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

Birmingham City

78': Kristian Pedersen

FT
1 - 2

Blackburn Rovers

29': John Buckley
45': Ben Brereton Díaz

Introduction

Birmingham City are hosting Blackburn Rovers at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

29': Goal! Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 1. John Buckley (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ryan Hedges.
43': Tayo Edun (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Goal! Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2. Ben Brereton Díaz (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from long range on the left to the top right corner. Assisted by Harry Pickering.
45'+3': First Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2.
45': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Bradley Dack replaces Tayo Edun.
45': Second Half begins Birmingham City 0, Blackburn Rovers 2.
59': Substitution, Birmingham City. George Hall replaces Juninho Bacuna.
59': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jobe Bellingham replaces Tahith Chong.
66': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Dilan Markanday replaces Ben Brereton Díaz.
77': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Jack Vale replaces Sam Gallagher.
78': Goal! Birmingham City 1, Blackburn Rovers 2. Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan James.
90': Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Lyle Taylor.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 18,659

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+47	Leicester City	44	94	10
+43	Leeds United	44	90	8
+32	Ipswich Town	43	89	6
+24	Southampton	44	84	10

Full Table

Statistics

BLK		BIR
11	Fouls	7
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
1	Corner Kicks	8
4	Saves	5
50.9	Possession	49.1
14	SHOTS	14
7	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
269	Accurate Passes	255
380	Passes	355
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
1	Accurate Crosses	6
6	Crosses	20
0.2	Cross %	0.3
73	Long Balls	66
26	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
5	Blocked Shots	1
15	Effective Tackles	9
32	Tackles	13
0.5	Tackle %	0.7
8	Interceptions	9
15	Effective Clearances	6
15	Clearances	6

Line-Ups

Birmingham City (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Neil Etheridge (GK)
50	Nico Gordon
4	Marc Roberts
34	Ivan Sunjic
3	Kristian Pedersen
2	Maxime Colin
21	Juninho Bacuna
19	Jordan James
25	Onel Hernández
7	Tahith Chong
33	Lyle Taylor

Substitutes:

George Friend, Jordan Graham, George Hall, Scott Hogan, Ryan Woods, Jobe Bellingham, Connal Trueman.

Blackburn Rovers (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Thomas Kaminski (GK)
16	Scott Wharton
5	Daniel Ayala
3	Harry Pickering
15	James Brown
21	John Buckley
20	Tayo Edun
27	Lewis Travis
9	Sam Gallagher
22	Ben Brereton Díaz
19	Ryan Hedges