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Birmingham City vs Blackburn Rovers
3 Apr 2026, 15:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
John BusbyChampionship 2025/2026 · 20 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Birmingham CityMin
Blackburn Rovers- 21′
Adam Forshaw
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Kanya Fujimoto
Substitution
Off: Marvin Ducksch
65′ - ⇄
Demarai Gray
Substitution
Off: Ibrahim Osman
65′ - 69′⚽
Todd Cantwell 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Ryoya Morishita
Right foot shot
- 77′⇄
Kristi Montgomery
Substitution
Off: Ryoya Morishita
- ⇄
August Priske
Substitution
Off: Jay Stansfield
78′ - ⇄
Carlos Vicente
Substitution
Off: Patrick Roberts
78′ - 83′⇄
Mathias Jørgensen
Substitution
Off: Todd Cantwell
- 83′⇄
Yuri Ribeiro
Substitution
Off: Scott Wharton
- ⇄
Bright Osayi-Samuel
Substitution
Off: Tomoki Iwata
88′ - 90+1′⇄
Sidnei Tavares
Substitution
Off: Moussa Baradji
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.74 | |
| 88 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 7.17 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.25 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.28 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7.06 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.13 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | 7.23 | |
| 78 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 6.78 | |
| 65 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.86 | |
| 65 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.66 | |
| 78 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.03 | |
| 25 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.52 | |
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| 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.52 | |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.53 | |
| 12 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.69 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Birmingham City
Latest: Sheffield United · 1–1
Match stats
14 Mar 2026, 15:00 · Home vs Sheffield United · 2025/2026
Blackburn Rovers
Latest: Millwall · 2–1
Match stats
14 Mar 2026, 15:00 · Away vs Millwall · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Birmingham City’s ground: 15 previous meetings, 7 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Birmingham City’s home games with Blackburn Rovers’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Birmingham City
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Blackburn Rovers
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.