1 BLA
Blackburn
2 BIR
Birmingham
BLA 1
2 BIR

Blackburn
-
Birmingham

Championship, Round 2
Saturday, August 16, 2025 3:00 PM
Ewood Park

Result

1-2

Match Recap

2H
Todd Cantwell 50'
Jay Stansfield (pen.) 90'
Lyndon Dykes 90+8'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 2

Yellow Card
Yellow Card
90+9'
Goal
90+8'
Fifth Substitution
90+2'
Penalty Goal
90'
Penalty Goal
Fifth Substitution
88'
Fourth Substitution
88'
Fourth Substitution
87'
Third Substitution
87'
Second Substitution
82'
Third Substitution
81'
Second Substitution
81'
Yellow Card
76'
Yellow Card
First Substitution
69'
Goal
50'
First Substitution
46'

First Half 0 - 0

Yellow Card
30'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

41%
59%

Total Shots

5
8

Shots on Goal

2
4

Corners

3
5

Expected Goals (xG)

0.36
2.05

Match Information

Information Value
League Championship
Season Championship 2025/26
Round Round 2
Date August 16, 2025
Time 15:00
Venue Ewood Park
Result 1 - 2

Lineups

Blackburn
Balázs Tóth
22. B. Tóth
Ryan Alebiosu
2. R. Alebiosu
Dominic Hyam
5. D. Hyam
Sean McLoughlin
15. S. McLoughlin
Yuri Ribeiro
4. Y. Ribeiro
Sondre Tronstad
6. S. Tronstad
Sidnei Tavares
8. S. Tavares
Augustus Kargbo
7. A. Kargbo
Todd Cantwell
10. T. Cantwell
Ryan Hedges
19. R. Hedges
Yuki Ohashi
23. Y. Ohashi
K. Furuhashi
9. K. Furuhashi
England
Jay Stansfield
28. J. Stansfield
Keshi Anderson
14. K. Anderson
Japan
Tomoki Iwata
24. T. Iwata
Paik Seung-Ho
8. P. Seung-Ho
Demarai Gray
10. D. Gray
Alex Cochrane
20. A. Cochrane
C. Klarer
4. C. Klarer
Phil Neumann
5. P. Neumann
Bright Osayi-Samuel
26. B. Osayi-Samuel
Ryan Allsop
21. R. Allsop
Birmingham

Form before the match

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2023/24
Championship 2023/24

February 13, 2024

FT
1
0
Birmingham
Birmingham
Blackburn
Blackburn

November 29, 2023

FT
4
2
Blackburn
Blackburn
Birmingham
Birmingham

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26
Championship 2025/26

April 3, 2026

FT
0
1
Birmingham
Birmingham
Blackburn
Blackburn

Championship

Team P GD Pts

Promotion

1
Coventry
Coventry 		40 42 83
2
Millwall
Millwall 		40 10 72

Promotion Playoffs

3
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 		40 21 71
4
Ipswich
Ipswich 		38 28 69
5
Hull City
Hull City 		40 5 67
6
Wrexham
Wrexham 		40 9 64
7
Southampton
Southampton 		39 15 63
8
Derby
Derby 		40 7 60
9
Watford
Watford 		40 3 56
10
QPR
QPR 		40 -5 56
11
Norwich
Norwich 		40 6 55
12
Stoke City
Stoke City 		40 5 54
13
Bristol City
Bristol City 		40 0 54
14
Birmingham
Birmingham 		40 -2 53
15
Preston
Preston 		40 -4 53
16
Swansea
Swansea 		40 -5 53
17
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd 		40 0 51
18
Charlton
Charlton 		40 -11 48
19
Blackburn
Blackburn 		40 -12 46
20
West Brom
West Brom 		40 -14 44
21
Portsmouth
Portsmouth 		39 -17 41

Relegation

22
Leicester
Leicester 		40 -9 40
23
Oxford United
Oxford United 		40 -15 40
24
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 		40 -57 -6