Birmingham City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2023

Result

Birmingham City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Birmingham City won against Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 1 April 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from R. Khadra of Birmingham City in the 61st minute.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 17th on 45 points from 38 and Blackburn Rovers 5th on 61 points from 37. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 69.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Ruddy of Birmingham City (8.8), ahead of Auston Trusty (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 4 draws and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+2'Yellow card · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Auston TrustyBirmingham City
  • 53'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 61'Goal · R. KhadraBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 84'Yellow card · T. MortonBlackburn Rovers
  • 89'Yellow card · J. BacunaBirmingham City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · J. BellinghamBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 4, Blackburn Rovers 5.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

John Ruddy, Maxime Colin, M. Roberts, Kevin Long, Auston Trusty, Tahith Chong, Krystian Bielik, Alfie Chang, Reda Khadra, George Hall, Lukas Jutkiewicz

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Tyler Morton, Ryan Hedges, Sammie Szmodics, Tyrhys Dolan, Sam Gallagher