Championship

Championship | Gameweek 26

Jan 24, 2021 at 3pm UK

Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough
0 - 1
Blackburn

Morsy (57'), Tavernier (81'), Bola (88')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Rothwell (63')
Davenport (26')

Neil Warnock slams officials in loss to Blackburn Rovers

Dean Whitestone took no action after Jarrad Branthwaite kicked Dael Fry in the face.

Jan 24, 19:00

The Match

Match Report

Joe Rothwell's conversion of Harvey Elliott's pull-back settled things.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Championship clash between Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 37.14%. A win for Middlesbrough had a probability of 34.76% and a draw had a probability of 28.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.53%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.86%) and 0-2 (6.87%). The likeliest Middlesbrough win was 1-0 (11.06%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.18%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 11.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Blackburn Rovers in this match.

Result
Middlesbrough	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
34.76%	28.1%	37.14%

Both teams to score 47.45%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

41.34%

58.66%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

20.8%

79.21%

Middlesbrough Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.14%

31.87%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.69%

68.31%

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.64%

30.36%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.45%

66.55%

Score Analysis

Middlesbrough 34.76%

Blackburn Rovers 37.14%

Draw 28.09%

Middlesbrough	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
1-0 @ 11.06% 2-1 @ 7.54% 2-0 @ 6.33% 3-1 @ 2.88% 3-0 @ 2.41% 3-2 @ 1.71% Other @ 2.83% Total : 34.76%	1-1 @ 13.18% 0-0 @ 9.67% 2-2 @ 4.5% Other @ 0.74% Total : 28.09%	0-1 @ 11.53% 1-2 @ 7.86% 0-2 @ 6.87% 1-3 @ 3.12% 0-3 @ 2.73% 2-3 @ 1.79% 1-4 @ 0.93% Other @ 2.3% Total : 37.14%