H2H: Blackburn vs Middlesbrough – Prediction (Championship

H2H: Blackburn v Middlesbrough – Comparison.

Adam Armstrong has scored five of Blackburn’s seven home league goals this term, including one in each half in their last game here. Chuba Akpom featured from the bench at the weekend following his negative Covid-19 test – the Boro striker bagged in his first two appearances. Tony Mowbray has won just one of eight prior meetings with Neil Warnock (W1, D4, L3). Six of those featured under 2.5 goals.

Blackburn Insights.

Following a 2-0 loss at the weekend, Tony Mowbray’s Blackburn Rovers have now won just one of their last six matches (W1, D1, L4) with the last three defeats witnessing a 2+ goal margin. This is Mowbray’s worst winless league run as Blackburn manager since a six-game run in September/October 2019 – although the seventh game saw a 2-1 home victory. Blackburn are looking to avoid a third consecutive home loss for the first time since March 2019, of which Middlesbrough were one of the winning visitors (1-0). Despite their form though, Blackburn are favourites here, but that’s a tag they often don’t cope well with given their poor 43.48% win-rate across their last 23 such home league games (W10, D9, L4).

Middlesbrough Insights.

Middlesbrough rarely blow teams away, however their eight-game unbeaten league streak (W4, D4) is the best they’ve registered since their last promotion season. It’s been built on a foundation of defensive solidity, with Boro conceding a joint league-low five goals so far, whilst keeping four clean sheets (44.44%). Although this has contributed to their shockingly low total goal average of 1.56 per Championship match. Visiting manager Neil Warnock has seen 17 of the 28 points earned since his appointment come on the road (W5, D2, L2). However, a result here would represent Warnock’s first-ever victory at Ewood Park in his sixth attempt (D3, L2). Four of those prior meetings produced under 2.5 goals.