1 BLA

2 BIR

BLA 1

2 BIR

Blackburn
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Birmingham

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

Result

1-2

Match Recap

Todd Cantwell 50'

Jay Stansfield (pen.) 90'

Lyndon Dykes 90+8'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 2

Yellow Card

90+9'

90+8'

Lyndon Dykes

Demarai Gray

90+2'

Eiran Joe Cashin

K. Furuhashi

90'

Jay Stansfield

Penalty Goal

Axel Henriksson

Augustus Kargbo

88'

Willum Thor Willumsson

Phil Neumann

Dion De Neve

Todd Cantwell

87'

Makhtar Gueye

Yuki Ohashi

87'

Scott Wharton

Ryan Alebiosu

82'

81'

Lyndon Dykes

Bright Osayi-Samuel

81'

Thomas Doyle

Keshi Anderson

76'

Tomoki Iwata

Yellow Card

Lewis Miller

Ryan Hedges

69'

Todd Cantwell

Goal

50'

46'

Ethan Laird

Alex Cochrane

First Half 0 - 0

30'

Bright Osayi-Samuel

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

41%

59%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

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

22. B. Tóth Balázs Tóth

2. R. Alebiosu Ryan Alebiosu

5. D. Hyam Dominic Hyam

15. S. McLoughlin Sean McLoughlin

4. Y. Ribeiro Yuri Ribeiro

6. S. Tronstad Sondre Tronstad

8. S. Tavares Sidnei Tavares

7. A. Kargbo Augustus Kargbo

10. T. Cantwell Todd Cantwell

19. R. Hedges Ryan Hedges

23. Y. Ohashi Yuki Ohashi

9. K. Furuhashi K. Furuhashi

28. J. Stansfield Jay Stansfield

14. K. Anderson Keshi Anderson

24. T. Iwata Tomoki Iwata

8. P. Seung-Ho Paik Seung-Ho

10. D. Gray Demarai Gray

20. A. Cochrane Alex Cochrane

4. C. Klarer C. Klarer

5. P. Neumann Phil Neumann

26. B. Osayi-Samuel Bright Osayi-Samuel

21. R. Allsop Ryan Allsop

Birmingham

Substitutes

Blackburn

Birmingham

Unused Players

Blackburn

Birmingham

Form before the match

Blackburn

Birmingham

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2023/24

February 13, 2024

Birmingham

Blackburn

November 29, 2023

Blackburn

Birmingham

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

April 3, 2026

Birmingham

Blackburn

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	45	26	12	7	91	45	46	90
2	Ipswich	44	22	14	8	75	45	30	80
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	13	80
4	Middlesbrough	45	22	13	10	70	45	25	79
5	Southampton	44	21	13	10	77	53	24	76
6	Wrexham	45	19	14	12	67	61	6	71

7	Hull City	45	20	10	15	68	65	3	70
8	Derby	45	20	9	16	66	57	9	69
9	Norwich	45	19	8	18	62	54	8	65
10	Birmingham	45	17	12	16	56	55	1	63
11	Swansea	45	17	10	18	54	58	-4	61
12	Preston	45	15	15	15	54	59	-5	60
13	Bristol City	45	16	11	18	57	59	-2	59
14	QPR	45	16	10	19	61	70	-9	58
15	Sheffield Utd	45	17	6	22	64	65	-1	57
16	Watford	45	14	15	16	53	61	-8	57
17	Stoke City	45	15	10	20	51	54	-3	55
18	Portsmouth	45	14	12	19	48	63	-15	54
19	Charlton	45	13	14	18	43	55	-12	53
20	Blackburn	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52
21	West Brom	45	13	14	18	47	56	-9	51
Relegation
22	Oxford United	45	11	14	20	45	57	-12	47
23	Leicester	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	43
24	Sheffield Wednesday	45	1	12	32	27	88	-61	-3

Updated August 16, 2025 5:04 PM