2-2-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Blackburn Rovers have clearly got the edge H2H: in 35 meetings, they've beaten Middlesbrough 14 times, with 14 draws and only 7 losses.
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| 12' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 24' | O. Afolayan | ||
| 45+2' | S. McLoughlin | ||
HT 0 - 1 | |||
| 49' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 55' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 58' | S. Morsy | ||
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| 69' | |||
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| 76' | T. Cantwell | ||
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| 80' | |||
| 90' | W. Lankshear | ||
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Blackburn is going head to head with Middlesbrough on 22/8/2026 14:00 GMT for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Blackburn v Middlesbrough H2H statistics!