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Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City

Championship
Blackburn
15-12-19
5-2
Final
Birmingham
13-13-20
Ewood Park

Match pulse

BLKAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'BIR
57%Possession43%
18Shots5
8On target3
5Corners1
1Saves3
8Fouls17
27'Jonathan LekoBIR40'Ryan StirkBIR67'Kristian PedersenBIR
Team1H2HT
BLK235
BIR112

Who won: Blackburn 5-2

Blackburn Rovers beat Birmingham City 5-2 on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at Ewood Park. Goals for Blackburn: Adam Armstrong (27' pen, 71', 85'), Ben Brereton Díaz (45'+1') and Harvey Elliott (83'). Goals for Birmingham: Kristian Pedersen (22') and Lukas Jutkiewicz (50').

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 5, Birmingham City 2.
  2. Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 5, Birmingham City 2.
  3. 90'

    Free kick won

    Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  4. 90'

    Foul

    Foul by Steve Seddon (Birmingham City).

  5. 89'

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Kristian Pedersen.

  6. 89'

    Right footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stewart Downing.

    A. Armstrong

  7. 88'

    Free kick won

    Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  8. 88'

    Foul

    Foul by Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City).

  9. GOAL85'

    Goal! Right footed shot

    A. Armstrong · ast C. Evans

    Goal! Blackburn Rovers 5, Birmingham City 2. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Corry Evans.

    BLK 5 - 2 BIR
  10. 84'BIR

    Foul

    Foul by Josh Dacres-Cogley (Birmingham City).

  11. 84'

    Free kick won

    Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  12. GOAL83'

    Goal! Right footed shot

    H. Elliott · ast C. Evans

    Goal! Blackburn Rovers 4, Birmingham City 2. Harvey Elliott (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Corry Evans.

    BLK 4 - 2 BIR
  13. 82'
    Sub

    Subbed on for R. Stirk

    Substitution, Birmingham City. Mikel San José replaces Ryan Stirk.

    M. San José

  14. 81'

    Free kick won

    Ryan Nyambe (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  15. 81'

    Foul

    Foul by Keyendrah Simmonds (Birmingham City).

  16. 80'

    Offside

    Offside, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner tries a through ball, but Kristian Pedersen is caught offside.

  17. 80'BLK

    Free kick won

    Josh Dacres-Cogley (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  18. 80'

    Foul

    Foul by Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers).

  19. 79'
    Sub

    Subbed on for A. Miller

    Substitution, Birmingham City. Keyendrah Simmonds replaces Amari Miller.

    K. Simmonds

  20. 79'

    Offside

    Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Corry Evans tries a through ball, but Adam Armstrong is caught offside.

  21. 78'

    Left footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Alen Halilovic (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kristian Pedersen.

    A. Halilovic

  22. 76'
    Sub

    Subbed on for R. Harper

    Substitution, Birmingham City. Riley McGree replaces Rekeem Harper because of an injury.

    R. McGree

  23. 74'
    Sub

    Subbed on for J. Buckley

    Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Corry Evans replaces John Buckley.

    C. Evans

  24. 72'

    Foul

    Foul by John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers).

  25. 72'

    Free kick won

    Alen Halilovic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Leaders

BLKBIR
Total Shots
Adam Armstrong
8
Lukas Jutkiewicz
2

Season seriesBIR leads series 2-1-2

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