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Middlesbrough face a trip to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Boro will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 31 and win only 11 of the 58 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2004, where Middlesbrough annihilated the Boro 0 - 4 in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Mon 26 Dec | Middlesbrough | 0 - 2 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 21 Dec | Middlesbrough | 0 - 1 | Blackburn R. | LGEC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Feb | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Oct | Blackburn R. | 0 - 4 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 07 Feb | Middlesbrough | 0 - 1 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 26 Dec | Blackburn R. | 2 - 2 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | Blackburn R. | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Blackburn Rovers are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Rovers in those games, with 4 conceded.
Middlesbrough's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Boro, and 5 goals against.
Blackburn R. find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 46 points they have accumulated from 29 games. Middlesbrough find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 34 points from their 28 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Blackburn R. is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackburn R. | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 10 . |
| Middlesbrough | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |