English Premier League

FT Sunday, May 11, 2008
Blackburn Rovers DLDWW 1
–
Birmingham City LDLDL 4
St Andrews Stadium · 26,668 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
6
48
Possession
52
14
SHOTS
15
9
ON GOAL
7
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
3
Accurate Passes
3
3
Passes
3
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
1
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
3
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
3
Effective Clearances
15
3
Clearances
15

Head to Head

BLK leads series 3-2

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 2Stephen KellyD
  3. 24Radhi JaidiD
  4. 6Liam RidgewellD
  5. 14David MurphyD
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  7. 26Fabrice MuambaM
  8. 22Damien JohnsonM
  9. 23Olivier KapoM
  10. 9Mikael ForssellF
  11. 16James McFaddenF
  12. 19Mauro ZárateF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 21Stuart ParnabyD
  3. 12Mehdi NaftiM
  4. 11Gary McSheffreyM
  5. 10Cameron JeromeF

BLK

  1. 1Brad FriedelG
  2. 4Christopher SambaD
  3. 6Ryan NelsenD
  4. 3Stephen WarnockD
  5. 14Steven ReidM
  6. 11David BentleyM
  7. 7Brett EmertonM
  8. 8Johann VogelM
  9. 12Morten PedersenM
  10. 9Roque Santa CruzF
  11. 30Jason RobertsF

Substitutes

  1. 32Jason BrownG
  2. 13Zurab KhizanishviliD
  3. 5Tugay KerimogluM
  4. 19David DunnM
  5. 10Benni McCarthyF

Timeline

  1. 26' Damien Johnson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 31' Goal!! David Murphy hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the left channel (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 1 - 0
  3. 33' Jason Roberts is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  4. 40' Sebastian Larsson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  5. 49' Goal!! Morten Gamst Pedersen hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  6. 51' Roque Santa Cruz is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 67' Blackburn makes a sub: David Dunn enters for Johann Vogel. Reason: Tactical
  8. 67' Blackburn makes a sub: Tugay Kerimoglu enters for Morten Gamst Pedersen. Reason: Injury
  9. 69' Birmingham makes a sub: Cameron Jerome enters for Mikael Forssell. Reason: Tactical
  10. 73' Birmingham makes a sub: Mehdi Nafti enters for Damien Johnson. Reason: Tactical
  11. 73' Goal!! Cameron Jerome hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 2 - 1
  12. 76' Liam Ridgewell is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 81' Blackburn makes a sub: Benedict McCarthy enters for Stephen Warnock. Reason: Tactical
  14. 87' Birmingham makes a sub: Gary McSheffrey enters for Olivier Kapo. Reason: Tactical
  15. 89'+2' Goal!! Cameron Jerome hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 3 - 1
  16. 90' End of the game
  17. 90'+3' Goal!! Fabrice Muamba hits a very good header to the upper right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 4 - 1

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