Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Birmingham City
Expected and what happened
No prediction: one side wasn't rated the month before.
- Expected xG
- –
- Actual xG
- 0.4 – 2.0
- Goals
- 1 – 2
Birmingham City won and made the better chances: 2.0 xG to 0.4.
Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ethan Laird, 71.4 in 45′.
Going in
Each side's last five results before this match.
Blackburn Rovers
| 9 Aug 2025 | L 0–1 | at West Bromwich Albion |
Birmingham City
| 8 Aug 2025 | D 1–1 | v Ipswich Town |
Head to head
No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.
Blackburn Rovers
| Player | Min | Score | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makhtar Gueye | 16 | 50.6 | – |
| Todd Cantwell | 87 | 48.8 | – |
| Ryan Hedges | 69 | 46.8 | – |
| Lewis Miller | 21 | 45.4 | – |
| Ryan Alebiosu | 82 | 43.5 | – |
| Augustus Kargbo | 88 | 43.3 | – |
| Balázs Tóth | 90 | 42.6 | – |
| Yuki Ohashi | 87 | 41.9 | – |
| Sondre Tronstad | 90 | 38.2 | – |
| Sean McLoughlin | 90 | 38.2 | – |
| Yuri Ribeiro | 90 | 38.1 | – |
| Sidnei Tavares | 90 | 36.8 | – |
| Dion De Neve | 16 | 33.0 | – |
| Dominic Hyam | 90 | 32.7 | – |
| Scott Wharton | 8 | 32.3 | – |
| Axel Henriksson | 15 | 28.7 | – |
Birmingham City
| Player | Min | Score | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon Dykes | 9 | 100.0 | – |
| Ethan Laird | 45 | 71.4 | – |
| Eiran Cashin | 11 | 70.9 | – |
| Christoph Klarer | 90 | 65.6 | – |
| Jay Stansfield | 90 | 50.2 | – |
| Tommy Doyle | 9 | 49.5 | – |
| Alex Cochrane | 45 | 48.7 | – |
| Ryan Allsop | 90 | 46.1 | – |
| Demarai Gray | 90 | 43.8 | – |
| Tomoki Iwata | 90 | 42.7 | – |
| Seung Ho Paik | 90 | 42.5 | – |
| Keshi Anderson | 81 | 37.3 | – |
| Phil Neumann | 88 | 36.6 | – |
| Kyogo Furuhashi | 89 | 35.3 | – |
| Willum Thor Willumsson | 15 | 34.6 | – |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | 81 | 32.2 | – |