1 BLA

2 BIR

BLA 1

2 BIR

Blackburn
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Birmingham

Championship, Round 2
Saturday, August 16, 2025 3:00 PM
Ewood Park

Result

1-2

Match Recap

Todd Cantwell 50'

Jay Stansfield (pen.) 90'

Lyndon Dykes 90+8'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 2

Yellow Card

90+9'

90+8'

Lyndon Dykes

Demarai Gray

90+2'

Eiran Joe Cashin

K. Furuhashi

90'

Jay Stansfield

Penalty Goal

Axel Henriksson

Augustus Kargbo

88'

Willum Thor Willumsson

Phil Neumann

Dion De Neve

Todd Cantwell

87'

Makhtar Gueye

Yuki Ohashi

87'

Scott Wharton

Ryan Alebiosu

82'

81'

Lyndon Dykes

Bright Osayi-Samuel

81'

Thomas Doyle

Keshi Anderson

76'

Tomoki Iwata

Yellow Card

Lewis Miller

Ryan Hedges

69'

Todd Cantwell

Goal

50'

46'

Ethan Laird

Alex Cochrane

First Half 0 - 0

30'

Bright Osayi-Samuel

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

41%

59%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

0.36

2.05

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 2
Date	August 16, 2025
Time	15:00
Venue	Ewood Park
Result	1 - 2

Lineups

Blackburn

22. B. Tóth Balázs Tóth

2. R. Alebiosu Ryan Alebiosu

5. D. Hyam Dominic Hyam

15. S. McLoughlin Sean McLoughlin

4. Y. Ribeiro Yuri Ribeiro

6. S. Tronstad Sondre Tronstad

8. S. Tavares Sidnei Tavares

7. A. Kargbo Augustus Kargbo

10. T. Cantwell Todd Cantwell

19. R. Hedges Ryan Hedges

23. Y. Ohashi Yuki Ohashi

9. K. Furuhashi K. Furuhashi

28. J. Stansfield Jay Stansfield

14. K. Anderson Keshi Anderson

24. T. Iwata Tomoki Iwata

8. P. Seung-Ho Paik Seung-Ho

10. D. Gray Demarai Gray

20. A. Cochrane Alex Cochrane

4. C. Klarer C. Klarer

5. P. Neumann Phil Neumann

26. B. Osayi-Samuel Bright Osayi-Samuel

21. R. Allsop Ryan Allsop

Birmingham

Substitutes

Blackburn

Birmingham

Unused Players

Blackburn

Birmingham

Form before the match

Blackburn

Birmingham

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2023/24

February 13, 2024

Birmingham

Blackburn

November 29, 2023

Blackburn

Birmingham

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

April 3, 2026

15:00

Birmingham

Blackburn

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	36	22	8	6	74	38	36	74
2	Middlesbrough	36	20	9	7	57	35	22	69
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	36	19	8	9	50	41	9	65
4	Ipswich	35	18	10	7	61	35	26	64
5	Hull City	36	18	6	12	57	52	5	60
6	Wrexham	35	15	12	8	54	45	9	57

7	Derby	36	15	9	12	54	47	7	54
8	Southampton	35	14	11	10	57	46	11	53
9	Watford	35	13	12	10	45	41	4	51
10	Bristol City	36	14	8	14	48	46	2	50
11	Sheffield Utd	36	15	4	17	51	49	2	49
12	Birmingham	36	13	10	13	46	47	-1	49
13	Swansea	36	14	7	15	42	43	-1	49
14	Preston	36	12	13	11	42	43	-1	49
15	Stoke City	36	13	8	15	39	36	3	47
16	QPR	36	13	8	15	46	57	-11	47
17	Norwich	35	13	6	16	47	44	3	45
18	Charlton	36	11	11	14	34	44	-10	44
19	Portsmouth	35	10	10	15	35	45	-10	40
20	Blackburn	36	10	9	17	34	47	-13	39
21	West Brom	36	9	9	18	35	53	-18	36
Relegation
22	Leicester	36	10	11	15	48	57	-9	35
23	Oxford United	36	8	11	17	34	48	-14	35
24	Sheffield Wednesday	36	1	8	27	22	73	-51	-7

Updated August 16, 2025 5:04 PM