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%


Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

  • Blackburn Rovers has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1.8%)
  • Birmingham City has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.4%)
  • ML Model estimates a higher probability for Blackburn Rovers than the current prediction. (+1.4%)
  • ML Model estimates a higher probability for Birmingham City than the current prediction. (+0.2%)
  • 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
    PlWDLDiffPts
    1Coventry1284034:92528
    2Middlesbrough1274116:8825
    3Millwall1272314:13123
    4Bristol City1264220:11922
    5Stoke1263313:8521
    6Charlton1254314:10419
    7Preston1254315:12319
    8Hull1254320:20019
    9QPR1253415:17-218
    10Leicester1245315:12317
    11West Brom1252512:14-217
    12Ipswich1144317:13416
    13Swansea1244412:12016
    14Watford1243514:16-215
    15Birmingham1243511:15-415
    16Wrexham1235416:17-114
    17Derby1235413:16-314
    18Portsmouth1234510:13-313
    19Oxford Utd1233613:15-212
    20Southampton1226413:17-412
    21Blackburn1131710:17-710
    22Sheffield Utd123099:20-119
    23Norwich1222812:18-68
    24Sheffield Wed1213810:25-15-6

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