Blackburn 2:1 Middlesbrough: result and stats

Championship

Blackburn DWDWLL

2:1

Finished

Kick-off was 22 Aug, 15:00

Middlesbrough DWWLWW

Venue: Ewood Park

Key numbers

Possession, % 29.00 – 71

Shots on target 5 – 3

Shots off target 1 – 7

Expected goals 0.91 – 1.43

⚽ 12' Jeremy Sarmiento — Goal 🟨 24' Oladapo Afolayan — Yellow card 🟨 45+2' Sean McLoughlin — Yellow card ⚽ 49' Andri Guðjohnsen — Goal ⚽ 55' Todd Cantwell — Goal 🟨 58' Sam Morsy — Yellow card ⇄ 60' Myles Peart-Harris — Substitution ⇄ 60' Jeremy Sarmiento — Substitution ⇄ 61' Ryoya Morishita — Substitution ⇄ 61' Oladapo Afolayan — Substitution ⇄ 69' Andri Guðjohnsen — Substitution ⇄ 69' Sam Morsy — Substitution 🟨 76' Todd Cantwell — Yellow card ⇄ 77' Maximilian Arfsten — Substitution ⇄ 77' Sebastian Berhalter — Substitution ⇄ 80' Todd Cantwell — Substitution 🟨 90' Will Lankshear — Yellow card

Match events

12' 0:1 Middlesbrough Goal Jeremy Sarmiento assist: Morgan Whittaker
24' 0:1 Blackburn Yellow card Oladapo Afolayan
45+2' 0:1 Blackburn Yellow card Sean McLoughlin
49' 1:1 Blackburn Goal Andri Guðjohnsen assist: Harry Pickering
55' 2:1 Blackburn Goal Todd Cantwell
58' 2:1 Blackburn Yellow card Sam Morsy
60' 2:1 Middlesbrough Substitution Myles Peart-Harris off: Riley McGree
60' 2:1 Middlesbrough Substitution Jeremy Sarmiento off: Kyle Joseph
61' 2:1 Blackburn Substitution Ryoya Morishita off: Mathias Jørgensen
61' 2:1 Blackburn Substitution Oladapo Afolayan off: Jayden Fevrier
69' 2:1 Blackburn Substitution Andri Guðjohnsen off: Yuki Ohashi
69' 2:1 Blackburn Substitution Sam Morsy off: Adam Forshaw
76' 2:1 Blackburn Yellow card Todd Cantwell
77' 2:1 Middlesbrough Substitution Maximilian Arfsten off: Neto Borges
77' 2:1 Middlesbrough Substitution Sebastian Berhalter off: Leo Castledine
80' 2:1 Blackburn Substitution Todd Cantwell off: Hayden Carter
90' 2:1 Middlesbrough Yellow card Will Lankshear

Statistics

29.00 Possession, % 71

5 Shots on target 3

1 Shots off target 7

0.91 Expected goals 1.43

3 Big chances 2

67 Attacks 126

2 Corners 10

10 Fouls 10

9 Free kicks 10

3 Offsides 3

4 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

12 Goal kicks 2

15 Throw-ins 16

All statistics

28 Aerial duels 28

41 Backward passes 122

0 Blocked shots 12

43 Clearances 15

10 Crosses 40

16 Dribbles 14

0.63 Expected assists 1.51

70 Failed passes 63

2 Goalkeeper saves 2

9 Interceptions 4

5 Key passes 17

68 Long passes 27

54 Passes into the final third 181

172 Passes in the opposition half 458

110 Passes in own half 229

0.83 Shot accuracy 0.14

1 Shots from outside the box 9

5 Shots inside the box 13

10 Aerial duels won 18

2 Successful crosses 8

6 Successful dribbles 10

29 Successful long passes 15

9 Successful tackles 10

202 Successful passes 584

13 Tackles 14

272 Total passes 647

Line-ups

Blackburn

Starting XI
#	Player	number
22	Balázs Tóth	22
2	Ryan Alebiosu	2
3	Harry Pickering	3
6	Tom Atchison	6
15	Sean McLoughlin	15
8	Samy Sayed Morsy	8
10	Todd Owen Cantwell	10
21	Oladapo Joshua Afolayan	21
25	Ryoya Morishita	25
31	Kristi Montgomery	31
9	Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Aynsley Alan William Pears	1
4	Yuri Ribeiro	4
17	Hayden Carter	17
5	Sidnei Wilson Vieira David Tavares	5
28	Adam John Forshaw	28
30	Jake Joseph Garrett	30
11	Jayden Raymond Fevrier	11
23	Yuki Ohashi	23
29	Mathias Jørgensen	29

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Middlesbrough

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Radek Vítek	1
2	Callum James Brittain	2
12	Luke David Ayling	12
17	M. Arfsten	17
29	Adilson Malanda	29
6	Sebastian Berhalter	6
10	Aidan Zen Patrick Morris	10
11	Morgan Reece Whittaker	11
14	Myles Spencer Peart-Harris	14
16	Jeremy Leonel Sarmiento Morante	16
7	W. Lancashire	7

Substitutes
#	Player	number
31	Solomon Brynn	31
5	Alfie Jones	5
30	Vivaldo Borges dos Santos Neto	30
8	Riley Patrick McGree	8
19	Leo Castledine	19
42	Abdoulaye Kanté	42
44	Cruz Ibech	44
46	Finlay Cartwright	46
22	Kyle Joseph	22