English League Championship

Birmingham City
LLLDL
0-2
Finished
Blackburn Rovers
LWLDL
Saturday, January 2 at 03:00 PMSt. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Summary
First half
- 10'⚽Goal by Adam Armstrong
- 39'Yellow card for Lewis Travis
Second half
- 65'⇅Bradley Dack on, Harvey Elliott off
- 65'⇅Joe Rothwell on, Ben Brereton off
- 69'⇅Tom Trybull on, Lewis Travis off
- ⇅Jon Toral on, Riley McGree off69'
- ⇅Maxime Colin on, Josh Dacres-Cogley off70'
- ⇅Scott Hogan on, Lukas Jutkiewicz off76'
- ⇅Adam Clayton on, Ivan Sunjic off77'
- 81'Yellow card for Barry Douglas
- 83'Yellow card for Adam Armstrong
- 84'⇅Tyrhys Dolan on, Adam Armstrong off
- Yellow card for Iván Sánchez85'
- 90'+2'⚽Goal by Bradley Dack
Statistics
55%Possession45%
7Shots11
1Shots on target6
7Corners3
13Fouls9
1Yellow cards3
0Red cards0
3Offsides4
4Saves1
299Accurate passes237
429Total passes361
Commentary
Match ends, Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2.Show full commentary
- Match ends, Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2.
- 90'+7'Second Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2.
- 90'+6'Hand ball by Jonathan Leko (Birmingham City).
- 90'+2'Goal! Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2. Bradley Dack (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tyrhys Dolan.
- 85'Iván Sánchez (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
- 84'Foul by Iván Sánchez (Birmingham City).
- 84'Amari'i Bell (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tyrhys Dolan replaces Adam Armstrong.
- 83'Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
- 83'Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Joe Rothwell tries a through ball, but Adam Armstrong is caught offside.
- 81'Jon Toral (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81'Foul by Tom Trybull (Blackburn Rovers).
- 81'Barry Douglas (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
- 77'Substitution, Birmingham City. Adam Clayton replaces Ivan Sunjic.
- 76'Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.
- 76'Attempt missed. Jake Clarke-Salter (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Iván Sánchez with a cross following a corner.
- 76'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Bradley Johnson.
- 76'Attempt blocked. Jon Toral (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 75'Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75'Foul by Jacob Davenport (Blackburn Rovers).
- 72'Offside, Birmingham City. Jake Clarke-Salter tries a through ball, but Jonathan Leko is caught offside.
- 70'Substitution, Birmingham City. Maxime Colin replaces Josh Dacres-Cogley.
- 69'Substitution, Birmingham City. Jon Toral replaces Riley McGree.
- 69'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tom Trybull replaces Lewis Travis.
- 68'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Bradley Johnson.
- 68'Attempt blocked. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
- 66'Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 66'Foul by Jacob Davenport (Blackburn Rovers).
- 65'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Joe Rothwell replaces Ben Brereton.
- 65'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Bradley Dack replaces Harvey Elliott.
- 63'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Bradley Johnson.
- 62'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jacob Davenport.
- 61'Attempt missed. Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) header from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Barry Douglas following a set piece situation.
- 60'Jacob Davenport (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60'Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
- 59'Offside, Birmingham City. Mikel San José tries a through ball, but Iván Sánchez is caught offside.
- 58'Mikel San José (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58'Foul by Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers).
- 51'Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51'Foul by George Friend (Birmingham City).
- 50'Jonathan Leko (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50'Foul by Barry Douglas (Blackburn Rovers).
- 49'Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Bradley Johnson tries a through ball, but Ben Brereton is caught offside.
- 48'Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48'Foul by Mikel San José (Birmingham City).
- 48'Attempt blocked. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) header from outside the box is blocked.
- 47'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Lewis Travis.
- 47'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Lewis Travis.
- 47'Attempt blocked. Jonathan Leko (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riley McGree.
- 45'Second Half begins Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 1.
- 45'+2'First Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 1.
- 45'Foul by Josh Dacres-Cogley (Birmingham City).
- 45'Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43'Harvey Elliott (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43'Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
- 40'Attempt missed. Iván Sánchez (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
- 39'Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 39'Jonathan Leko (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 39'Foul by Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers).
- 37'Offside, Birmingham City. Ivan Sunjic tries a through ball, but Lukas Jutkiewicz is caught offside.
- 37'Attempt saved. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 35'Jacob Davenport (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 35'Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
- 33'Attempt saved. Harvey Elliott (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adam Armstrong.
- 32'Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
- 32'Bradley Johnson (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31'Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Barry Douglas.
- 27'Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
- 27'Bradley Johnson (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25'Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
- 25'Amari'i Bell (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24'Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Josh Dacres-Cogley.
- 22'Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Amari'i Bell tries a through ball, but Ben Brereton is caught offside.
- 22'Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Neil Etheridge.
- 22'Attempt saved. Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lewis Travis.
- 21'Attempt missed. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 21'Attempt saved. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Gallagher.
- 19'Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 15'Attempt saved. Harvey Elliott (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Brereton.
- 14'Iván Sánchez (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 14'Foul by Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers).
- 13'Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
- 13'Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10'Goal! Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 1. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harvey Elliott with a through ball following a fast break.
- 9'Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Harvey Elliott with a cross following a corner.
- 8'Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Josh Dacres-Cogley.
- 8'Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8'Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
- 7'Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 7'Foul by Amari'i Bell (Blackburn Rovers).
- 5'Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Sam Gallagher.
- 4'Josh Dacres-Cogley (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 4'Foul by Jacob Davenport (Blackburn Rovers).
- 2'Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Jacob Davenport tries a through ball, but Adam Armstrong is caught offside.
- First Half begins.
- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Momentum
BirminghamBlackburn
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Top performers
Birmingham
- Ivan SunjicShots2
- Jake Clark-SalterAccurate passes49
- Neil EtheridgeSaves4
Blackburn
- Sam GallagherShots3
- Darragh LenihanAccurate passes36
- Thomas KaminskiSaves1
Line-ups
Birmingham4-2-3-14-3-3Blackburn
26Lenihan
18Davenport
27Travis
20Díaz
⚽7Armstrong
9Gallagher
34Sunjic
5Friend
25Dacres-Cogley
Birmingham
- 30Neil EtheridgeG
- 15Jake Clark-SalterCD-L
- 19Mikel San JoséCD-R
- 5George FriendLB
- 25Joshua Dacres-CogleyRB
- 18Riley McGreeAM
- 34Ivan SunjicLM
- 6Maikel KieftenbeldRM
- 10Lukas JutkiewiczF
- 14Jonathan LekoAM-L
- 17Iván SánchezAM-R
Blackburn
- 1Thomas KaminskiG
- 4Bradley JohnsonCD-L
- 26Darragh LenihanCD-R
- 17Amari'i BellLB
- 15Barry DouglasRB
- 27Lewis TravisCM
- 18Jacob DavenportLM
- 16Harvey ElliottRM
- 7Adam ArmstrongF
- 20Ben Brereton DíazLF
- 9Sam GallagherRF
Head to head
- Jan 04, 20Birmingham City2-1Blackburn Rovers
- Dec 26, 19Blackburn Rovers1-1Birmingham City
- Oct 22, 19Birmingham City1-0Blackburn Rovers
- Feb 23, 19Birmingham City2-2Blackburn Rovers
- Dec 15, 18Blackburn Rovers2-2Birmingham City
