The guests come to the always awkward visit to Blackburn, in the hope that they will continue with great games and maybe win for the first time in many years. Middlesbrough and Blackburn always play tough games and in the last 10 games only one game was with 3 goals, so it is a good bet to play under 2.5 goals here. The guests are in a great series of results and have 5 wins in a row and since they were taken over by new manager Chris Wilder, Middlesbrough has been playing fantastically. Since his arrival, the team has only 1 defeat, 2 draws and 7 wins, so they are coming in great momentum and with high morale. Middlesbrough won the last game of Reading at home, although they lost 1-0 after the goal of the former great hope of English football Andy Carroll, Crooks scored a brace (both goals were headers) after two identical actions, and brought victory.

Blackburn finished 2021 brilliantly, they had 6 wins in a row but they started very badly in 2022. It all started in Wigan, when they lost 3-2 in the FA Cup, then they won in Cardiff 1-0, although the home team the team was much better and in the last round they lost to Hull 2-0. Although they have a very good tradition against Middlesbrough at home, where they have lost only 1 in the past 13 games, Blackburn will play today without their two best players. Midfielder Dack is not ready to return yet, while the top scorer of the team, Ben Brereton, who scored 20 goals this season (Blackburn scored 44 goals), is together with the Chilean national team. Brereton is a very important "screw" in the game of Blackburn and I think the odds in this game would be much different if he played. This way without him and Dack in the first team, I think that the guests from Middlesbrough have a great chance to win at least 1 point.

My prediction;

outcome: Middlesbrough +0

Goals: under 2.5

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客人们来到总是尴尬的布莱克本，希望他们能继续伟大的比赛，也许会赢得多年来的第一次胜利。米德尔斯堡和布莱克本的比赛总是很艰难，在最近的10场比赛中，只有一场比赛进了3个球，所以在这里踢2.5个球是一个很好的选择。客队已经取得了一系列的胜利，并且已经取得了5连胜，自从他们被新主帅克里斯·怀尔德接管后，米德尔斯堡一直表现得非常出色。自从他的到来，球队只有1败2平7胜，所以他们气势汹汹，士气高昂。米德尔斯堡在主场赢得了雷丁的最后一场比赛，尽管他们在英格兰足球的前大希望安迪·卡罗尔的进球后0 - 1输掉了比赛，克鲁克斯在两个相同的动作后梅开二度(两个进球都是头球)，并带来了胜利。

布莱克本出色地完成了2021年的比赛，他们取得了6连胜，但他们在2022年开局非常糟糕。这一切都是从维冈开始的，他们在足总杯上以3-2输给了维冈，然后他们在卡迪夫以1-0获胜，尽管主队比他们强得多，上一轮他们以2-0输给了赫尔城。尽管他们在主场对阵米德尔斯堡时有着很好的传统，在过去的13场比赛中他们只输了一场，但布莱克本今天将缺席他们最好的两名球员。中场球员达克还没有准备好复出，而本赛季打进20球(布莱克本打进44球)的最佳射手本·布里列顿将与智利国家队会合。布里列顿在对布莱克本的比赛中是一个非常重要的“螺丝钉”，我认为如果他上场的话，这场比赛的胜算会大不相同。没有他和达克在一线队，我认为米德尔斯堡的客人有很大的机会赢得至少1分。

我的预测;

结果:米德尔斯堡+ 0