English League Championship

FT Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Birmingham City LDWLW 0
–
Blackburn Rovers LLWWL 2
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BIR000
BLK202
Ewood Park · 12,774 att.

Match Report

Blackburn's quick-fire double sinks Birmingham

Blackburn's quick-fire double sinks Birmingham

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
3
51.2
Possession
48.8
10
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
308
Accurate Passes
287
433
Passes
417
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
6
26
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.3
95
Long Balls
96
29
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
15
16
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
15
14
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BLK leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BLK · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 30Jason SteeleG
  2. 5Grant HanleyCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 29Corry EvansDM
  5. 3Thomas SpurrLB
  6. 10Ben MarshallRB
  7. 31Elliott BennettAM
  8. 14Jordi GómezLM
  9. 26Darragh LenihanRM
  10. 12Danny GrahamCF-L
  11. 8Tony WattCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 35Simeon JacksonSUB
  2. 33David RayaSUB
  3. 16Matt GrimesSUB
  4. 32Craig ConwaySUB
  5. 21Hope AkpanSUB
  6. 15Elliott WardSUB
  7. 9Chris BrownSUB

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 4Paul RobinsonCD-L
  3. 28Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Jonathan GroundsLB
  5. 31Paul CaddisRB
  6. 20Jon ToralAM
  7. 6Maikel KieftenbeldLM
  8. 8Stephen GleesonRM
  9. 9Clayton DonaldsonF
  10. 19Jacques MaghomaAM-L
  11. 11David CotterillAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Diego FabbriniSUB
  2. 1Adam LegzdinsSUB
  3. 32Ryan ShottonSUB
  4. 30William BuckleySUB
  5. 23Jonathan SpectorSUB
  6. 17Viv Solomon-OtaborSUB
  7. 26David DavisSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 0. Tony Watt (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Shane Duffy with a headed pass.
  2. 23' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Birmingham City 0. Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jason Steele.
  3. 45'+1' Jordi Gómez (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45'+1' Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+1' Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45' Substitution, Birmingham City. Diego Fabbrini replaces Maikel Kieftenbeld.
  7. 50' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Matt Grimes replaces Jordi Gómez.
  8. 60' Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Simeon Jackson replaces Tony Watt.
  10. 64' Substitution, Birmingham City. William Buckley replaces David Cotterill.
  11. 73' Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 79' Substitution, Birmingham City. Viv Solomon-Otabor replaces Jacques Maghoma.
  13. 86' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Chris Brown replaces Danny Graham.

EFL Championship News

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