Blackburn vs Birmingham 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

6': John Buckley
52': Reda Khadra
60': Ben Brereton Díaz (P)
79': Ben Brereton Díaz

FT
4 - 0

Introduction

Blackburn Rovers are hosting Birmingham City at Ewood Park, Blackburn, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
6': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 0. John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
37': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jérémie Bela replaces Marc Roberts because of an injury.
41': John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+4': First Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 0.
45': Substitution, Birmingham City. Maxime Colin replaces Jordan Graham.
52': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Birmingham City 0. Reda Khadra (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darragh Lenihan with a through ball.
60': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 3, Birmingham City 0. Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
63': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Sam Gallagher replaces John Buckley.
67': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Chuks Aneke.
70': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Daniel Butterworth replaces Reda Khadra.
75': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Bradley Johnson replaces Joe Rothwell.
79': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 4, Birmingham City 0. Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 4, Birmingham City 0.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Ewood Park
Location: Blackburn, England
Attendance: 12,148

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+20	Coventry City	9	19	0
+6	Middlesbrough	9	18	1
+5	Leicester City	9	16	1
+4	Preston North End	9	16	1

Full Table

Statistics

BIR		BLK
18	Fouls	7
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	8
1	Saves	2
53.3	Possession	46.7
8	SHOTS	16
2	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
280	Accurate Passes	232
391	Passes	343
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
2	Accurate Crosses	4
18	Crosses	13
0.1	Cross %	0.3
62	Long Balls	56
21	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.3	Long Balls %	0.3
4	Blocked Shots	4
16	Effective Tackles	8
23	Tackles	15
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
8	Interceptions	10
16	Effective Clearances	21
16	Clearances	21

Line-Ups

Blackburn Rovers (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Thomas Kaminski (GK)
25	Jan Paul van Hecke
16	Scott Wharton
26	Darragh Lenihan
8	Joe Rothwell
27	Lewis Travis
21	John Buckley
3	Harry Pickering
2	Ryan Nyambe
22	Ben Brereton Díaz
7	Reda Khadra

Substitutes:

Leighton Clarkson, Daniel Butterworth, Jacob Davenport, Sam Gallagher, Daniel Ayala, Aynsley Pears, Bradley Johnson.

Birmingham City (3-5-2)

No.	Name
13	Matija Sarkic (GK)
4	Marc Roberts
5	George Friend
21	Dion Sanderson
18	Riley McGree
19	Jordan James
34	Ivan Sunjic
3	Kristian Pedersen
24	Jordan Graham
36	Troy Deeney
15	Chukwuemeka Aneke

Substitutes:

Maxime Colin, Ryan Woods, Scott Hogan, George Hall, Jérémie Bela, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Neil Etheridge.

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