Blackburn vs Birmingham
Ref: O. LangfordEwood Park, Blackburn, Lancashire · 31,367 cap
Match recap
Birmingham beat Blackburn 2–1 in their Championship fixture. Cantwell scored for Blackburn; Stansfield and Dykes replied for Birmingham. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 0.43 for Blackburn versus 2.00 for Birmingham. Blackburn sit 20th in the Championship table while Birmingham are 10th.
First Half
30'
Osayi-Samuel
Yellow Card
Second Half
46'
⇄
Cochrane
⚽
Cantwell
⇄
Hedges
76'
Iwata
Yellow Card
81'
⇄
Anderson
81'
⇄
Osayi-Samuel
⇄
Alebiosu
⇄
Cantwell
⇄
Ohashi
88'
⇄
Neumann
⇄
Kargbo
90+2'
⇄
Furuhashi
McLoughlin
Yellow Card
90'
⚽
Stansfield
Penalty
90'
⚽
Dykes
Assist: Gray
Match Statistics
BlackburnBirmingham
3Won
Statistical edge
3–11
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
0.43VS2
Attack1 · 4 won
5
Shots
8
2
Shots on target
4
5
Shots in the box
4
0
Shots outside box
4
2
Shots off goal
2
3
Corners
5
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
41%
Possession
59%
295
Total passes
428
203
Accurate passes
362
69%
Pass accuracy
85%
Discipline1 · 2 won
14
Fouls
13
1
Yellow cards
2
3
Offsides
0
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
1
1
Blocked shots
2
-0.22
Goals prevented
-0.22
Blackburn
4-2-3-1
Birmingham
4-4-1-1Blackburn
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2R. AlebiosuD
- 4Yuri RibeiroD
- 5D. HyamD
- 6S. TronstadM
- 7A. KargboM
- 8Sidnei TavaresM
- 10T. CantwellM
- 15S. McLoughlinD
- 19R. HedgesM
- 22B. TóthG
- 23Y. OhashiF
Substitutes
- 3H. PickeringD
- 9M. GueyeF
- 12L. MillerD
- 14D. De NeveD
- 16S. WhartonD
- 18A. HenrikssonM
- 31Kristi MontgomeryM
- 32I. TyjonF
- 35N. MichalskiG
Birmingham
4-4-1-1Starting XI
- 4C. KlarerD
- 5P. NeumannD
- 8Paik Seung-HoM
- 9K. FuruhashiF
- 10D. GrayM
- 14K. AndersonM
- 20A. CochraneD
- 21R. AllsopG
- 24T. IwataM
- 26B. Osayi-SamuelD
- 28J. StansfieldF
Substitutes
- 2E. LairdD
- 7T. DoyleM
- 12M. LeonardM
- 17L. DykesF
- 18W. WillumssonM
- 19T. Gardner-HickmanM
- 25J. BeadleG
- 27K. FujimotoM
- 41E. CashinD
Blackburn
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augustus Kargbo | M | 88 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5/6 |
| Todd Cantwell(C) | M | 87 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 |
| Ryan Alebiosu | D | 82 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Yuri Ribeiro | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Ryan Hedges | M | 69 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Sondre Tronstad | M | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuki Ohashi | F | 87 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/4 |
| Dominic Hyam | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Balázs Tóth | G | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sean McLoughlin | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sidnei Tavares | M | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Nicholas Michalski | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harry Pickering | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristi Montgomery | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Igor Tyjon | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Makhtar Gueye | F | 16 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Lewis Miller | D | 22 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Axel Henriksson | M | 15 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dion De Neve | D | 16 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Wharton | D | 9 | 6.0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Birmingham
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demarai Gray | M | 90 | 7.7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 0/3 |
| Christoph Klarer(C) | D | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Keshi Anderson | M | 81 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3/3 |
| Seung-Ho Paik | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Tomoki Iwata | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Alex Cochrane | D | 45 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Jay Stansfield | F | 90 | 7.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4/5 |
| Phil Neumann | D | 88 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Ryan Allsop | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | D | 81 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Kyogo Furuhashi | F | 89 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Marc Leonard | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Taylor Gardner-Hickman | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| James Beadle | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kanya Fujimoto | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lyndon Dykes | F | 10 | 7.5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ethan Laird | D | 45 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Eiran Joe Cashin | D | 11 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tommy Doyle | M | 10 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Willum Thor Willumsson | M | 15 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |