England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough, taking place on Thursday, 29 December 2022, at Ewood Park in Blackburn.
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Blackburn Rovers, Recent FormThe 2-1 away defeat to Sunderland will not have sat easily with the Blackburn Rovers squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. In that game they had 50% possession and managed 5 attempts on goal, with 2 on target, compared to Sunderland who had 11 attempts and 5 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 5 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 10, and leading to valuable points being dropped. It's been rare for their fans not to have had something to shout about this season, with their team scoring in 10 out of 11 home games. When playing at home this season, Blackburn Rovers has notched up a tally of 5 clean sheets, highlighting the struggle some of their opponents have had to break through on goal.
They have had an excellent run of form at Ewood Park recently, winning 5 out of their last 6 home games.
Ben Brereton Díaz will be feeling confident about adding his name to the scoresheet once more at Ewood Park, having notched up 5 goals for Blackburn Rovers in their last 6 league matches at home.
Middlesbrough, Recent FormIn their last match Middlesbrough enforced their superiority over Wigan Athletic with a 4-1 home win. They came away from that fixture with a 62% share of the possession and clocked up 13 attempts on goal with 7 on target, in comparison to Wigan Athletic, who managed 17 attempts on goal, 5 of which were on target.
It's been a rewarding period in front of goal for them with 13 goals scored in their last 6 matches; that said, boss Michael Carrick will be less happy with his defence, who have conceded 7 goals in the same period. Away from home they have not had their troubles to seek, with at least 1 goal conceded in 11 of their last 12 away league matches this season, making points hard to come by on the road.
They have had a good run of form away from home recently, having won 4 out of their last 6 games on the road.
On an individual basis, Chuba Akpom is showing great form in front of goal having scored 6 goals in Middlesbrough's last 6 league games
In the previous league meeting between these two sides, it was Blackburn Rovers that came out on top with a 1-2 win.
Blackburn have managed to keep a clean sheet against The Boro in each of their previous 3 meetings at Ewood Park. The Boro have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 4 league meetings with Blackburn. Middlesboro have struggled to break down the Rovers defence in their past encounters having only managed to find the back of the net 2 times in their last 5 meetings.
In the last 2 league meetings between the teams, Blackburn has taken all 3 points and has not lost to Middlesboro in 7 games.
Sam Gallagher is on a hot scoring streak against Middlesboro, having scored in each of Blackburn's last 3 meetings with them.
Blackburn manager Jon Dahl Tomasson has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Sam Barnes (Knee), Callum Brittain (Medial Collateral Ligament) and Jack Vale (Calf) are all currently out of contention for this game.
There is only really one injury concern for the Middlesboro manager Michael Carrick ahead of this clash, with Matt Clarke (Back) missing out, which gives Carrick a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Blackburn Rovers Playing at home | Middlesbrough Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 40' | Time first goal scored | 32' |
| 50' | Time first goal conceded | 27' |
| 1.6 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.4 | Subs used | 3.7 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| 4-1 | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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