Birmingham City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2010

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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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 21 August 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.

S. Nzonzi opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Craig Gardner (57') and Craig Gardner (71'). Blackburn Rovers scored through S. Nzonzi (54').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 39 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Yellow card · Nikola ZigicBirmingham City
  • 50'Missed penalty · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers
  • 54'Goal · S. NzonziBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 57'Goal · Craig GardnerBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · S. NzonziBlackburn Rovers
  • 71'Goal · Craig GardnerBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Andrea PirloBlackburn Rovers
  • 84'Yellow card · Ryan NelsenBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Yellow card · Sebastian LarssonBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 4, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

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

Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Cameron Jerome, James McFadden, Nikola Zigic, Barry Ferguson

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-5-1)

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Nikola Kalinić, El-Hadji Diouf, Ryan Nelsen