Match Centre: Blackburn Rovers vs Middlesbrough
Player of the match Morgan Whittaker 8.1
GolVolt rating 6.8GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 55' Cantwell, 2:1-
0:1 → 2:1
Blackburn Rovers came from behind to win.
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5 → 12
Middlesbrough drop 7 places in the table. Blackburn Rovers: 11 → 5.
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25% → 87%
Blackburn Rovers: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 94.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 2:1, from 22% to 60% (Blackburn Rovers).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+5' · 2:1Blackburn Rovers 87%draw 12%Middlesbrough 1%
90+5' · 2:1xG Blackburn Rovers 0.94xG Middlesbrough 1.52
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Comeback from 0:1.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:1.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 8.3 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Cantwell scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 3.6 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 3.2 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 4.8 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 6.8more watchable than 68% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals5 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 12' Goal: Jeremy Sarmientoleft foot · assist: Whittaker0:1
- 24' Oladapo Afolayanyellow card · foul
- 45+2' Sean McLoughlinyellow card · foul
- Half-time · 0:1
- 49' Goal: Andri Gudjohnsenheader · assist: Pickering1:1
- 55' Goal: Todd Cantwellheader · assist: Alebiosu2:1
- 58' Sam Morsyyellow card · foul
- 60' 2 substitutionsJoseph for SarmientoMcGree for Peart-Harris
- 61' 2 substitutionsFevrier for AfolayanJørgensen for Morishita
- 69' 2 substitutionsForshaw for MorsyOhashi for Gudjohnsen
- 76' Todd Cantwellyellow card · foul
- 77' 2 substitutionsBorges for ArfstenCastledine for Berhalter
- 80' SubstitutionCarter for Cantwell
- 90' Will Lankshearyellow card · foul
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Discipline
Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Blackburn Rovers
- 1 Aynsley Pears GK —
- 4 Yuri Ribeiro DEF —
- 17 Hayden Carter DEF on
- 5 Sidnei Tavares MID —
- 28 Adam Forshaw MID on
- 30 Jake Garrett MID —
- 11 Jayden Fevrier ATT on
- 23 Yuki Ohashi ATT on
- 29 Mathias Jørgensen ATT on
Middlesbrough
- 31 Sol Brynn GK —
- 5 Alfie Jones DEF —
- 30 Neto Borges DEF on
- 8 Riley McGree MID on
- 19 Leo Castledine MID on
- 42 Abdoulaye Kanté MID —
- 44 Cruz Ibeh MID —
- 46 Finley Cartwright MID —
- 22 Kyle Joseph ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Ewood Park, Blackburn
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Middlesbrough Morgan Whittaker
- 2. place · Middlesbrough Luke Ayling
- 3. place · Blackburn Rovers Andri Gudjohnsen
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Blackburn Rovers · 2 out
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Augustus Kargbo Injured
since 22 Oct 2025 · return date unknown · 43 matches missed · Hamstring Injury
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Scott Wharton Injured
since 4 Nov 2025 · return date unknown · 41 matches missed · Achilles tendon problems
Middlesbrough
No absences listed.
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.