Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 29 November 2023

Result

Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Birmingham City

Championship · Wednesday 29 November 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Blackburn Rovers · Birmingham City · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Birmingham City: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Birmingham City 4-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 29 November 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Sammie Szmodics opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Sammie Szmodics (47'), Sammie Szmodics (52'), James Hill (59') and Harry Leonard (90+2'). Birmingham City scored through Siriki Dembélé (63') and Siriki Dembélé (78').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 11th on 25 points from 17 and Birmingham City 16th on 22 points from 17. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Birmingham City 22nd with 50.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sammie Szmodics of Blackburn Rovers (9.1), ahead of Siriki Dembélé (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Emanuel AiwuBirmingham City
  • 31'Yellow card · Sondre TronstadBlackburn Rovers
  • 33'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 35'Yellow card · Krystian BielikBirmingham City
  • 47'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · James HillBlackburn Rovers · 3-0
  • 63'Goal · Siriki DembéléBirmingham City · 3-1
  • 78'Goal · Siriki DembéléBirmingham City · 3-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Adam WhartonBlackburn Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · Harry LeonardBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+2'Goal · Harry LeonardBlackburn Rovers · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 5, draws 3, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

Unavailable

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

Leopold Wahlstedt, Lewis Travis, James Hill, Hayden Carter, Harry Pickering, Sondre Tronstad, Adam Wharton, A. Moran, Sammie Szmodics, Callum Brittain, Tyrhys Dolan

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

John Ruddy, Cody Drameh, Emanuel Aiwu, Dion Sanderson, Lee Buchanan, Jordan James, Krystian Bielik, Juninho Bacuna, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Siriki Dembélé, Jay Stansfield