Birmingham City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2025-26

Birmingham City FC

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Blackburn Rovers FC

Fri 3 Apr 2026 · 14:00 St Andrew's Ground 27,842 HT 45' · FT 45'

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  Birmingham City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at St Andrew's Ground.

  • Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2025/26)
  • Blackburn Rovers FC 46 games · 52 pts (2025/26)

  Match Details

  • Referee Matt Donohue
  • Assistant 1 Jacob Graham (England)
  • Assistant 2 James Wilson

  Standings

  #	Team	P	Pts
  1	Coventry City FC	46	95
  2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
  3	Millwall FC	46	83
  4	Southampton FC	46	80
  5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
  6	Hull City AFC	46	73
  7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
  8	Derby County FC	46	69
  9	Norwich City FC	46	65
  10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
  11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
  12	Bristol City FC	46	62
  13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
  14	Preston North End FC	46	60
  15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
  16	Watford FC	46	57
  17	Stoke City FC	46	55
  18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
  19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
  20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
  21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
  22	Oxford United FC	46	47
  23	Leicester City FC	46	46
  24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

  Head-to-Head

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  8

  Birmingham City FC 16 games · Avg 2.9 goals Blackburn Rovers FC

  Last 5 meetings

  2026-04-03 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2025-08-16 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC 2024-02-13 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-11-29 Blackburn Rovers FC 4–2 Birmingham City FC 2023-04-01 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC

  Recent Form

  Birmingham City FC

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  03 Apr	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	0–1	L
  21 Mar	Derby County FC	A	0–1	L
  14 Mar	Sheffield United FC	H	1–1	D
  11 Mar	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	1–0	W
  07 Mar	Charlton Athletic FC	A	0–1	L
  02 Mar	Middlesbrough FC	H	1–3	L

  Blackburn Rovers FC

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  03 Apr	Birmingham City FC	A	1–0	W
  21 Mar	Middlesbrough FC	H	0–0	D
  14 Mar	Millwall FC	A	2–1	W
  11 Mar	Oxford United FC	A	0–1	L
  07 Mar	Portsmouth FC	H	1–1	D
  28 Feb	Derby County FC	A	1–3	L

  Season Stats

  Birmingham City FC		Blackburn Rovers FC
  #10	Position	#20
  64	Points	52
  46	Played	46
  17 / 13 / 16	W / D / L	13 / 13 / 20
  57	Scored	42
  56	Conceded	56
  +1	GD	-14
  1.39	PPG	1.13
  37%	Win %	28%

  Key Stats

  56% Both Teams to Score
  H2H (16 games)

  56% Over 2.5 Goals
  H2H history

  22% Clean Sheets
  Birmingham City FC this season

  26% Clean Sheets
  Blackburn Rovers FC this season

  Birmingham City FC are 10th (64 pts). Blackburn Rovers FC are 20th (52 pts).

• Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Birmingham City FC and Blackburn Rovers FC is underway.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-1.

• Birmingham City FC

  4-2-3-1

  Starting XI

  • 6
    Jack Robinson
  • 33
    Marvin Ducksch ↓ Kanya Fujimoto 65'
  • 16
    Patrick Roberts ↓ Carlos Vicente 78'
  • 24
    Tomoki Iwata ↓ Bright Osayi-Samuel 88'
  • 28
    Jay Stansfield ↓ August Priske 78'
  • 2
    Ethan Laird
  • 4
    Christoph Klarer
  • 7
    Tommy Doyle
  • 8
    Seung-Ho Paik
  • 25
    James Beadle
  • 17
    Ibrahim Osman ↓ Demarai Gray 65'

  Bench

  • 10
    Demarai Gray ↑ 65'
  • 26
    Bright Osayi-Samuel ↑ 88'
  • 21
    Ryan Allsop
  • 5
    Phil Neumann
  • 37
    Jonathan Panzo
  • 27
    Kanya Fujimoto ↑ 65'
  • 14
    Jhon Solis
  • 29
    August Priske ↑ 78'
  • 23
    Carlos Vicente ↑ 78'

  Coach Chris Davies

  Blackburn Rovers FC

  3-4-2-1

  Starting XI

  • 10
    Todd Cantwell ↓ Mathias Jorgensen 83'
  • 28
    Adam Forshaw
  • 16
    Scott Wharton ↓ Yuri Ribeiro 83'
  • 3
    Harry Pickering
  • 15
    Sean McLoughlin
  • 23
    Yuki Ohashi
  • 25
    Ryoya Morishita ↓ Kristi Montgomery 77'
  • 22
    Balazs Toth
  • 2
    Ryan Alebiosu
  • 38
    Tom Atcheson
  • 24
    Moussa Baradji ↓ Sidnei Tavares 90'

  Bench

  • 1
    Aynsley Pears
  • 27
    Nathan Redmond
  • 4
    Yuri Ribeiro ↑ 83'
  • 21
    Oladapo Afolayan
  • 29
    Mathias Jorgensen ↑ 83'
  • 8
    Sidnei Tavares ↑ 90'
  • 14
    Dion De Neve
  • 31
    Kristi Montgomery ↑ 77'
  • 41
    Lorenze Mullarkey-Matthews

  Coach Michael O'Neill

• Head to Head

  2026-04-03 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2025-08-16 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC 2024-02-13 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-11-29 Blackburn Rovers FC 4–2 Birmingham City FC 2023-04-01 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC

  Birmingham City FC Form

  2026-04-03 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2026-03-21 Derby County FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC L 2026-03-14 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Sheffield United FC D 2026-03-11 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2026-03-07 Charlton Athletic FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC L 2026-03-02 Birmingham City FC 1–3 Middlesbrough FC L

  Blackburn Rovers FC Form

  2026-04-03 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2026-03-21 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Middlesbrough FC D 2026-03-14 Millwall FC 1–2 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2026-03-11 Oxford United FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2026-03-07 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Portsmouth FC D 2026-02-28 Derby County FC 3–1 Blackburn Rovers FC L