Championship · Matchday 2 · Saturday, 16 August 2025 · Full time
Ewood Park, Blackburn
Match stats
Blackburn v Birmingham
- 41%Possession59%
- 0.43Expected goals (xG)2
- 5Shots8
- 2On target4
- 2Off target2
- 5Shots in the box4
- 0Shots outside the box4
- 1Blocked shots2
- 3Corners5
- 295Passes428
- 69%Pass accuracy85%
- 14Fouls13
- 3Offsides0
- 1Yellow cards2
- 2Saves1
- -0.22Goals prevented (keeping)-0.22
Referee
19.6
Fouls / game
3.2
Yellows / game
0.1
Reds / game
0.1
Pens / game
Average across the 25 of 25 games we hold full stats for (both teams combined). Penalties scored, shootouts excluded.
Timeline
- 30′Bright Osayi-Samuel
- 46′A. Cochrane for E. Laird
- T. Cantwell50′
- R. Hedges for L. Miller69′
- 76′Tomoki Iwata
- 81′K. Anderson for T. Doyle
- 81′B. Osayi-Samuel for L. Dykes
- R. Alebiosu for S. Wharton82′
- T. Cantwell for D. De Neve87′
- Y. Ohashi for M. Gueye87′
- A. Kargbo for A. Henriksson88′
- 88′P. Neumann for W. T. Willumsson
- Sean McLoughlin90+8′
- 90+2′K. Furuhashi for E. Cashin
- 90′J. Stansfield (pen)
- 90′L. Dykes D. Gray
Line-ups
Blackburn4-2-3-1
Manager Damien Johnson
Bench: N. Michalski, D. De Neve, L. Miller, H. Pickering, S. Wharton, A. Henriksson, K. Montgomery, M. Gueye, I. Tyjon
Top performers
- 1
Demarai GrayBirmingham7.7 - 2
Christoph KlarerBirmingham7.5 - 3
Lyndon DykesBirmingham7.5 - 4
Ethan LairdBirmingham7.3 - 5
Ryan AlebiosuBlackburn7.2 - 6
Augustus KargboBlackburn7.2