English League Championship

Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers

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5-2

Finished
Birmingham City

Birmingham City

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Saturday, May 8 at 11:30 AMEwood Park

Summary

First half

  • 22'
    Goal by Kristian Pedersen
  • 27'
    Yellow card for Jonathan Leko
  • Penalty goal by Adam Armstrong
    27'
  • 40'
    Yellow card for Ryan Stirk
  • Goal by Ben Brereton
    45'+1'
  • 45'
    Lukas Jutkiewicz on, Sam Cosgrove off
  • 45'
    Alen Halilovic on, Jonathan Leko off

Second half

  • Daniel Ayala on, Taylor Harwood-Bellis off
    58'
  • Stewart Downing on, Jacob Davenport off
    58'
  • Harvey Elliott on, Sam Gallagher off
    58'
  • Tyrhys Dolan on, Ben Brereton off
    67'
  • 67'
    Yellow card for Kristian Pedersen
  • Goal by Adam Armstrong
    71'
  • Corry Evans on, John Buckley off
    74'
  • 76'
    Riley McGree on, Rekeem Harper off (injury)
  • 79'
    Keyendrah Simmonds on, Amari Miller off
  • 82'
    Mikel San José on, Ryan Stirk off
  • Goal by Harvey Elliott
    83'
  • Goal by Adam Armstrong
    85'

Statistics

57%Possession43%
18Shots5
8Shots on target3
5Corners1
8Fouls17
0Yellow cards3
0Red cards0
6Offsides3
1Saves3
398Accurate passes267
470Total passes346

Commentary

Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 5, Birmingham City 2.Show full commentary
  • Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 5, Birmingham City 2.
  • 90'+2'Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 5, Birmingham City 2.
  • 90'Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'Foul by Steve Seddon (Birmingham City).
  • 89'Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Kristian Pedersen.
  • 89'Attempt blocked. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stewart Downing.
  • 88'Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88'Foul by Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City).
  • 85'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.
  • 84'Foul by Josh Dacres-Cogley (Birmingham City).
  • 84'Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 83'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.
  • 82'Substitution, Birmingham City. Mikel San José replaces Ryan Stirk.
  • 81'Ryan Nyambe (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 81'Foul by Keyendrah Simmonds (Birmingham City).
  • 80'Offside, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner tries a through ball, but Kristian Pedersen is caught offside.
  • 80'Josh Dacres-Cogley (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 80'Foul by Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 79'Substitution, Birmingham City. Keyendrah Simmonds replaces Amari Miller.
  • 79'Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Corry Evans tries a through ball, but Adam Armstrong is caught offside.
  • 78'Attempt blocked. Alen Halilovic (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kristian Pedersen.
  • 76'Substitution, Birmingham City. Riley McGree replaces Rekeem Harper because of an injury.
  • 74'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Corry Evans replaces John Buckley.
  • 72'Foul by John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 72'Alen Halilovic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 3, Birmingham City 2. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stewart Downing.
  • 69'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Thomas Kaminski.
  • 69'Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 68'John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 68'Foul by Rekeem Harper (Birmingham City).
  • 67'Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67'Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67'Foul by Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City).
  • 67'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tyrhys Dolan replaces Ben Brereton.
  • 66'Attempt missed. Harvey Elliott (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Adam Armstrong.
  • 65'Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Amari'i Bell tries a through ball, but Adam Armstrong is caught offside.
  • 64'Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
  • 64'Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 62'Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62'Foul by Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 61'Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61'Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
  • 59'Attempt saved. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lewis Travis.
  • 58'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Harvey Elliott replaces Sam Gallagher.
  • 58'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Stewart Downing replaces Jacob Davenport.
  • 58'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Daniel Ayala replaces Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
  • 57'Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Amari'i Bell with a cross.
  • 56'Attempt blocked. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
  • 54'Offside, Birmingham City. Connal Trueman tries a through ball, but Rekeem Harper is caught offside.
  • 53'Attempt missed. Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by John Buckley with a cross following a corner.
  • 53'Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Steve Seddon.
  • 52'John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 52'Foul by Nico Gordon (Birmingham City).
  • 51'Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51'Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
  • 50'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Birmingham City 2. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Steve Seddon with a cross.
  • 48'Attempt saved. John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sam Gallagher.
  • 45'Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Sam Cosgrove.
  • 45'Substitution, Birmingham City. Alen Halilovic replaces Jonathan Leko.
  • 45'Second Half begins Blackburn Rovers 2, Birmingham City 1.
  • 45'+2'First Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Birmingham City 1.
  • 45'+1'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Birmingham City 1. Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sam Gallagher with a through ball.
  • 44'Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Sam Gallagher tries a through ball, but Adam Armstrong is caught offside.
  • 43'Attempt missed. John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sam Gallagher following a corner.
  • 42'Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Josh Dacres-Cogley.
  • 42'Attempt missed. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Amari'i Bell.
  • 41'Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41'Foul by Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 41'Foul by Rekeem Harper (Birmingham City).
  • 41'Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 40'Ryan Stirk (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 39'John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39'Foul by Ryan Stirk (Birmingham City).
  • 38'Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Sam Gallagher tries a through ball, but Ben Brereton is caught offside.
  • 38'Attempt saved. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lewis Travis.
  • 36'Attempt missed. Ryan Stirk (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Steve Seddon.
  • 34'Sam Cosgrove (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 34'Foul by Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 33'Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33'Foul by Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 31'Attempt missed. Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Nyambe.
  • 31'Attempt blocked. Amari'i Bell (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by John Buckley.
  • 30'Steve Seddon (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30'Foul by Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 27'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 1. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 27'Jonathan Leko (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 26'Penalty conceded by Jonathan Leko (Birmingham City) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 26'Penalty Blackburn Rovers. Amari'i Bell draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 24'Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Amari'i Bell tries a through ball, but Ben Brereton is caught offside.
  • 22'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0, Birmingham City 1. Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  • 22'Sam Cosgrove (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 22'Foul by Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers).
  • 19'Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Amari Miller.
  • 17'Offside, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner tries a through ball, but Sam Cosgrove is caught offside.
  • 11'Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Ben Brereton tries a through ball, but Adam Armstrong is caught offside.
  • 10'Foul by Amari Miller (Birmingham City).
  • 10'Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5'Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Connal Trueman.
  • 4'Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4'Foul by Amari Miller (Birmingham City).
  • 3'Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
  • 2'Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 2'Foul by Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City).
  • 1'Foul by Sam Cosgrove (Birmingham City).
  • 1'Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • First Half begins.
  • Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Momentum

