Middlesbrough 0–0 Blackburn – England Championship, 26 Dec 2025

Match facts

Middlesbrough Blackburn

10 Shots 13

2 Shots on target 2

4 Corners 4

11 Fouls 9

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✓ Goals correct ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (264 league matches this season so far).

Result Middlesbrough to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.98

Expected goals 1.50 – 1.06

Home / Draw / Away

47% 26% 27%

MiddlesbroughDrawBlackburn

Under / Over 2.5 goals

53% 47%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

49% 51%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

8% 0

20% 1

25% 2

22% 3

14% 4

12% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 12.3% 1–0 11.7% 2–1 9.2%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Middlesbrough before this match, all matches

1.91points / match

1.50scored / match

1.09conceded / match

12 6 4

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 33:24

Blackburn before this match, all matches

1.19points / match

1.05scored / match

1.24conceded / match

7 4 10

WonDrawnLost 21 played · 22:26

Middlesbrough all matches all matches Blackburn

Per match

1.50 Goals scored 1.05

1.09 Goals conceded 1.24

2.59 Total goals 2.29

13.86 Shots 12.38

4.09 Shots on target 3.67

10.55 Shots faced 11.67

6.09 Corners 5.86

4.45 Corners against 4.62

9.45 Fouls 11.14

1.64 Yellow cards 1.86

0.73 1st-half goals scored 0.48

0.55 1st-half goals conceded 0.43

How often Full Time

55% Wins 33%

27% Draws 19%

18% Losses 48%

95% Over 0.5 goals 100%

77% Over 1.5 goals 81%

55% Over 2.5 goals 43%

18% Over 3.5 goals 5%

9% Over 4.5 goals 0%

5% Over 5.5 goals 0%

64% Both teams scored 52%

23% Clean sheets 24%

18% Failed to score 24%

How often Half Time

36% Wins 33%

23% Draws 38%

41% Losses 29%

77% Over 0.5 goals 71%

32% Over 1.5 goals 19%

14% Over 2.5 goals 0%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Middlesbrough all matches

3

L

1

D

2

1

W

1

D

2

4

L

2

1

W

4

1

W

2

1

W

3

1

W

2

L

Blackburn all matches

2

W

1

W

1

2

L

2

1

W

1

L

1

D

1

D

1

D

1

2

L

2

W

Middlesbrough before this match, at home

2.30points / match

1.60scored / match

1.00conceded / match

7 2 1

WonDrawnLost 10 played · 16:10

Blackburn before this match, away

1.60points / match

1.10scored / match

1.00conceded / match

5 1 4

WonDrawnLost 10 played · 11:10

Middlesbrough at home away Blackburn

Per match

1.60 Goals scored 1.10

1.00 Goals conceded 1.00

2.60 Total goals 2.10

12.90 Shots 12.40

4.30 Shots on target 3.80

11.90 Shots faced 13.80

5.70 Corners 5.20

5.50 Corners against 4.50

9.40 Fouls 12.20

0.90 Yellow cards 1.90

0.70 1st-half goals scored 0.60

0.50 1st-half goals conceded 0.30

How often Full Time

70% Wins 50%

20% Draws 10%

10% Losses 40%

90% Over 0.5 goals 100%

70% Over 1.5 goals 70%

60% Over 2.5 goals 40%

20% Over 3.5 goals 0%

10% Over 4.5 goals 0%

10% Over 5.5 goals 0%

70% Both teams scored 30%

30% Clean sheets 40%

10% Failed to score 30%

How often Half Time

40% Wins 50%

30% Draws 30%

30% Losses 20%

70% Over 0.5 goals 80%

30% Over 1.5 goals 10%

20% Over 2.5 goals 0%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Middlesbrough at home

