Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Thursday 26 December 2019
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Birmingham City
Championship · Thursday 26 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Birmingham City: match report
Blackburn Rovers drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Championship on Thursday 26 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
Adam Armstrong opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Adam Armstrong (55', penalty). Birmingham City scored through Kerim Mrabti (63', penalty).
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 8th on 35 points from 23 and Birmingham City 15th on 28 points from 23. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Birmingham City 21st with 50.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Derrick Williams of Blackburn Rovers (7.5), ahead of Harlee Dean (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 5 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Kerim Mrabti
- 55'Penalty goal · Adam Armstrong
- 60'Yellow card · Bradley Johnson
- 63'Penalty goal · Kerim Mrabti
- 70'Yellow card · Ryan Nyambe
- 76'Yellow card · G. Gardner
- 82'Yellow card · Elliott Bennett
- 85'Yellow card · Kristian Pedersen
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christian Walton, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Derrick Williams, Amari'i Bell, John Buckley, Bradley Johnson, Elliott Bennett, Lewis Holtby, Adam Armstrong, Sam Gallagher
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Connal Trueman, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, Wes Harding, Kristian Pedersen, David Davis, Gary Gardner, Jérémie Bela, Kerim Mrabti, Jacques Maghoma, Lukas Jutkiewicz