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Top performers

Blackburn

  • Adam ArmstrongShots8

Birmingham

  • Lukas JutkiewiczShots2

Line-ups

Blackburn4-2-3-14-5-1Birmingham
27Trueman
42Seddon
3Pedersen
25Dacres-Cogley
50Gordon
47Stirk
41Miller
24Harper
20Gardner
14Leko
16Cosgrove
37Armstrong
18Davenport
9Gallagher
21Buckley
20Díaz
27Travis
17Bell
22Harwood-Bellis
2Nyambe
26Lenihan
1Kaminski

Blackburn

  • 1Thomas KaminskiG
  • 22Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-L
  • 26Darragh LenihanCD-R
  • 17Amari'i BellLB
  • 2Ryan NyambeRB
  • 21John BuckleyAM
  • 18Jacob DavenportLM
  • 27Lewis TravisRM
  • 7Adam ArmstrongF
  • 9Sam GallagherAM-L
  • 20Ben Brereton DíazAM-R

Birmingham

  • 27Connal TruemanG
  • 3Kristian PedersenCD-L
  • 50Nico GordonCD-R
  • 42Steve SeddonLB
  • 25Joshua Dacres-CogleyRB
  • 47Ryan StirkCM-L
  • 20Gary GardnerCM-R
  • 24Rekeem HarperAM
  • 41Amari MillerLM
  • 14Jonathan LekoRM
  • 16Sam CosgroveF

Head to head

  • Jan 02, 21Birmingham City0-2Blackburn Rovers
  • Jan 04, 20Birmingham City2-1Blackburn Rovers
  • Dec 26, 19Blackburn Rovers1-1Birmingham City
  • Oct 22, 19Birmingham City1-0Blackburn Rovers
  • Feb 23, 19Birmingham City2-2Blackburn Rovers
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