Blackburn Rovers 2 Middlesbrough 1
Outcome: Lost
Date: 8/22/2026
Manager: Kim Hellberg
Attendance: 18918
Competition: Championship
Played at: Ewood Park
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| Jeremy Sarmiento | 12 | Morgan Whittaker | |
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Radek Vitek | |||
| Luke Ayling | |||
| Callum Brittain | |||
| Adilson Malanda | |||
| Aidan Morris | |||
| Sebastian Berhalter | |||
| Max Arfsten | |||
| Morgan Whittaker | |||
| Jeremy Sarmiento | |||
| Myles Peart-Harris | |||
| Will Lankshear |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Neto Borges | |||
| Riley McGree | |||
| Leo Castledine | |||
| Kyle Joseph |