1

W

1

W

2

1

W

D

2

1

W

1

D

2

1

W

2

4

L

2

1

W

3

1

W

Blackburn away

1

L

3

W

1

W

3

L

2

L

2

W

1

W

2

1

W

1

D

1

2

L

Last 10 matches before this match

Middlesbrough all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
20.12.25	Bristol City – Middlesbrough	2–0 (1–0)	2.65	3.40	2.45	1.85	2.00
13.12.25	Middlesbrough – QPR	3–1 (2–0)	1.86	3.70	3.80	1.91	1.91
09.12.25	Charlton – Middlesbrough	1–2 (0–2)	3.30	3.25	2.10	2.10	1.73
05.12.25	Hull – Middlesbrough	1–4 (0–4)	2.95	3.50	2.20	1.73	2.10
29.11.25	Middlesbrough – Derby	2–1 (0–1)	1.71	3.60	5.00	2.20	1.67
25.11.25	Middlesbrough – Coventry	2–4 (1–2)	2.57	3.40	2.55	1.93	1.93
22.11.25	Oxford – Middlesbrough	1–1 (1–0)	3.70	3.30	1.96	2.05	1.80
08.11.25	Middlesbrough – Birmingham	2–1 (2–1)	2.55	3.25	2.65	2.30	1.62
04.11.25	Leicester – Middlesbrough	1–1 (1–0)	2.15	3.40	3.20	1.98	1.88
01.11.25	Watford – Middlesbrough	3–0 (2–0)	2.65	3.40	2.45	2.05	1.80

Blackburn all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
20.12.25	Blackburn – Millwall	2–0 (2–0)	2.10	3.30	3.40	2.10	1.73
13.12.25	Portsmouth – Blackburn	2–1 (0–1)	2.70	3.25	2.50	2.10	1.73
09.12.25	Blackburn – Oxford	1–1 (0–1)	1.76	3.50	4.75	2.10	1.73
02.12.25	Blackburn – Ipswich	1–1 (0–0)	3.90	3.50	1.96	2.00	1.80
29.11.25	Wrexham – Blackburn	1–1 (0–1)	2.15	3.40	3.25	2.10	1.73
26.11.25	Blackburn – QPR	0–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.40	3.25	2.05	1.80
21.11.25	Preston – Blackburn	1–2 (1–1)	2.45	3.05	2.85	2.20	1.67
08.11.25	Blackburn – Derby	1–2 (0–2)	1.91	3.30	3.90	2.38	1.57
04.11.25	Bristol City – Blackburn	0–1 (0–1)	2.10	3.25	3.50	2.03	1.83
01.11.25	Leicester – Blackburn	0–2 (0–1)	1.76	3.90	4.00	2.00	1.85

Middlesbrough at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
13.12.25	Middlesbrough – QPR	3–1 (2–0)	1.86	3.70	3.80	1.91	1.91
29.11.25	Middlesbrough – Derby	2–1 (0–1)	1.71	3.60	5.00	2.20	1.67
25.11.25	Middlesbrough – Coventry	2–4 (1–2)	2.57	3.40	2.55	1.93	1.93
08.11.25	Middlesbrough – Birmingham	2–1 (2–1)	2.55	3.25	2.65	2.30	1.62
25.10.25	Middlesbrough – Wrexham	1–1 (0–1)	1.68	3.60	4.75	2.00	1.85
17.10.25	Middlesbrough – Ipswich	2–1 (1–0)	2.70	3.25	2.50	2.10	1.73
30.09.25	Middlesbrough – Stoke	0–0 (0–0)	1.76	3.40	4.50	2.00	1.80
19.09.25	Middlesbrough – West Brom	2–1 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.30	2.10	1.73
30.08.25	Middlesbrough – Sheffield United	1–0 (0–0)	2.15	3.40	3.10	1.90	1.95
09.08.25	Middlesbrough – Swansea	1–0 (0–0)	2.00	3.50	3.60	1.98	1.88

Blackburn away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
13.12.25	Portsmouth – Blackburn	2–1 (0–1)	2.70	3.25	2.50	2.10	1.73
29.11.25	Wrexham – Blackburn	1–1 (0–1)	2.15	3.40	3.25	2.10	1.73
21.11.25	Preston – Blackburn	1–2 (1–1)	2.45	3.05	2.85	2.20	1.67
04.11.25	Bristol City – Blackburn	0–1 (0–1)	2.10	3.25	3.50	2.03	1.83
01.11.25	Leicester – Blackburn	0–2 (0–1)	1.76	3.90	4.00	2.00	1.85
18.10.25	Coventry – Blackburn	2–0 (0–0)	1.53	4.00	5.75	1.67	2.20
27.09.25	Charlton – Blackburn	3–0 (1–0)	2.25	3.25	3.10	2.30	1.62
13.09.25	Watford – Blackburn	0–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.50	3.10	2.20	1.67
23.08.25	Hull – Blackburn	0–3 (0–1)	2.38	3.25	3.00	2.30	1.62
09.08.25	West Brom – Blackburn	1–0 (1–0)	1.83	3.40	4.33	2.20	1.67

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

2 2 4

Middlesbrough winsDrawsBlackburn wins

8matches

1.88goals / match

38%over 2.5

50%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
04.04.25E1	Blackburn – Middlesbrough	0–2 (0–2)	2.80	3.40	2.40	1.98	1.88
27.11.24E1	Middlesbrough – Blackburn	0–1 (0–0)	1.53	4.10	6.25	1.73	2.10
16.03.24E1	Middlesbrough – Blackburn	0–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.50	4.20	1.75	2.05
16.09.23E1	Blackburn – Middlesbrough	2–1 (1–0)	2.63	3.25	2.75	1.73	2.10
29.12.22E1	Blackburn – Middlesbrough	1–2 (1–0)	3.20	3.20	2.38	2.10	1.73
15.10.22E1	Middlesbrough – Blackburn	1–2 (1–2)	2.00	3.40	3.75	2.10	1.72
24.01.22E1	Blackburn – Middlesbrough	1–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	3.10	2.20	1.66
28.08.21E1	Middlesbrough – Blackburn	1–1 (1–1)	2.10	3.30	3.60	2.10	1.72

England Championship table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	22	14	6	2	53	23	+30	48
2	Middlesbrough	22	12	6	4	33	24	+9	42
3	Ipswich	23	10	8	5	38	23	+15	38
4	Hull	22	11	4	7	37	35	+2	37
5	Preston	22	9	9	4	30	23	+7	36
6	Millwall	23	10	6	7	25	31	-6	36
7	QPR	22	10	4	8	32	34	-2	34
8	Stoke	22	10	3	9	28	21	+7	33
9	Bristol City	22	9	6	7	30	24	+6	33
10	Watford	22	8	8	6	31	28	+3	32
11	Derby	23	8	8	7	32	31	+1	32
12	Southampton	22	8	7	7	36	31	+5	31
13	Leicester	22	8	7	7	31	31	0	31
14	Birmingham	23	8	6	9	31	30	+1	30
15	Wrexham	22	6	10	6	27	27	0	28
16	West Brom	22	8	4	10	25	29	-4	28
17	Charlton	21	7	6	8	21	26	-5	27
18	Sheffield United	22	8	2	12	28	31	-3	26
19	Swansea	22	7	5	10	24	30	-6	26
20	Blackburn	21	7	4	10	22	26	-4	25
21	Portsmouth	21	5	6	10	18	28	-10	21
22	Oxford	22	4	7	11	22	31	-9	19
23	Norwich	22	4	6	12	25	35	-10	18
24	Sheffield Weds	21	1	6	14	16	43	-27	9

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	10	8	2	0	26	7	+19	26
2	Ipswich	12	7	4	1	22	10	+12	25
3	Watford	12	7	4	1	20	12	+8	25
4	Middlesbrough	10	7	2	1	16	10	+6	23
5	Hull	12	7	2	3	19	18	+1	23
6	Birmingham	11	6	4	1	23	10	+13	22
7	QPR	11	6	2	3	20	15	+5	20
8	Preston	12	5	5	2	16	12	+4	20
9	Millwall	12	6	2	4	13	15	-2	20
10	Stoke	10	6	1	3	17	8	+9	19
11	Southampton	11	5	4	2	17	11	+6	19
12	West Brom	10	5	4	1	13	8	+5	19
13	Bristol City	12	5	3	4	18	13	+5	18
14	Swansea	12	5	3	4	15	16	-1	18
15	Wrexham	11	4	5	2	17	15	+2	17
16	Charlton	10	5	2	3	12	11	+1	17
17	Leicester	10	4	4	2	14	11	+3	16
18	Sheffield United	11	4	2	5	15	12	+3	14
19	Portsmouth	11	4	2	5	11	12	-1	14
20	Derby	12	3	5	4	15	18	-3	14
21	Oxford	10	2	4	4	11	15	-4	10
22	Blackburn	11	2	3	6	11	16	-5	9
23	Norwich	10	2	1	7	11	16	-5	7
24	Sheffield Weds	11	0	2	9	5	27	-22	2

