Birmingham City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 April 2005

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 30 April 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Birmingham City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Birmingham City beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 April 2005. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jon Stead opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Robbie Blake (61') and Emile Heskey (80'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Jon Stead (13').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 13th on 39 points from 35 and Blackburn Rovers 12th on 41 points from 35. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Jon SteadBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Aaron MokoenaBlackburn Rovers
  • 61'Goal · Robbie BlakeBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City
  • 80'Goal · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Birmingham City 0, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

Birmingham City expected line-up

Maik Taylor, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Kenny Cunningham, Julian Gray, Robbie Savage, Jesper Gronkjaer, Darren Anderton, Emile Heskey, Damien Johnson, David Dunn

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up

Lucas Neill, Nils-Eric Johansson, Steven Reid, James McEveley, Brett Emerton, Tugay Kerimoglu, Paul Gallagher, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Paul Dickov, Barry Ferguson