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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 9 (setup 4, season 27)
Middlesbrough
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Tim KRUL1Mamadou SAMASSA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Calum CHAMBERS72JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
José HOLEBAS3Patrick VAN AANHOLT
Lewis BAKER4David MEYLER
Daniel Sánchez AYALA85Vegard FORREN
George FRIEND66Rhys WILLIAMS
Héctor FONT Romero7Felipe TEIXEIRA
José Heriberto IZQUIERDO Mena88Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez
Seydou DOUMBIA89Sjoerd ARS
Rudy GESTEDE10Nicolas MARIN
Britt ASSOMBALONGA11Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona
Manager
Rey VOLPATO12Keith TREACY
Andreas ISAKSSON13David RAYA Martin
Ryan MASON714Danny GRAHAM
Patrick BAMFORD15Peter WHITTINGHAM
Roman PAVLYUCHENKO16MIKEL ALONSO Olano

Middlesbrough 3 Blackburn Rovers 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 37,597, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Jirí LERCH 6½, TV: highlights)
7 Doumbia, 10 Doumbia, 80 AssombalongaScorers
72 Holebas <=> MasonSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings88 Forren
1Corners4
1Fouls16
6Offsides1
5Shots on1
10Shots off7
15Total shots8
2Shots saved1
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Daniel Sánchez AYALA
1GESTEDE beat VAN AANHOLT and whacked the ball to DOUMBIA who blasted his shot wide.
7GOAL!! A tackle from ARS gave Middlesbrough a free-kick twenty yards out which DOUMBIA stroked past the 'keeper. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
10GOAL!! Middlesbrough's DOUMBIA beat a number of defenders before firing just inside the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper's far post. (2-0 Middlesbrough)
16ARS dribbled round GESTEDE and flicked a tame shot wide.
22FORREN kicked the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
30IZQUIERDO made space on the right and dragged the ball to FRIEND who clipped the ball over.
36VAN AANHOLT touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Middlesbrough 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
38VAN AANHOLT shot over.
41HOLEBAS was put clear by FONT and he pulled away from the 'keeper but glanced his shot wide.
44HOLEBAS stabbed an easy chance past the far post.
45An exceptional effort from ARS scraped the top of the crossbar.
 
48The hapless KRUL was a mere bystander as a backpass from FRIEND fell just wide.
50A free-kick from ASSOMBALONGA floated over the bar.
52FONT headed just beyond the near post.
56A weak strike from IZQUIERDO trickled agonisingly wide.
57Uncertainty in the Middlesbrough defence enabled ARS to hammer an effort over.
61A left foot effort from IZQUIERDO was clawed past the post by the 'keeper.
62VAN AANHOLT ran onto a great ball from MARIN but hit his shot wide of the lefthand post.
63IZQUIERDO beat three Blackburn Rovers players and thundered a shot inches wide.
70CHAMBERS rushed an easy chance.
78A good ball from FONT on the left fell to MASON who mishit his shot over the bar.
80GOAL!! CHAMBERS made space for ASSOMBALONGA who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, struck the ball past the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (3-0 Middlesbrough)
88A clinical challenge on MASON by FORREN results in a booking.
89DOUMBIA's shot was well held by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.