Championship 26/27 · 22 Aug 2026

Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Middlesbrough

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot saw it as open: Blackburn Rovers 35%, the draw 29%, Middlesbrough 36%.

Blackburn Rovers won a close one on the chances: 1.0 xG to 1.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Balázs Tóth, 63.1 in 90′.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Balázs Tóth Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	63.1
Andri Guðjohnsen Forward	69	1	0	0.20	59.0
Kristi Montgomery Midfielder	90	0	0	0.10	47.9
Todd Cantwell Midfielder	80	1	0	0.13	47.0
Harry Pickering Defender	90	0	1	–	44.7
Sam Morsy Midfielder	69	0	0	–	40.0
Mathias Jørgensen Forward	29	0	0	–	39.8
Adam Forshaw Midfielder	21	0	0	–	39.2
Tom Atcheson Defender	90	0	0	–	39.1
Jayden Fevrier Forward	29	0	0	–	38.4
Yuki Ohashi Forward	21	0	0	–	37.4
Oladapo Afolayan Forward	61	0	0	–	36.9
Ryoya Morishita Midfielder	61	0	0	0.18	36.8
Sean McLoughlin Defender	90	0	0	–	36.3
Ryan Alebiosu Midfielder	90	0	0	0.35	32.0
Hayden Carter Defender	10	0	0	–	30.2

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Jeremy Sarmiento Midfielder	60	1	0	0.36	60.2
Morgan Whittaker Midfielder	90	0	1	0.04	56.3
Aidan Morris Midfielder	90	0	0	0.09	54.6
Luke Ayling Defender	90	0	0	–	54.6
Maximilian Arfsten Midfielder	77	0	0	0.06	52.2
Myles Peart-Harris Midfielder	60	0	0	0.16	51.8
Adilson Malanda Defender	90	0	0	0.01	48.9
Kyle Joseph Forward	30	0	0	–	48.0
Neto Borges Defender	13	0	0	–	47.7
Leo Castledine Midfielder	13	0	0	0.02	45.0
Will Lankshear Forward	90	0	0	0.30	43.4
Sebastian Berhalter Midfielder	77	0	0	0.10	42.5
Callum Brittain Defender	90	0	0	0.17	41.4
Radek Vitek Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	37.7
Riley McGree Midfielder	30	0	0	0.02	36.5