Championship / 25/26 / MATCHWEEK 2
Blackburn Rovers v Birmingham City
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Sat 16 Aug 2025 · 14:00 UTC · Result
- Stadium
- Ewood Park
- Referee
- Oliver Langford
- Attendance
- 19,552
ON THE PITCH
Lineups & match stats
Goals scored and substitution minutes. On = subbed on; Off = subbed off. — means not recorded or not applicable. Unused substitutes did not play.
Blackburn Rovers
11 startersStarting XI
| No. | Player | Goals | On | Off |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ryan Alebiosu | 0 | — | 82′ |
| 4 | Yuri Ribeiro | 0 | — | — |
| 5 | Dominic Hyam | 0 | — | — |
| 6 | Sondre Tronstad | 0 | — | — |
| 7 | Augustus Kargbo | 0 | — | 88′ |
| 8 | Sidnei Tavares | 0 | — | — |
| 10 | Todd Cantwell | 1 | — | 87′ |
| 15 | Sean McLoughlin | 0 | — | — |
| 19 | Ryan Hedges | 0 | — | 69′ |
| 22 | Balázs Tóth | 0 | — | — |
| 23 | Yuki Ohashi | 0 | — | 87′ |
Substitutes
| No. | Player | Goals | On | Off |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Harry Pickering | 0 | — | — |
| 9 | Makhtar Gueye | 0 | 87′ | — |
| 12 | Lewis Miller | 0 | 69′ | — |
| 14 | Dion De Neve | 0 | 87′ | — |
| 16 | Scott Wharton | 0 | 82′ | — |
| 18 | Axel Henriksson | 0 | 88′ | — |
| 31 | Kristi Montgomery | 0 | — | — |
| 32 | Igor Tyjon | 0 | — | — |
| 35 | Nicholas Michalski | 0 | — | — |
Birmingham City
11 startersStarting XI
| No. | Player | Goals | On | Off |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Christoph Klarer | 0 | — | — |
| 5 | Phil Neumann | 0 | — | 88′ |
| 8 | Seung-Ho Paik | 0 | — | — |
| 9 | Kyogo Furuhashi | 0 | — | 90′ |
| 10 | Demarai Gray | 0 | — | — |
| 14 | Keshi Anderson | 0 | — | 81′ |
| 20 | Alex Cochrane | 0 | — | 46′ |
| 21 | Ryan Allsop | 0 | — | — |
| 24 | Tomoki Iwata | 0 | — | — |
| 26 | Bright Osayi-Samuel | 0 | — | 81′ |
| 28 | Jay Stansfield | 1 | — | — |
Substitutes
| No. | Player | Goals | On | Off |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ethan Laird | 0 | 46′ | — |
| 7 | Tommy Doyle | 0 | 81′ | — |
| 12 | Marc Leonard | 0 | — | — |
| 17 | Lyndon Dykes | 1 | 81′ | — |
| 18 | Willum Willumsson | 0 | 88′ | — |
| 19 | Taylor Gardner-Hickman | 0 | — | — |
| 25 | James Beadle | 0 | — | — |
| 27 | Kanya Fujimoto | 0 | — | — |
| 41 | Eiran Cashin | 0 | 90′ | — |