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Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City

Championship
Blackburn
0-0-2
1-2
Final
Birmingham
1-1-0
Ewood Park

Match pulse

BLKAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'BIR
41%Possession59%
5Shots8
2On target4
3Corners5
2Saves1
14Fouls13
30'Bright Osayi-SamuelBIR76'Tomoki IwataBIR90'+8'Sean McLoughlinBLK
Team1H2HT
BLK011
BIR022

Who won: Birmingham 2-1

Birmingham City beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 on Saturday, August 16, 2025 at Ewood Park. Goals for Blackburn: Todd Cantwell (50'). Goals for Birmingham: Jay Stansfield (90' pen) and Lyndon Dykes (90'+8').

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2.
  2. Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2.
  3. 90'+10'

    Offside

    Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Axel Henriksson is caught offside.

  4. 90'+9'

    Free kick won

    Yuri Ribeiro (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  5. 90'+9'

    Foul

    Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City).

  6. 90'+8'

    Yellow card

    Sean McLoughlin (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    S. McLoughlin

  7. GOAL90'+8'

    Goal! Left footed shot

    L. Dykes · ast D. Gray

    Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2. Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross following a fast break.

    BLK 1 - 2 BIR
  8. 90'+7'

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Eiran Cashin.

  9. 90'+7'

    Free kick won

    Lewis Miller (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  10. 90'+7'

    Foul

    Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City).

  11. 90'+6'

    Header saved

    Attempt saved. Makhtar Gueye (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Ryan Allsop (Birmingham City). Assisted by Lewis Miller.

    M. Gueye

  12. 90'+5'

    Foul

    Foul by Dominic Hyam (Blackburn Rovers).

  13. 90'+5'

    Free kick won

    Eiran Cashin (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  14. 90'+3'

    Free kick won

    Yuri Ribeiro (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  15. 90'+3'

    Foul

    Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).

  16. 90'+2'
    Sub

    Subbed on for K. Furuhashi

    Substitution, Birmingham City. Eiran Cashin replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.

    E. Cashin

  17. 90'

    Fourth official has announced 11 minutes of added time.

  18. GOAL90'

    Goal! Penalty

    J. Stansfield

    Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 1. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

    BLK 1 - 1 BIR
  19. 89'

    Foul

    Penalty conceded by Sidnei Tavares (Blackburn Rovers) after a foul in the penalty area.

  20. 89'BLK

    Foul

    Penalty Birmingham City. Ethan Laird draws a foul in the penalty area.

  21. 88'Willum Thór Willumsson
    Sub

    Subbed on for P. Neumann

    Substitution, Birmingham City. Willum Willumsson replaces Phil Neumann.

    W. Willumsson

  22. 88'
    Sub

    Subbed on for A. Kargbo

    Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Axel Henriksson replaces Augustus Kargbo.

    A. Henriksson

  23. 87'
    Sub

    Subbed on for T. Cantwell

    Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Dion De Neve replaces Todd Cantwell.

    D. De Neve

  24. 87'
    Sub

    Subbed on for Y. Ohashi

    Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Makhtar Gueye replaces Yuki Ohashi.

    M. Gueye

  25. 85'

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Leaders

BLKBIR
Total Shots
Augustus Kargbo
1
Jay Stansfield
2
Accurate Passes
Sean McLoughlin
28
Christoph Klarer
71
Saves
Balazs Toth
2
Ryan Allsop
1

Season seriesSeries tied 2-2-1

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