English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 16, 2025
Birmingham City WWLDW 2
–
Blackburn Rovers WWDLL 1
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Ewood Park · 19,552 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
59.2
Possession
40.8
8
SHOTS
5
4
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
362
Accurate Passes
203
428
Passes
295
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
8
23
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.5
39
Long Balls
58
15
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
9
37
Effective Clearances
36
37
Clearances
36

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BLK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Balazs TothG
  2. 15Sean McLoughlinCD-L
  3. 5Dominic HyamCD-R
  4. 4Yuri RibeiroLB
  5. 2Ryan AlebiousuRB
  6. 10Todd CantwellAM
  7. 8Sidnei TavaresLM
  8. 6Sondre TronstadRM
  9. 23Yuki OhashiF
  10. 19Ryan HedgesAM-L
  11. 7Augustus KargboAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Dion De NeveSUB
  2. 35Nicholas MichalskiSUB
  3. 18Axel HenrikssonSUB
  4. 3Harry PickeringSUB
  5. 32Igor TyjonSUB
  6. 16Scott WhartonSUB
  7. 12Lewis MillerSUB
  8. 31Kristi MontgomerySUB
  9. 9Makhtar GueyeSUB

BIR · 4-4-1-1

  1. 21Ryan AllsopG
  2. 4Christoph KlarerCD-L
  3. 5Phil NeumannCD-R
  4. 20Alex CochraneLB
  5. 26Bright Osayi-SamuelRB
  6. 24Tomoki IwataCM-L
  7. 8Paik Seung-HoCM-R
  8. 14Keshi AndersonLM
  9. 10Demarai GrayRM
  10. 9Kyogo FuruhashiF
  11. 28Jay StansfieldRCF

Substitutes

  1. 18Willum Thór WillumssonSUB
  2. 2Ethan LairdSUB
  3. 17Lyndon DykesSUB
  4. 41Eiran CashinSUB
  5. 12Marc LeonardSUB
  6. 25James BeadleSUB
  7. 7Tommy DoyleSUB
  8. 27Kanya FujimotoSUB
  9. 19Taylor Gardner-HickmanSUB

Timeline

  1. 30' Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 45' Substitution, Birmingham City. Ethan Laird replaces Alex Cochrane.
  3. 50' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 0. Todd Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  4. 69' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Lewis Miller replaces Ryan Hedges.
  5. 76' Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 81' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lyndon Dykes replaces Bright Osayi-Samuel.
  7. 81' Substitution, Birmingham City. Tommy Doyle replaces Keshi Anderson.
  8. 82' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Scott Wharton replaces Ryan Alebiosu because of an injury.
  9. 87' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Makhtar Gueye replaces Yuki Ohashi.
  10. 87' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Dion De Neve replaces Todd Cantwell.
  11. 88' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Axel Henriksson replaces Augustus Kargbo.
  12. 88' Substitution, Birmingham City. Willum Willumsson replaces Phil Neumann.
  13. 90' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 1. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Birmingham City. Eiran Cashin replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
  15. 90'+8' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2. Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross following a fast break.
  16. 90'+8' Sean McLoughlin (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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