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	12	6	4	2	27	16	+11	22
2	Middlesbrough	12	5	4	3	17	14	+3	19
3	Derby	11	5	3	3	17	13	+4	18
4	Preston	10	4	4	2	14	11	+3	16
5	Blackburn	10	5	1	4	11	10	+1	16
6	Millwall	11	4	4	3	12	16	-4	16
7	Bristol City	10	4	3	3	12	11	+1	15
8	Leicester	12	4	3	5	17	20	-3	15
9	Hull	10	4	2	4	18	17	+1	14
10	Stoke	12	4	2	6	11	13	-2	14
11	QPR	11	4	2	5	12	19	-7	14
12	Ipswich	11	3	4	4	16	13	+3	13
13	Southampton	11	3	3	5	19	20	-1	12
14	Sheffield United	11	4	0	7	13	19	-6	12
15	Wrexham	11	2	5	4	10	12	-2	11
16	Norwich	12	2	5	5	14	19	-5	11
17	Charlton	11	2	4	5	9	15	-6	10
18	Oxford	12	2	3	7	11	16	-5	9
19	West Brom	12	3	0	9	12	21	-9	9
20	Swansea	10	2	2	6	9	14	-5	8
21	Birmingham	12	2	2	8	8	20	-12	8
22	Sheffield Weds	10	1	4	5	11	16	-5	7
23	Watford	10	1	4	5	11	16	-5	7
24	Portsmouth	10	1	4	5	7	16	-9	7

Middlesbrough Blackburn

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	4	Hull	22	7	15	1.7	1.6	11	4	7	37	35	37
2	12	Southampton	22	7	15	1.6	1.4	8	7	7	36	31	31
3	1	Coventry	22	8	14	2.4	1.0	14	6	2	53	23	48
4	7	QPR	22	8	14	1.5	1.5	10	4	8	32	34	34
5	13	Leicester	22	9	13	1.4	1.4	8	7	7	31	31	31
6	24	Sheffield Weds	21	8	13	0.8	2.0	1	6	14	16	43	9
7	2	Middlesbrough	22	10	12	1.5	1.1	12	6	4	33	24	42
8	3	Ipswich	23	11	12	1.7	1.0	10	8	5	38	23	38
9	10	Watford	22	10	12	1.4	1.3	8	8	6	31	28	32
10	14	Birmingham	23	11	12	1.3	1.3	8	6	9	31	30	30
11	18	Sheffield United	22	10	12	1.3	1.4	8	2	12	28	31	26
12	11	Derby	23	12	11	1.4	1.3	8	8	7	32	31	32
13	19	Swansea	22	11	11	1.1	1.4	7	5	10	24	30	26
14	22	Oxford	22	11	11	1.0	1.4	4	7	11	22	31	19
15	23	Norwich	22	11	11	1.1	1.6	4	6	12	25	35	18
16	6	Millwall	23	13	10	1.1	1.3	10	6	7	25	31	36
17	8	Stoke	22	12	10	1.3	1.0	10	3	9	28	21	33
18	16	West Brom	22	12	10	1.1	1.3	8	4	10	25	29	28
19	5	Preston	22	13	9	1.4	1.0	9	9	4	30	23	36
20	9	Bristol City	22	13	9	1.4	1.1	9	6	7	30	24	33
21	20	Blackburn	21	12	9	1.0	1.2	7	4	10	22	26	25
22	21	Portsmouth	21	12	9	0.9	1.3	5	6	10	18	28	21
23	15	Wrexham	22	14	8	1.2	1.2	6	10	6	27	27	28
24	17	Charlton	21	13	8	1.0	1.2	7	6	8	21	26	27

