Championship · Matchweek 2
Blackburn
2–1
Full time
Middlesbrough

Ewood Park, Blackburn

The story

Blackburn 2–1 Middlesbrough in the Championship (Matchweek 2) at Ewood Park on Saturday 22 August.

Goals

12′
J. SarmientoAssist: M. Whittaker
A. GudjohnsenAssist: H. Pickering
49′
T. Cantwell
55′

Match stats

Possession29%71%
Expected goals0.911.43
Shots622
On target53
Corners210
Pass accuracy74%90%
Fouls1010

Top rated

Balázs TóthBlackburn8.2Luke AylingMiddlesbrough8.0Andri GuðjohnsenBlackburn · 1 goal7.9Todd CantwellBlackburn · 1 goal7.7Jeremy SarmientoMiddlesbrough · 1 goal7.6Morgan WhittakerMiddlesbrough · 1 assist7.6

Blackburn line-up

4-2-3-1
22Toth2Alebiosu6Atcheson15McLoughlin3Pickering8Morsy31Montgomery25Morishita10Cantwell21Afolayan9Gudjohnsen

Middlesbrough line-up

4-4-2
1Vitek2Brittain12Ayling29Malanda17Arfsten6Berhalter14Peart-Harris10Morris16Sarmiento11Whittaker7Lankshear