Blackburn vs Birmingham

Final score: Blackburn 1-2 Birmingham in the Championship, August 16, 2025. Head-to-head in the last 10 meetings: 6 wins for Blackburn, 1 draws, 3 wins for Birmingham.

Overview

Football: Championship · Round 2
Form: LLDLL Blackburn
: LWDDL Birmingham

30' Bright Osayi-Samuel
HT0-0
46' ▲ E. Laird ▼ A. Cochrane
50' T. Cantwell 1-0
69' ▲ L. Miller ▼ R. Hedges
76' Tomoki Iwata
81' ▲ T. Doyle ▼ K. Anderson
81' ▲ L. Dykes ▼ B. Osayi-Samuel
82' ▲ S. Wharton ▼ R. Alebiosu
87' ▲ D. De Neve ▼ T. Cantwell
87' ▲ M. Gueye ▼ Y. Ohashi
88' ▲ A. Henriksson ▼ A. Kargbo
88' ▲ W. T. Willumsson ▼ P. Neumann
90'+8 Sean McLoughlin
90'+2 ▲ E. Cashin ▼ K. Furuhashi
90' 1-1 J. Stansfieldpen.
90' 1-2 L. Dykes · D. Gray
FT1-2

Line-ups

Blackburn Formation: 4-2-3-1 · Coach: Damien Johnson

22B. Toth 6.2
2R. Alebiosu ▼ 82' 7.2
5D. Hyam 6.2
15S. McLoughlin 6.2
4Y. Ribeiro 7.0
6S. Tronstad 6.7
8S. Tavares 6.2
7A. Kargbo ▼ 88' 7.2
10T. Cantwell ⚽ ▼ 87' 7.2
19R. Hedges ▼ 69' 6.9
23Y. Ohashi ▼ 87' 6.5

Substitutes 9

35N. Michalski
14D. De Neve ▲ 87' 6.0
12L. Miller ▲ 69' 6.3
3H. Pickering
16S. Wharton ▲ 82' 6.0
18A. Henriksson ▲ 88' 6.2
31K. Montgomery
9M. Gueye ▲ 87' 6.9
32I. Tyjon

Birmingham Formation: 4-4-1-1 · Coach: Chris Davies

21R. Allsop 6.3
26B. Osayi-Samuel ▼ 81' 6.2
5P. Neumann ▼ 88' 6.5
4C. Klarer 7.5
20A. Cochrane ▼ 46' 7.0
10D. Gray ⇢ 7.7
8Paik Seung-Ho 7.0
24T. Iwata 7.0
14K. Anderson ▼ 81' 7.2
28J. Stansfield ⚽ 7.0
9K. Furuhashi ▼ 90' 6.2

Substitutes 9

25J. Beadle
41E. Cashin ▲ 90' 7.0
2E. Laird ▲ 46' 7.3
7T. Doyle ▲ 81' 6.6
27K. Fujimoto
19T. Gardner-Hickman
12M. Leonard
18W. T. Willumsson ▲ 88' 6.3
17L. Dykes ⚽ ▲ 81' 7.5

Statistics

01⚑3

⚑520

41%Possession59%

5Shots8

2Shots on target4

2Shots off target2

5Shots inside box4

0Shots outside box4

1Blocked shots2

3Corners5

3Offsides0

14Fouls13

1Yellow cards2

2Saves1

-0.22Goals prevented-0.22

295Passes428

203Accurate passes362

69%Pass accuracy85%

0.43Expected goals (xG)2.00

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	46	97 - 45	+52	95
2	Ipswich	46	80 - 47	+33	84
3	Millwall	46	64 - 49	+15	83
4	Southampton	46	82 - 56	+26	80
5	Middlesbrough	46	72 - 47	+25	80
6	Hull City	46	70 - 66	+4	73
7	Wrexham	46	69 - 65	+4	71
8	Derby	46	67 - 59	+8	69
9	Norwich	46	63 - 56	+7	65
10	Birmingham	46	57 - 56	+1	64
11	Swansea	46	57 - 59	-2	64
12	Bristol City	46	59 - 59	0	62
13	Sheffield Utd	46	66 - 66	0	60
14	Preston	46	55 - 62	-7	60
15	QPR	46	61 - 73	-12	58
16	Watford	46	53 - 65	-12	57
17	Stoke City	46	51 - 56	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	49 - 64	-15	55
19	Charlton	46	44 - 58	-14	53
20	Blackburn	46	42 - 56	-14	52
21	West Brom	46	48 - 58	-10	51
22	Oxford United	46	45 - 59	-14	47
23	Leicester	46	58 - 68	-10	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	29 - 89	-60	0