Blackburn vs Birmingham 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

Blackburn Rovers

47': Sammie Szmodics
52': Sammie Szmodics
59': James Hill
90'+2': Harry Leonard

FT
4 - 2

Birmingham City

63': Siriki Dembele
78': Siriki Dembele

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

16': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Harry Leonard replaces Tyrhys Dolan because of an injury.
28': Emanuel Aiwu (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
33': Lewis Travis (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
35': Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Arnór Sigurdsson replaces Lewis Travis.
45': Second Half begins Blackburn Rovers 0, Birmingham City 0.
47': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 0. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Wharton with a through ball.
52': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Birmingham City 0. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harry Leonard with a through ball.
59': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 3, Birmingham City 0. James Hill (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sondre Tronstad.
62': Substitution, Birmingham City. Ethan Laird replaces Emanuel Aiwu.
63': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 3, Birmingham City 1. Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Cody Drameh.
76': Substitution, Birmingham City. Koji Miyoshi replaces Krystian Bielik.
76': Substitution, Birmingham City. Oliver Burke replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.
76': Substitution, Birmingham City. Scott Hogan replaces Jay Stansfield.
78': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 3, Birmingham City 2. Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Hogan.
80': Adam Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Substitution, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner replaces Jordan James.
87': Harry Leonard (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 4, Birmingham City 2. Harry Leonard (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Moran.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 4, Birmingham City 2.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Ewood Park
Location: Blackburn, England
Attendance: 12,693

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+65	Leeds United	46	100	4
+53	Burnley	46	100	2
+27	Sheffield United	46	90	10
+14	Sunderland	46	76	12

Full Table

Statistics

BIR		BLK
6	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	3
9	Corner Kicks	8
3	Saves	5
38.5	Possession	61.5
26	SHOTS	14
7	ON GOAL	7
0.3	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
271	Accurate Passes	504
370	Passes	598
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	2
14	Crosses	19
0.4	Cross %	0.1
60	Long Balls	45
29	Accurate Long Balls	16
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
7	Blocked Shots	3
13	Effective Tackles	8
19	Tackles	15
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
19	Interceptions	13
17	Effective Clearances	22
17	Clearances	22

Line-Ups

Blackburn Rovers (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
12	Leopold Wahlstedt (GK)
17	Hayden Carter
4	James Hill
3	Harry Pickering
27	Lewis Travis
8	Sammie Szmodics
23	Adam Wharton
6	Sondre Tronstad
10	Tyrhys Dolan
2	Callum Brittain
24	Andy Moran

Substitutes:

Joe Hilton, Patrick Gamble, Harry Leonard, Dilan Kumar Markanday, Leo Duru, Tom Atcheson, Semir Telalovic, Jake Garrett, Arnór Sigurdsson.

Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
21	John Ruddy (GK)
5	Dion Sanderson
44	Emanuel Aiwu
3	Lee Buchanan
12	Cody Drameh
10	Lukas Jutkiewicz
6	Krystian Bielik
19	Jordan James
28	Jay Stansfield
17	Siriki Dembele
7	Juninho Bacuna