Birmingham City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 19 April 2006

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Wednesday 19 April 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Birmingham City won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 19 April 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.

Nicky Butt opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Nicky Butt (62') and Mikael Forssell (87'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Robbie Savage (78').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 5 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 18th on 29 points from 34 and Blackburn Rovers 6th on 54 points from 34. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Blackburn Rovers 6th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 3 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Blackburn Rovers's L-D-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Kenny CunninghamBirmingham City
  • 56'Yellow card · Olivier TebilyBirmingham City
  • 62'Goal · Nicky ButtBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 78'Goal · Robbie SavageBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 87'Goal · Mikael ForssellBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Julian GrayBirmingham City
  • 90'Yellow card · Chris SuttonBirmingham City

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Martin Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Olivier Tebily, Jermaine Pennant, Julian Gray, Emile Heskey, Chris Sutton, Nicky Butt, Damien Johnson, Matt Sadler

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Daniel Bentley, Craig Bellamy, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Ryan Nelsen