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Blackburn Rovers vs Middlesbrough Live Stream, Predictions
The Championship match at Ewood Park on Saturday will see home side Blackburn Rovers play against Middlesbrough.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough - plus the latest betting odds.
๐ Form Guide
Blackburn Rovers
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Blackburn Rovers will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 3-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Plymouth Argyle.
In that match, Blackburn Rovers had 58% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Plymouth Argyle got 23 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Finn Azaz (27'), Ryan Hardie (77') and Luke Cundle (80') scored for Plymouth Argyle.
Three or more goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Blackburn Rovers have taken part. Opposition teams scored 10 times in this period whereas Blackburn Rovers amassed a tally of 16. Nonetheless, time will tell if such a trend will persist in this next match or not.
Middlesbrough
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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Queens Park Rangers in Championship competition, Middlesbrough and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that match, Middlesbrough had 62% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 9 on target. On the other side, Queens Park Rangers got 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Andre Dozzell (43') and Jack Colback (71') scored for Queens Park Rangers.
The stats tell the story, and Middlesbrough have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 13 goals overall. In defence, Middlesbrough have not been doing too well.
Coming into this clash, Middlesbrough are without an away win for the past 6 matches in the league.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
A look at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 03/11/2020 tells us that Blackburn Rovers have won 3 of these games and Middlesbrough 1, with the number of draws standing at 2.
10 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 6 for Rovers and 4 coming from The Boro. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.
The last league game featuring these sides was Championship match day 25 on 29/12/2022 when it finished Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Middlesbrough.
That day, Blackburn Rovers managed 45% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Ryan Hedges (5').
Middlesbrough got 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Marcus Forss (46') and Riley McGree (56') scored.
The referee was Leigh Doughty.
โน๏ธ Team News: Blackburn Rovers
The Blackburn Rovers manager Jon Dahl Tomasson has a full complement, with no fitness worries to speak of coming into this match with a fully healthy group available for selection.
It seems likely that Rovers will probably use the 4-2-3-1 system for this game, utilising Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Adam Wharton, Ryan Hedges, Samuel Szmodics, Tyrhys Dolan and Sam Gallagher.
โน๏ธ Team News: Middlesbrough
Owing to a completely healthy group to choose from, the Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick has zero fitness worries to report ahead of this game.
We reckon that The Boro appear most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, giving starts to Seny Dieng, Patrick Mcnair, Dael Fry, Tom Smith, Lukas Engel, Jonathan Howson, Lewis O'Brien, Sam Silvera, Sam Greenwood, Isaiah Jones and Emmanuel Latte Lath.
๐ก Prediction
In our opinion, Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers could find scoring goals difficult here.
We therefore see a 0-0 score at the end of the 90.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 08:08 13/09/2023

๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Blackburn Rovers
Formed: 1875
Stadium: Ewood Park (31,367)
Captain: Lewis Travis
Chairman: Steve Waggott
Manager: Jon Dahl Tomasson
Competitions: Championship position 13, EFL Cup (Third Round)
โญ Key Man: Sammie Szmodics

Generally taking up the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Sammie Szmodics was born in Colchester, England. After having played his first senior match for Colchester United in the 2013 - 2014 season, the talented Midfielder has struck 2 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in 5 appearances.
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 | WWWLW |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | DWWWW |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | WWWLW |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | DWWWD |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | WWDWD |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | WDWWL |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 10 | DWWLL |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | DWLDW |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | LLWDW |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | WDLLW |
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | WDDDD |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | LWDWL |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 | WLLWD |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 | WDLWL |
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5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | DLDWD |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 6 | WLWLL |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 6 | LWLLW |
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5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | WDLLD |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 | DLLWL |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 4 | LDLLW |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 4 | LLDLW |
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 | DLDLL |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 1 | LLLLD |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 1 | LLDLL |
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