Birmingham City 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 February 2019

Result

Birmingham City 2-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 23 February 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Birmingham City drew with Blackburn Rovers 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 23 February 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ché Adams opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Ché Adams (16') and Ché Adams (85'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Charlie Mulgrew (52') and Danny Graham (83').

Discipline: Birmingham City received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 9th on 46 points from 32 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 43 points from 33. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 14th with 61 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.

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 Ché Adams of Birmingham City (8.9), ahead of Gary Gardner (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Ché AdamsBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 46'Yellow card · Charlie MulgrewBlackburn Rovers
  • 52'Goal · Charlie MulgrewBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 83'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 85'Goal · Ché AdamsBirmingham City · 2-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Richard SmallwoodBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Lee Camp, Maxime Colin, Michael Morrison, Harlee Dean, Kristian Pedersen, Jota Peleteiro, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Gary Gardner, Jacques Maghoma, Ché Adams, Lukas Jutkiewicz

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

David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Charlie Mulgrew, Jack Rodwell, Amari'i Bell, Richard Smallwood, Lewis Travis, Harrison Reed, Bradley Dack, Elliott Bennett, Danny Graham