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

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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japanJapanDAZN Japan
kenyaKenyaGotv
malaysiaMalaysiaAstro Football
maltaMaltaGO TV, TSN Malta 6
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serbiaSerbiaArena Sport 1
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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
    English League Championship Table
    2025/26
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    2Middlesbrough24127533:25843
    3Ipswich24118540:231741
    4Hull24125740:37341
    5Millwall24116727:32-539
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    7Preston24910531:25637
    8Bristol City24106833:27636
    9QPR24105934:37-335
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    11Wrexham24810634:31334
    12Leicester2497834:34034
    13Southampton2488838:34432
    14Derby2488833:33032
    15Birmingham2487932:31131
    16West Brom24941128:32-431
    17Sheffield Utd24921333:37-429
    18Swansea24851125:31-629
    19Blackburn23761022:26-427
    20Charlton23761022:29-727
    21Portsmouth23671021:30-925
    22Oxford Utd24571224:33-922
    23Norwich24561326:36-1021
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