📅 26/12/25🕒 15:00🏟️ Riverside Stadium🧑⚖️ James Bell, England
Biggest Swing+0.97 xT80' H. HackneyCards4
Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn Rovers — xTears 7.60 (26/12/25)
Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers finished 0-0 on 26 December 2025 during Matchday 23 of EFL Championship. Total xTears: 7.60.
Biggest swings: H. Hackney at 80' yellow card (+0.97 xT); M. Baradji at 57' yellow card (+0.86 xT).
Most phases were balanced, with short bursts of pressure.
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How it unfolded
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No major swings to show in this match.
All-out war
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3.45
80'
Yellow card
+0.97 xT
H. Hackney - Middlesbrough
57'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
M. Baradji - Blackburn Rovers
31'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
A. Gilbert - Middlesbrough
32'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
R. Morishita - Blackburn Rovers
Late drama
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1.97
80'
Yellow card
+0.97 xT
H. Hackney - Middlesbrough
90+2'
Substitution
+0.50 xT
N. Dlamini for A. Henriksson - Blackburn Rovers
90+3'
Substitution
+0.50 xT
Yuri Ribeiro for T. Cantwell - Blackburn Rovers
Absolute chaos
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1.00
90+2'
Substitution
+0.50 xT
N. Dlamini for A. Henriksson - Blackburn Rovers
90+3'
Substitution
+0.50 xT
Yuri Ribeiro for T. Cantwell - Blackburn Rovers
Referee scandal
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Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Cruelty
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Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
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Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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