Birmingham 0:1 Blackburn: Championship Match Result

Championship

Birmingham WDDLWD

0:1

Finished

Kick-off was 3 Apr, 15:00 BST

Blackburn LDLLWD

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park City: Birmingham

In the Championship game on 3 April 2026, Blackburn beat Birmingham 0:1. Match numbers: shots on target 5:4, corners 9:10.

Key numbers

Possession, % 65 – 35

Shots on target 5 – 4

Shots off target 6 – 5

Expected goals 1.08 – 1.62

🟨 21' A. Forshaw — Yellow card ⇄ 65' I. Osman — Substitution ⇄ 66' M. Ducksch — Substitution ⚽ 69' T. Cantwell — Goal ⇄ 77' R. Morishita — Substitution ⇄ 78' P. Roberts — Substitution ⇄ 78' J. Stansfield — Substitution ⇄ 84' S. Wharton — Substitution ⇄ 84' T. Cantwell — Substitution ⇄ 88' T. Iwata — Substitution ⇄ 90' M. Baradji — Substitution

Match events

21' 0:0 Blackburn Yellow card A. Forshaw
65' 0:0 Birmingham Substitution I. Osman off: D. Gray
66' 0:0 Birmingham Substitution M. Ducksch off: K. Fujimoto
69' 0:1 Blackburn Goal T. Cantwell assist: R. Morishita
77' 0:1 Blackburn Substitution R. Morishita off: K. Montgomery
78' 0:1 Birmingham Substitution P. Roberts off: C. Vicente
78' 0:1 Birmingham Substitution J. Stansfield off: A. Priske
84' 0:1 Blackburn Substitution S. Wharton off: Y. Ribeiro
84' 0:1 Blackburn Substitution T. Cantwell off: M. Jorgensen
88' 0:1 Birmingham Substitution T. Iwata off: B. Osayi-Samuel
90' 0:1 Blackburn Substitution M. Baradji off: S. Tavares

Statistics

65 Possession, % 35

5 Shots on target 4

6 Shots off target 5

1.08 Expected goals 1.62

3 Big chances 4

210 Attacks 164

9 Corners 10

14 Fouls 7

7 Free kicks 13

1 Offsides 1

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 9

31 Throw-ins 27

All statistics

23/4452% Aerial duels 21/4448%

79 Backward passes 39

1 Blocked shots 7

35 Clearances 59

4/2020% Crosses 6/2524%

11/1765% Dribbles 3/1030%

1.62 Expected assists 0.79

89 Failed passes 90

3 Goalkeeper saves 5

7 Interceptions 2

9 Key passes 12

21/5936% Long passes 14/6123%

113 Passes into the final third 62

313 Passes in the opposition half 198

245 Passes in own half 104

0.42 Shot accuracy 0.25

5 Shots from outside the box 5

7 Shots inside the box 11

7/1547% Tackles 6/1346%

538 Total passes 277

Line-ups

Birmingham

Starting XI
#	Player	number
25	James Giles Beadle	25
2	Ethan Benjamin Laird	2
4	Christoph Klarer	4
6	Jack Robinson	6
24	Tomoki Iwata	24
7	Tommy Doyle	7
8	Seung-Ho Paik	8
16	Patrick Roberts	16
17	Ibrahim Osman	17
28	Jay Stansfield	28
33	Marvin Ducksch	33

Substitutes
#	Player	number
21	Ryan Allsop	21
5	Phil Neumann	5
26	Bright Osayi-Samuel	26
37	Jonathan William Panzo	37
14	Jhon Elmer Solis Romero	14
27	Kanya Fujimoto	27
10	Demarai Gray	10
23	Carlos Vicente	23
29	August Priske Flyger	29

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Blackburn

Starting XI
#	Player	number
22	Balázs Tóth	22
15	Sean McLoughlin	15
16	Scott Bradley Wharton	16
38	Tom Atchison	38
2	Ryan Alebiosu	2
3	Harry Pickering	3
10	Todd Owen Cantwell	10
28	Adam John Forshaw	28
23	Yuki Ohashi	23
24	M. Baradji	24
25	Ryoya Morishita	25

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Aynsley Alan William Pears	1
4	Yuri Ribeiro	4
14	Dion De Neve	14
8	Sidnei Wilson Vieira David Tavares	8
27	Nathan Redmond	27
31	Kristi Montgomery	31
41	Lorenz Mallarkey-Matthews	41
21	Oladapo Joshua Afolayan	21
29	Mathias Jørgensen	29