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	7	QPR	11	3	8	1.8	1.4	6	2	3	20	15	20
2	3	Ipswich	12	5	7	1.8	0.8	7	4	1	22	10	25
3	4	Hull	12	5	7	1.6	1.5	7	2	3	19	18	23
4	10	Watford	12	5	7	1.7	1.0	7	4	1	20	12	25
5	24	Sheffield Weds	11	4	7	0.5	2.5	0	2	9	5	27	2
6	1	Coventry	10	4	6	2.6	0.7	8	2	0	26	7	26
7	2	Middlesbrough	10	4	6	1.6	1.0	7	2	1	16	10	23
8	9	Bristol City	12	6	6	1.5	1.1	5	3	4	18	13	18
9	12	Southampton	11	5	6	1.5	1.0	5	4	2	17	11	19
10	14	Birmingham	11	5	6	2.1	0.9	6	4	1	23	10	22
11	18	Sheffield United	11	5	6	1.4	1.1	4	2	5	15	12	14
12	19	Swansea	12	6	6	1.2	1.3	5	3	4	15	16	18
13	22	Oxford	10	4	6	1.1	1.5	2	4	4	11	15	10
14	23	Norwich	10	4	6	1.1	1.6	2	1	7	11	16	7
15	5	Preston	12	7	5	1.3	1.0	5	5	2	16	12	20
16	6	Millwall	12	7	5	1.1	1.2	6	2	4	13	15	20
17	8	Stoke	10	5	5	1.7	0.8	6	1	3	17	8	19
18	15	Wrexham	11	6	5	1.5	1.4	4	5	2	17	15	17
19	20	Blackburn	11	6	5	1.0	1.5	2	3	6	11	16	9
20	21	Portsmouth	11	6	5	1.0	1.1	4	2	5	11	12	14
21	11	Derby	12	8	4	1.2	1.5	3	5	4	15	18	14
22	13	Leicester	10	6	4	1.4	1.1	4	4	2	14	11	16
23	17	Charlton	10	6	4	1.2	1.1	5	2	3	12	11	17
24	16	West Brom	10	7	3	1.3	0.8	5	4	1	13	8	19

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	12	Southampton	11	2	9	1.7	1.8	3	3	5	19	20	12
2	13	Leicester	12	3	9	1.4	1.7	4	3	5	17	20	15
3	1	Coventry	12	4	8	2.2	1.3	6	4	2	27	16	22
4	4	Hull	10	2	8	1.8	1.7	4	2	4	18	17	14
5	11	Derby	11	4	7	1.5	1.2	5	3	3	17	13	18
6	16	West Brom	12	5	7	1.0	1.8	3	0	9	12	21	9
7	2	Middlesbrough	12	6	6	1.4	1.2	5	4	3	17	14	19
8	7	QPR	11	5	6	1.1	1.7	4	2	5	12	19	14
9	14	Birmingham	12	6	6	0.7	1.7	2	2	8	8	20	8
10	18	Sheffield United	11	5	6	1.2	1.7	4	0	7	13	19	12
11	24	Sheffield Weds	10	4	6	1.1	1.6	1	4	5	11	16	7
12	3	Ipswich	11	6	5	1.5	1.2	3	4	4	16	13	13
13	6	Millwall	11	6	5	1.1	1.5	4	4	3	12	16	16
14	8	Stoke	12	7	5	0.9	1.1	4	2	6	11	13	14
15	10	Watford	10	5	5	1.1	1.6	1	4	5	11	16	7
16	19	Swansea	10	5	5	0.9	1.4	2	2	6	9	14	8
17	22	Oxford	12	7	5	0.9	1.3	2	3	7	11	16	9
18	23	Norwich	12	7	5	1.2	1.6	2	5	5	14	19	11
19	5	Preston	10	6	4	1.4	1.1	4	4	2	14	11	16
20	17	Charlton	11	7	4	0.8	1.4	2	4	5	9	15	10
21	20	Blackburn	10	6	4	1.1	1.0	5	1	4	11	10	16
22	21	Portsmouth	10	6	4	0.7	1.6	1	4	5	7	16	7
23	9	Bristol City	10	7	3	1.2	1.1	4	3	3	12	11	15
24	15	Wrexham	11	8	3	0.9	1.1	2	5	4	10	12	11

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.