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
    1Coventry954027:72019
    2Middlesbrough953112:6618
    3Leicester944113:8516
    4Preston944111:7416
    5Stoke943211:6515
    6QPR943213:14-115
    7West Brom94239:10-114
    8Millwall94239:12-314
    9Ipswich834115:8713
    10Bristol City934215:10513
    11Watford933311:11012
    12Swansea933310:10012
    13Charlton93338:8012
    14Portsmouth93338:9-112
    15Hull933314:16-212
    16Birmingham93338:11-312
    17Southampton925211:12-111
    18Wrexham924314:15-110
    19Norwich922511:14-38
    20Derby915311:15-48
    21Blackburn82157:11-47
    22Oxford Utd913510:13-36
    23Sheffield Wed91358:20-126
    24Sheffield Utd91083:16-133

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