Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn Rovers in EFL Championship 2024

Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn

Three minutes of added time are played.

Jones' shot crashes against the post. Greenwood receives a yellow card.

Ayari receives a yellow card.

Changes in Rovers: Gallagher and Hedges out, Shrisene and Telalovic in.

Hedges' shot, saved by Nieng, was the Rovers' goal.

Azaz's shot goes slightly wide.

Engel's cross is well cut by Hyam, who sends it to the corner.

Hedges is fouled and receives a yellow card.

Silvera's cross, but it finds no receiver in the area.

Rovers players' shots crash against the home defense.

A stray cross into the Boro box, well controlled by Nieng.

Changes in Boro: Greenwood, Silvera and Barlarser for McGree, O'Brien and Latte Lath.

Rovers substitution: Buckley out, Ayari in

Clarke gets in a cross but his shot is off target.

Boro side foul.

Rovers substitution: Sigurdsson out, Dolan in.

A match without a clear dominant player in the second half.

Rovers' most productive period passes, and they go scoreless.

Szmodics' header goes wide.

Foul by Ayling, yellow card.

Gallagher's shot is cleared by goalkeeper Nieng.

There were no changes in the first half, we enter the most productive period for the Rovers, let's see if they can score.

The game was unchanged in the first few minutes.

START TO SECOND HALF

Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn

Three minutes of added time at Riverside Stadium.

A hard-fought match in the middle of the field, with both teams struggling to maintain possession.

High Boro pressure, causing errors in Rovers output.

Successive arrivals, but they are not taken advantage of.

Dangerous free kick for Rovers.

Wharton and Latte Lath were cautioned for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Foul on the edge of the box for Boro.

Bad delivery by O'Brien, a good option for Boro is wasted.

Engel's shot is deflected to the corner.

Boro's pressure drops, Blackburn gain confidence to handle the ball.

Boro substitution: Forss out injured, Finn Azaz takes his place.

Match suspended, Forss is banged up.

Szmodics had a chance, but his shot was blocked by the defense.

Rovers are trying to get their team out of their area, but Boro's pressure is too strong.

Offensive foul by Gallagher, Rovers try to get out of their area with balls.

Double goal action in the Rovers goal, but the post and Pears saved the first goal.

A corner kick for Boro, who are stalking the opponent's area.

The home team tries to take possession of the ball in the first minutes.

Szmodics responds, but his shot is blocked by goalkeeper Nieng.

Latte Lath had the first chance, but his shot was deflected to the corner.

START TO GAME

Rovers striker Sam Gallagher is the top scorer in this match, including all squad men. For Rovers, Gallagher has scored four goals against Boro. 

In the previous meeting between the two teams, the Rovers won with a brace from goal scorer Sammie Szmodics, while Matt Crooks scored for the Reds. 

The trend is for Rovers to score their most goals in the 45-60th minute, with 27.5% of goals scored in the Championship, with the visitors looking to influence the score in the first few minutes of the second half with their substitutions.

The trend shows that Boro score their most goals in the 75-90 minute, with 24.6% of goals scored in the Championship, probably if the match needs goals at the end of the match, the home side would have a great chance to score.

Middlesbrough have made it three wins in a row in the last three games, their longest winning streak is 7 games into the season. 

The Rovers have gone a month without a win, their last victory was on February 12, it has been 8 games, with 3 defeats and 5 draws.

In today's game, Sam Gallagher completes 200 career starts; John Buckley completes 150 career appearances; and Scott Wharton and Harry Pickering completes 100 league appearances for the club.

For today's game between Boro vs Rovers, this will be the group of referees: 

Referee:    K. Stroud
Assistant referees:    S. Hudson- M. Russell
Fourth referee:    A. Kitchen

Pears (1); Brittain (2), Hyam (5), Wharton (16), Pickering (3); Tronstad (6), Buckley (21), Hedges (19), Szmodics (8); Sigurdsson (7), Gallagher (9).

🔢 Team news!

3⃣ changes.
✅ Aynsley Pears, Sondre Tronstad & Ryan Hedges all return to the starting XI.
🟥 Kyle McFadzean suspended.#MIDvROV | #Rovers 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/wtSsf4e5Sr

— Blackburn Rovers (@Rovers) March 16, 2024

Dieng (1); Ayling (12), Clarke (5), Howson (16), O'Brien (28); McGree (8), McNair (17), Forss (21), Engel (27); Jones (11), Latte Lath (9).

Our teamsheet 🔴⚪️ @unibet #UTB pic.twitter.com/FdUnkK5dy9

— Middlesbrough FC (@Boro) March 16, 2024

We are already in the coverage of this EFL Championship match, Middlesbrough receives at home, Riverside Stadium, Blackburn Rovers, in a match corresponding to the 38th round of the league.

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Sammie Szmodics is the key player of the Blackburn Rovers team, the Englishman despite not being a nine, is the top scorer of the competition with 21 goals in the season, also records at least one goal in the last four games played by his team. 

Emmanuel Latte Lath is Middlesbrough's key player, he has 7 goals on the season in 21 Championship appearances, and is a striker who is on a roll, scoring two goals in the last three games. 

This Saturday's match will be the 143rd meeting between these two teams, the record stands at 40 wins for Middlesbrough against 63 for Blackburn Rovers, as well as 39 draws.
Middlesbrough have not beaten Blackburn at home since January 2021, the last two games at the Riverside have been a draw and a win for the visitors.

If Blackburn drop points, they run the risk of falling into the relegation zone, for the Rovers it has not been an easy season, and now they have relegation breathing down their necks, so the three points at Riverside Stadium could become the most important of the season if John Eustace's side can maintain their status.

After their good win against Birmingham, Boro have moved closer to the Playoffs, although they have lost important points in the last few days, Michael Carrick's team has the mission to fight for a place among the qualifiers for the final four, for which a victory at home against Blackburn is decisive, so they cannot let points slip away if they want to keep the chance to be at the top.

Irregular seasons for both teams, Middlesbrough is still looking for a chance to try to get into the playoffs, while Blackburn has its sights set on getting away from relegation as soon as possible, so both teams will fight to get the three points. 

The Riverside Stadium is the home of Middlesbrough of the EFL Championship, is a building located in the town of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. It was inaugurated in 1995 and has a capacity of 34500 spectators. 
This is a suitable venue for international events, where even international matches could be played, such as the final of the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League.

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