English League Championship

FT Friday, April 3, 2026
Blackburn Rovers LDLWD 1
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Birmingham City LLWDL 0
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St. Andrew's Stadium · 27,842 att.

Team Stats

7
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
10
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
3
35.3
Possession
64.7
16
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
187
Accurate Passes
449
277
Passes
538
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
25
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
59
14
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.2
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
2
Interceptions
7
59
Effective Clearances
35
59
Clearances
35

Head to Head

BIR leads series 3-2

Lineups

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25James BeadleG
  2. 6Jack RobinsonCD-L
  3. 4Christoph KlarerCD-R
  4. 2Ethan LairdLB
  5. 24Tomoki IwataRB
  6. 33Marvin DuckschAM
  7. 8Paik Seung-HoLM
  8. 7Tommy DoyleRM
  9. 28Jay StansfieldF
  10. 17Ibrahim OsmanAM-L
  11. 16Patrick RobertsAM-R

BLK · 3-4-2-1

  1. 22Balazs TothG
  2. 16Scott WhartonCD
  3. 15Sean McLoughlinCD-L
  4. 38Tom AtchesonCD-R
  5. 24Moussa BaradjiCM-L
  6. 28Adam ForshawCM-R
  7. 3Harry PickeringLM
  8. 2Ryan AlebiousuRM
  9. 23Yuki OhashiF
  10. 10Todd CantwellCF-L
  11. 25Ryoya MorishitaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Adam Forshaw (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 65' Substitution, Birmingham City. Demarai Gray replaces Ibrahim Osman.
  3. 65' Substitution, Birmingham City. Kanya Fujimoto replaces Marvin Ducksch.
  4. 69' Goal! Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 1. Todd Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryoya Morishita with a through ball following a fast break.
  5. 70' Scott Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  6. 77' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Kristi Montgomery replaces Ryoya Morishita.
  7. 78' Substitution, Birmingham City. August Priske replaces Jay Stansfield.
  8. 78' Substitution, Birmingham City. Carlos Vicente replaces Patrick Roberts.
  9. 83' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Yuri Ribeiro replaces Scott Wharton.
  10. 83' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Mathias Jørgensen replaces Todd Cantwell.
  11. 88' Substitution, Birmingham City. Bright Osayi-Samuel replaces Tomoki Iwata.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Sidnei Tavares replaces Moussa Baradji.

EFL Championship News

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News PA Nuno Espírito Santo on West Ham loss: We played with 'hesitation' Nuno Espírito Santo admitted West Ham United's painfully slow start cost them after they crashed to a 3-2 home defeat by Southampton. ESPN PA Andri Gudjohnsen brace extends Wrexham's winless run on the road Andri Gudjohnsen's second brace in a week earned Blackburn a clinical 2-0 win over Wrexham. News ESPN News Services Kyle Walker: 'No intention' of removing Man City tattoos after radio comments Kyle Walker has said he has "never had any intention" of removing his Manchester City tattoos, in the wake of comments the full-back made on Wednesday. News PA Wrexham boss Parkinson gets fans' backing as big win eases pressure Phil Parkinson was delighted with the reaction of his players as a 4-1 win over Championship strugglers Preston eased the pressure on the Wrexham boss.