Blackburn vs Birmingham

Championship 16 Aug 2025, 14:00
Blackburn
Blackburn
1–2
HT 0–0
FULL TIME
Birmingham
Birmingham
🏟 Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire) 👤 Oliver Langford Round 2

Match report

Birmingham edged past Blackburn 2-1 in the Championship on 16 August 2025. The game was goalless at the break before all 3 goals arrived after half-time.

Birmingham had 8 shots to Blackburn's 5.

The match was played at Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire), with Oliver Langford in charge.

Half-time 0-0 Possession 41% - 59% Shots 5 - 8 On target 2 - 4 Corners 3 - 5 Fouls 14 - 13 Yellow cards 3
8
Player of the match
Christoph Klarer
Birmingham · 75 passes (95% accurate)
8 Demarai Gray 1 assist
7 Todd Cantwell 1 goal
7 Jay Stansfield 1 goal
7 Lyndon Dykes 1 goal
First half vs second half
Blackburn stepped it up after the break, with 5 shots in the second half compared to 0 in the first.
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 0–2 5–6
Shots On Goal 0–1 2–3
Ball Possession 41–59 —
Corners 0–3 3–2
Attacks 30–65 33–44
Match statistics
3 Corners 5
0 Corners 1
0 Penalty 1
5 Substitution 5
63 Attacks 109
0 Attacks 3
0 Attacks 1
48 Dangerous Attacks 48
0 Dangerous Attacks 2
0 Dangerous Attacks 2
4 On Target 4
3 Off Target 5
0 Off Target 2
5 Shots Total 8
2 Shots On Goal 4
2 Shots Off Goal 2
1 Shots Blocked 2
5 Shots Inside Box 4
0 Shots Outside Box 4
14 Fouls 13
3 Corners 5
3 Offsides 0
41% Ball Possession 59%
0 Yellow Cards 2
2 Saves 1
297 Passes Total 421
206 Passes Accurate 358
Line-ups 4-2-3-1  vs  4-4-1-1
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Blackburn · 4-2-3-1
22 B. Tóth
2 R. Alebiosu 5 D. Hyam 15 S. McLoughlin 4 Y. Ribeiro
6 S. Tronstad 8 S. Tavares
7 A. Kargbo 10 T. Cantwell 19 R. Hedges
23 Y. Ohashi
Birmingham · 4-4-1-1
21 R. Allsop
26 B. Osayi-Samuel 5 P. Neumann 4 C. Klarer 20 A. Cochrane
10 D. Gray 8 S. Paik 24 T. Iwata 14 K. Anderson
28 J. Stansfield
9 K. Furuhashi
Blackburn
Coach
Valérien Alexandre Ismaël
Substitutes
  • 12 Lewis Miller
  • 16 Scott Wharton
  • 14 Dion De Neve
  • 9 Makhtar Gueye
  • 18 Axel Henriksson
  • 35 Nicholas Michalski
  • 3 Harry Pickering
  • 31 Kristi Montgomery
  • 32 Igor Tyjon
Birmingham
Coach
Christopher Paul Davies
Substitutes
  • 2 Ethan Laird
  • 7 Tommy Doyle
  • 17 Lyndon Dykes
  • 18 Willum Thor Willumsson
  • 41 Eiran Joe Cashin
  • 25 James Beadle
  • 19 Taylor Gardner-Hickman
  • 27 Kanya Fujimoto
  • 12 Marc Leonard
Substitutions
  • 46' ↑ E. Laird ↓ A. Cochrane Birmingham
  • 69' ↑ L. Miller ↓ R. Hedges Blackburn
  • 81' ↑ T. Doyle ↓ K. Anderson Birmingham
  • 81' ↑ L. Dykes ↓ B. Osayi-Samuel Birmingham
  • 82' ↑ S. Wharton ↓ R. Alebiosu Blackburn
  • 87' ↑ M. Gueye ↓ Y. Ohashi Blackburn
  • 87' ↑ D. De Neve ↓ T. Cantwell Blackburn
  • 88' ↑ A. Henriksson ↓ A. Kargbo Blackburn
  • 88' ↑ W. Willumsson ↓ P. Neumann Birmingham
  • 90' ↑ E. Cashin ↓ K. Furuhashi Birmingham
Cards
  • 30' B. Osayi-Samuel Birmingham
  • 76' T. Iwata Birmingham
  • 90+8' S. McLoughlin Blackburn
Head-to-head
Blackburn 8 1 draws 3 Birmingham
2026-04-03 Birmingham vs Blackburn 0 - 1
2025-08-16 Blackburn vs Birmingham 1 - 2
2024-02-13 Birmingham City vs Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0
2023-11-29 Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City 4 - 2
2023-01-31 Birmingham City vs Blackburn Rovers 0 - 1
2023-01-28 Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City 2 - 2
Recent form
Blackburn D L D D D
Birmingham D L D D L
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Blackburn vs Birmingham?
Blackburn lost 1-2 against Birmingham on 16 August 2025.
Who won Blackburn vs Birmingham?
Birmingham won the match 2-1.
Where was Blackburn vs Birmingham played?
The match was played at Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire).
Who had more possession in Blackburn vs Birmingham?
Birmingham had 59% of possession, compared to 41% for the other side.