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'

T. 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 T. 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	14	9	4	1	39	13	26	31
2	Stoke City	14	8	3	3	21	9	12	27
Promotion Playoffs
3	Middlesbrough	14	7	5	2	17	12	5	26
4	Millwall	14	7	3	4	16	19	-3	24
5	Charlton	14	6	5	3	16	11	5	23
6	Preston	13	6	4	3	17	12	5	22

7	Bristol City	14	6	4	4	21	17	4	22
8	Hull City	14	6	4	4	23	22	1	22
9	Birmingham	14	6	3	5	19	15	4	21
10	Ipswich	13	5	5	3	22	15	7	20
11	Derby	14	5	5	4	18	18	0	20
12	Watford	14	5	4	5	18	17	1	19
13	Leicester	14	4	6	4	16	15	1	18
14	West Brom	14	5	3	6	12	15	-3	18
15	QPR	13	5	3	5	16	21	-5	18
16	Wrexham	13	4	5	4	19	19	0	17
17	Swansea	13	4	5	4	13	13	0	17
18	Blackburn	13	5	1	7	13	17	-4	16
19	Oxford United	14	3	4	7	15	20	-5	13
20	Portsmouth	13	3	4	6	10	17	-7	13
21	Southampton	13	2	6	5	13	19	-6	12
Relegation
22	Sheffield Utd	14	3	0	11	11	26	-15	9
23	Norwich	13	2	2	9	12	20	-8	8
24	Sheffield Wednesday	13	1	4	8	10	25	-15	-5

Updated August 16, 2025 5:04 PM