Blackburn vs Birmingham

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🕒 Sat, 16 Aug 2025 15:00 Europe/London 📍 Ewood Park 🧑‍⚖️ Oliver Langford 🔁 Regular Season - 2 🏁 match finished
Season
2025-2026 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 2
Regular Season Table
Blackburn 22 · Birmingham 10
Referee Stats
22 matches · 1.18 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 1.18
Reds avg 0.14
Penalties avg 0.05
Over 4.5 cards 9%
Home wins 27%
Draws 45%
Away wins 27%
How the match was won
  • Shots were tight (5-8).
  • Birmingham controlled possession (59%).
  • Birmingham had the sharper finishing (2-4 shots on target).

Team Overview

Blackburn (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 4-9-10

Goals For / Against

19 / 27
Avg: 0.83 / 1.17

Points

21
Avg: 0.91

Clean Sheets

5

Failed to Score

7
Birmingham (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 5-5-13

Goals For / Against

18 / 34
Avg: 0.78 / 1.48

Points

20
Avg: 0.87

Clean Sheets

3

Failed to Score

9

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Championship fixture.

Quick comparison bars

0.91
PPG
0.87
0.83
GF
0.78
1.17
GA
1.48
30%
O2.5
43%
57%
BTTS
48%
17%
Score 1st
13%

League-position context

Blackburn rank22nd
Birmingham rank10th
Blackburn points52
Birmingham points64
Blackburn: #22 · 52 pts · GD -14
32 pts off the top 2. 17 pts off the play-off line. 1 pts from safety.
Birmingham: #10 · 64 pts · GD +1
20 pts off the top 2. 5 pts off the play-off line. 12 pts clear of the relegation zone.
12-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Blackburn last 5 home

L D D D D
Points4/15
Weighted index22
Goals2-3
Record0-4-1
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Unbeaten, but draw-heavy in the recent venue-specific run.

Birmingham last 5 away

D D L L L
Points2/15
Weighted index20
Goals3-6
Record0-2-3
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Blackburn trend breakdown

Over 2.530%
BTTS57%
BTTS + O2.530%
1H Over 0.543%
Also: Over 0.5 91% · Over 1.5 70% · Over 3.5 9% · 1H BTTS 13%

Birmingham trend breakdown

Over 2.543%
BTTS48%
BTTS + O2.526%
1H Over 0.587%
Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 78% · Over 3.5 4% · 1H BTTS 9%

Scoring reliability

Blackburn score at home70%
Blackburn clean sheet at home22%
Birmingham score away61%
Birmingham clean sheet away13%

First-goal patterns

Blackburn score first17%
Blackburn win after scoring first50%
Birmingham score first13%
Birmingham win after scoring first67%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Blackburn 50% · Birmingham 57%
Avg first goal minute: Blackburn 41.8' · Birmingham 40.0'

Vs league average

Blackburn score at home0.83 vs 1.40
Blackburn concede at home1.17 vs 1.20
Birmingham score away0.78 vs 1.20
Birmingham concede away1.48 vs 1.40
Blackburn score 41% below league average, while Birmingham score 35% below league average.
Defensive side: Blackburn are 3% below league average at home, and Birmingham are 6% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals2.40
BTTS40%
Over 2.540%
At this venue setup: 4.60 goals on average across the last 5.

Blackburn goal timing (home)

1H scored: 50% 2H scored: 50% Danger: 0-15 Vulnerable: 76-90+
Goals scored by 15-minute interval
0-15 2
76-90+ 2
16-30 1
46-60 1
31-45 0
61-75 0
Goals conceded by 15-minute interval
76-90+ 4
16-30 2
31-45 1
0-15 0
46-60 0
61-75 0

Birmingham goal timing (away)

1H scored: 44% 2H scored: 56% Danger: 76-90+ Vulnerable: 16-30
Goals scored by 15-minute interval
76-90+ 3
0-15 2
61-75 2
16-30 1
31-45 1
46-60 0
Goals conceded by 15-minute interval
16-30 4
31-45 4
61-75 2
0-15 1
46-60 1
76-90+ 0

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
2
4
Total Shots
5
8
Shots off Goal
2
2
Blocked Shots
1
2
Shots Inside Box
5
4
Shots Outside Box
0
4
Ball Possession
41%
59%
Corner Kicks
3
5
Fouls
14
13
Offsides
3
0
Yellow Cards
1
2
Red Cards
—
—
Goalkeeper Saves
2
1
Total Passes
295
428
Passes Accurate
203
362
Passes %
69%
85%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games17
Home Wins8
Draws5
Away Wins4
Over 2.5 Goals8 (47.1%)
BTTS9 (52.9%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games9
Home Wins5
Draws3
Away Wins1
Over 2.5 Goals6 (66.7%)
BTTS7 (77.8%)

Blackburn vs Birmingham Head-to-Head History by Season