Middlesbrough vs Blackburn Rovers Prediction and Betting Tips | January 11th 2025 

Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers will trade tackles in the third round of the 2024-25 FA Cup on Saturday (January 11th). The game will be played at the Riverside Stadium.

The home side are coming into the game on the back of a 1-1 draw against Cardiff at the same venue in the EFL Championship last weekend. They went ahead through Emmanuel Lath's 11th-minute strike while Calum Chambers equalized 10 minutes later.

Blackburn, meanwhile, fell to a 1-0 defeat at home to Burnley in the league. Zian Flemming broke the deadlock on the hour-mark and his goal proved to be the difference between the two sides.

The Riversiders will shift their attention to the cup where Boro stand in the way of advancing to the fourth round.

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Middlesbrough vs Blackburn Rovers Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two sides have clashed on 144 occasions in the past. Blackburn Rovers have 60 wins to their name, Middlesbrough have been victorious on 40 occasions while 40 games were drawn.
• Their most recent clash came in November 2024 when Blackburn claimed a 1-0 away win.
• The last 16 head-to-head games to produce a winner have been decided by a one-goal margin.
• Middlesbrough are unbeaten in their last six games (four draws).
• Blackburn Rovers are winless in their last five games (three losses).
• Nine of Blackburn's last 10 games have produced less than three goals.

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Middlesbrough vs Blackburn Rovers Prediction

Middlesbrough have had a penchant for draws in recent weeks, having shared the spoils in four of their last five league games. Michael Carrick's side have promotion aspirations this season and are firmly in the Championship playoff spots.

Blackburn, meanwhile, are currently on a poor run of form that has seen them fail to win a game since mid-December. This run came on the back of a six-game winning run and consequently saw them drop out of the top six in the Championship. Their games this season have typically been compact affairs with few goalscoring chances.

Games between these two sides tend to be keenly-contested affairs and another cagey encounter could be on the cards. We are backing the home side to claim a narrow victory in addition to a clean sheet.

Prediction: Middlesbrough 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

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Middlesbrough vs Blackburn Rovers Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Middlesbrough to win

Tip 2 - Both teams to score: No

Tip 3 - Under 2.5 goals

Tip 4 - Highest scoring half: Second half