Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City – Schedule & Where to Watch on TV

Football English League Championship Blackburn Rovers - Birmingham City
Result
1:2
16/08/2025 at 10:00 (Time Zone – GMT-4 (America/New_York))
  • Championship - Round 2
  • Referee: Langford O. (Eng)
  • Where to Watch on TV:
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Match Stats

Expected Goals (xG)
0.362.05
Ball Possession
41%59%
Total shots
58
Shots on target
24
Big Chances
02
Corner Kicks
35
Passes
69% (206/297)85% (358/421)
Yellow Cards
12
Expected Goals (xG)
0.362.05
xG on target (xGOT)
0.442.10
Total shots
58
Shots on target
24
Shots off target
22
Blocked Shots
12
Shots inside the Box
54
Shots outside the Box
04
Hit the Woodwork
00
Big Chances
02
Corner Kicks
35
Touches in opposition box
2316
Accurate through passes
00
Offsides
30
Free Kicks
1314
Passes
69% (206/297)85% (358/421)
Long passes
31% (21/67)44% (18/41)
Passes in final third
47% (45/96)66% (61/93)
Crosses
50% (6/12)21% (5/24)
Expected assists (xA)
0.471.32
Throw-ins
3427
Fouls
1413
Tackles
81% (13/16)72% (13/18)
Duels won
5261
Clearances
3843
Interceptions
1114
Errors leading to shot
00
Errors leading to goal
00
Goalkeeper Saves
21
xGOT faced
2.100.44
Goals prevented
0.10-0.56

Key Moments

Here there are
  • 1st Half (0 - 0)
  • 30', Osayi-Samuel B. 🟨,
  • 2nd Half (1 - 2)
  • 46', Cochrane A. , Laird E. ,
  • 50', 1 - 0, Cantwell T. ,
  • 69', Hedges R. , Miller L. ,
  • 76', Iwata T. 🟨,
  • 81', Osayi-Samuel B. , Dykes L. ,
  • 81', Anderson K. , Doyle T. ,
  • 82', Alebiosu R. , Wharton S. ,
  • 87', Ohashi Y. , Gueye M. ,
  • 87', Cantwell T. , De Neve D. ,
  • 88', Kargbo A. , Henriksson A. ,
  • 88', Neumann P. , Willumsson W. T. ,
  • 90', 1 - 1, Stansfield J. (Pen),
  • 90+2', Furuhashi K. , Cashin E. ,
  • 90+8', 1 - 2, Dykes L. , Gray D. (A),
  • 90+9', McLoughlin S. 🟨,

Chances of winning


Blackburn Rovers
28.3%
Draw
29.9%
Birmingham City
41.8%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)
30.1% 28.5% 41.4%

Our Initial ML Estimation

29.7% 28.1% 42%

Blackburn Rovers - Birmingham City Odds

1 X 2 Marga
Avarage Now
(Initially)
3.36
(3.16)
3.18
(3.33)
2.26
(2.29)
5.6%
(5.4%)

  • The most likely Over/Under: 2.25
What is the prediction for Blackburn Rovers - Birmingham City?
  • Users Predictions: 20 users predict this event. Blackburn will win (votes: 4 - 20%). Birmingham will win (votes: 11 - 55%). It will Tie (votes: 5 - 25%).
    Confidence interval (95%) for Birmingham: 33.2%76.8%.
  • High ROI Users Predictions (ROI>2%): 2 high ROI users predict this event. Birmingham (votes: 1 - 50%). Tie (votes: 1 - 50%).
  • The most likely score by Bookmakers is 1:1.
  • Preview Facts
    • In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Blackburn won 2.
    • Blackburn has been quite unpredictable recently (last 5 games: 2 wins).
    • Birmingham is in great form at the moment (in the last 5 games, wins – 3).
    • Birmingham may face physical challenges compared to their opponent, as they have played more matches in recent days.
    • Recently, Blackburn has had a series of away games.
    • Birmingham could have a small edge in this match.
    • There will not play in Blackburn: Carter H. (Knee Injury) Forshaw A. (Hamstring Injury) Garrett J. (Surgery)
    • There will not play in Birmingham: Wright S. (Knee Injury)
    • There are questionable in Birmingham: Ducksch M. (Calf Injury)
    • In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Blackburn won 8 matches, drew 7 matches, lost 5 matches, and goals 33:22. (average 1.7:1.1).
    • Including home matches between the teams, Blackburn won 5 matches, drew 4 matches, lost 0 matches, and goals 23:11. (average 2.6:1.2).
    What were the results of their latest head-to-head matches?
    The latest head-to-head matches between Blackburn Rovers - Birmingham City were as follows:
    13.02.2024 Birmingham City - Blackburn Rovers 1:0
    29.11.2023 Blackburn Rovers - Birmingham City 4:2
    01.04.2023 Birmingham City - Blackburn Rovers 1:0
    31.01.2023 Birmingham City - Blackburn Rovers 0:1
    28.01.2023 Blackburn Rovers - Birmingham City 2:2
    Latest results of Blackburn Rovers
    Latest results of Birmingham City
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