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# Blackburn 2-1 Middlesbrough

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 22 Aug 15:00
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 2
- **Venue:** Ewood Park, Blackburn

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 12' | Normal Goal | J. Sarmiento (M. Whittaker) | Middlesbrough |
| 24' | Yellow Card | O. Afolayan | Blackburn |
| 45+2' | Yellow Card | S. McLoughlin | Blackburn |
| 49' | Normal Goal | A. Gudjohnsen (H. Pickering) | Blackburn |
| 55' | Normal Goal | T. Cantwell | Blackburn |
| 58' | Yellow Card | S. Morsy | Blackburn |
| 60' | Substitution 1 | J. Sarmiento (on for K. Joseph) | Middlesbrough |
| 60' | Substitution 2 | M. Peart-Harris (on for R. McGree) | Middlesbrough |
| 61' | Substitution 1 | O. Afolayan (on for J. Fevrier) | Blackburn |
| 61' | Substitution 2 | R. Morishita (on for M. Jorgensen) | Blackburn |
| 69' | Substitution 3 | S. Morsy (on for A. Forshaw) | Blackburn |
| 69' | Substitution 4 | A. Gudjohnsen (on for Y. Ohashi) | Blackburn |
| 76' | Yellow Card | T. Cantwell | Blackburn |
| 77' | Substitution 3 | S. Berhalter (on for L. Castledine) | Middlesbrough |
| 77' | Substitution 4 | M. Arfsten (on for Neto Borges) | Middlesbrough |
| 80' | Substitution 5 | T. Cantwell (on for H. Carter) | Blackburn |
| 90' | Yellow Card | W. Lankshear | Middlesbrough |

## Statistics

| Stat | Blackburn | Middlesbrough |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 3 | 1 |
| Shots off Goal | 1 | 1 |
| Total Shots | 4 | 6 |
| Blocked Shots | 0 | 4 |
| Shots insidebox | 3 | 4 |
| Shots outsidebox | 1 | 2 |
| Fouls | 3 | 3 |
| Corner Kicks | 0 | 2 |
| Offsides | 3 | 2 |
| Ball Possession | 34% | 66% |
| Yellow Cards | 2 | 0 |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 0 | 2 |
| Total passes | 187 | 365 |
| Passes accurate | 151 | 332 |
| Passes % | 81% | 91% |
| expected_goals | 0.63 | 0.49 |
| goals_prevented | 0.54 | 0.54 |

## Blackburn Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** Balázs Tóth (22), Ryan Alebiosu (2), Tom Atcheson (6), Sean McLoughlin (15), Harry Pickering (3), Sam Morsy (8), Kristi Montgomery (31), Ryoya Morishita (25), Todd Cantwell (10), Oladapo Afolayan (21), Andri Guðjohnsen (9)

**Substitutes:** Aynsley Pears (1), Hayden Carter (17), Yuri Ribeiro (4), Sidnei Tavares (5), Jake Garrett (30), Adam Forshaw (28), Jayden Fevrier (11), Mathias Jørgensen (29), Yuki Ohashi (23)


## Middlesbrough Lineup (4-4-2)

**Starting XI:** Radek Vitek (1), Callum Brittain (2), Luke Ayling (12), Adilson Malanda (29), Maximilian Arfsten (17), Sebastian Berhalter (6), Myles Peart-Harris (14), Aidan Morris (10), Jeremy Sarmiento (16), Morgan Whittaker (11), Will Lankshear (7)

**Substitutes:** Solomon Brynn (31), Neto Borges (30), Alfie Jones (5), Abdoulaye Kanté (42), Finlay Cartwright (46), Leo Castledine (19), Riley McGree (8), Kyle Joseph (22), Cruz Ibeh (44)