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Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City (2025-08-16T14:00:00.000Z)

Championship Round 2
  • Ewood Park
  • Oliver Langford
  • 19,552
1 - 2Full time

Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City (2025-08-16T14:00:00.000Z)


Match review

Championship: Birmingham late show stuns Blackburn as Preston down Leicester

It was another dramatic afternoon of Championship action with Birmingham City snatching a last-gasp win, while Leicester were beaten late.


Momentum

    Top stats

    Ball possession
  • Expected goals (xG)
  • Total shots
  • Big chances

Events

30’
Bright Osayi-Samuel
HT 0 - 0
Todd Cantwell (1 - 0)
50’
90’
Jay Stansfield (1 - 1)Penalty
90’+2
FT 1 - 2
6.6

Blackburn Rovers

4-2-3-1

7.2

Birmingham City

4-4-1-1
6.6
Blackburn Rovers
4-2-3-1
6.2
22Toth
7.2
Birmingham City
4-4-1-1

Coach

Coach

Substitutes

Team form


    Top stats

    Ball possession
  • Expected goals (xG)
  • Total shots
  • Big chances

Player of the Match

Christoph Klarer
Birmingham City
7.8

About the match

    Blackburn Rovers faces Birmingham City at Ewood Park on Sat, Aug 16, 2025, 14:00 UTC. This match is part of the Championship. You can check the recent head-to-head encounters, as well as full H2H record on this page to see how Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City have fared against each other in the past. On FotMob, you can follow the Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City live score with a full set of match features, including:

  • Live updates: Every goal, card, substitution and key moment instantly delivered on FotMob.

  • Real-time extensive stats powered by Opta: Possession, shots, corners, big chances created, xG, momentum, and shot maps.

  • The lineups are:
    Blackburn Rovers (4-2-3-1): Balazs Toth - Ryan Alebiosu, Dominic Hyam, Sean McLoughlin, Yuri Ribeiro - Sondre Tronstad, Sidnei Tavares - Augustus Kargbo, Todd Cantwell, Ryan Hedges - Yuki Ohashi.
    Birmingham City (4-4-1-1): Ryan Allsop - Bright Osayi-Samuel, Phil Neumann, Christoph Klarer, Alexander Cochrane - Demarai Gray, Tomoki Iwata, Seung-Ho Paik, Keshi Anderson - Jay Stansfield - Kyogo Furuhashi.

  • Unavailable players for Blackburn Rovers: Adam Forshaw (injury), Hayden Carter (injury). Unavailable players for Birmingham City: Scott Wright (injury).

  • Team form & Head-to-head history: Compare recent results and see how Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City have performed against each other. The current head to head record for the teams are Blackburn Rovers 10 win(s), Birmingham City 7 win(s), and 10 draw(s).

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Insights

  • Have scored 8 goals in their last 5 matches

  • Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City have not drawn any of their last 4 matches against each other.

  • Yuki Ohashi has the most shots on target per match for Blackburn Rovers (1)

  • Have scored 6 goals in their last 5 matches

  • Have conceded the most penalties this season (1)

  • Bright Osayi-Samuel has created the most big chances for Birmingham City (1)

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Insights

  • Have scored 8 goals in their last 5 matches

  • Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City have not drawn any of their last 4 matches against each other.

  • Yuki Ohashi has the most shots on target per match for Blackburn Rovers (1)

  • Have scored 6 goals in their last 5 matches

  • Have conceded the most penalties this season (1)

  • Bright Osayi-Samuel has created the most big chances for Birmingham City (1)

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