Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 December 2018

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 15 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Birmingham City: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Birmingham City 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 15 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Danny Graham opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Danny Graham (19') and Adam Armstrong (46'). Birmingham City scored through Craig Gardner (78', penalty) and Ché Adams (80').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 11th on 30 points from 21 and Birmingham City 9th on 30 points from 21. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 60 points, and Birmingham City 14th with 61.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ché Adams of Birmingham City (8.1), ahead of Danny Graham (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 46'Goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Ché AdamsBirmingham City
  • 78'Penalty goal · Craig GardnerBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 80'Goal · Ché AdamsBirmingham City · 2-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Richard SmallwoodBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Craig GardnerBirmingham City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Amari'i Bell, Josef Dvornik, Richard Smallwood, Harrison Reed, Bradley Dack, Craig Conway, Danny Graham

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

Lee Camp, Maxime Colin, M. Roberts, Harlee Dean, Kristian Pedersen, Connor Mahoney, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Gary Gardner, Jacques Maghoma, Ché Adams, Lukas Jutkiewicz