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Blackburn Rovers v Birmingham City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 16th Aug, 15:00 BST, Ewood Park, Blackburn

Valérien Ismaël welcomes Chris Davies to the Ewood Park on Saturday afternoon, as their Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City teams clash in the Championship. For each and every Championship match, KickOff delves into the statistics for all of the biggest markets. Meaningful stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then published alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Blackburn
31%
--
Draw
28%
--
Birmingham
41%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Birmingham 1-0
13%
--
Blackburn 1-0
11%
--
Draw 0-0
10%
--
Birmingham 2-1
8%
--
Birmingham 2-0
8%
--
Blackburn 2-1
7%
--
Blackburn 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Birmingham 3-1
3%
--
Birmingham 3-0
3%
--
Blackburn 3-1
2%
--
Blackburn 3-0
2%
--
Birmingham 3-2
2%
--
Blackburn 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Home 1st Goal
45%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
7%
--
BTTS - Yes
46%
--
BTTS - No
54%
--
BTTS - Home Win
12%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
--
Home/draw
59%
--
Away/draw
69%
--
Home/away
72%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
--
Home DNB
51%
--
Away DNB
61%
--
Blackburn win to nil
19%
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Birmingham win to nil
25%
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Win / draw / win Championship table
Won
Draw
Lost
Blackburn
Birmingham
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham000000 
Aug 16
Apr 3
-
-
2
Blackburn000000 
-
-
Apr 3
Aug 16
3
Bristol C000000 
Feb 25
Nov 4
Apr 25
Oct 25
4
Charlton000000 
Jan 4
Sep 27
Dec 13
Mar 7
5
Coventry000000 
Apr 18
Oct 18
Jan 4
Sep 27
6
Derby000000 
Nov 8
Feb 28
Dec 26
Mar 21
7
Hull000000 
Jan 31
Aug 23
Oct 18
Apr 18
8
Ipswich000000 
Sep 20
Jan 17
Aug 8
Apr 6
9
Leicester000000 
May 2
Nov 1
Feb 7
Aug 29
10
M'Boro000000 
Mar 21
Dec 26
Feb 28
Nov 8
11
Millwall000000 
Dec 20
Mar 14
Nov 4
Feb 25
12
Norwich000000 
Aug 30
Feb 7
Nov 22
Feb 21
13
Oxford Utd000000 
Dec 9
Mar 11
Aug 23
Jan 31
14
Portsmouth000000 
Mar 7
Dec 13
Nov 1
May 2
15
Preston000000 
Feb 21
Nov 21
Apr 22
Oct 21
16
QPR000000 
Nov 26
Feb 14
Mar 10
Dec 9
17
Sheff Utd000000 
Oct 21
Apr 22
Mar 14
Dec 20
18
Sheff Wed000000 
Dec 6
Dec 29
Sep 30
Jan 20
19
Southampton000000 
Oct 25
Apr 25
Dec 29
Dec 6
20
Stoke000000 
Oct 4
Apr 11
Jan 24
Sep 13
21
Swansea000000 
Sep 30
Jan 20
Sep 20
Jan 17
22
Watford000000 
Jan 24
Sep 13
Nov 29
Jan 1
23
West Brom000000 
Apr 6
Aug 9
Feb 14
Nov 26
24
Wrexham000000 
Jan 1
Nov 29
Apr 11
Oct 3
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
6
Birmingham have won 6 consecutive away league games
7
Birmingham have not lost in 7 consecutive away league games
Blackburn
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn2 - 1Watford
Blackburn4 - 1Millwall
Blackburn2 - 2Sheff Wed
Blackburn0 - 2M'Boro
Blackburn1 - 2Cardiff
Blackburn1 - 1Norwich
Blackburn2 - 0Plymouth
Blackburn2 - 1Preston
Blackburn0 - 2Coventry
Blackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
Blackburn0 - 1Burnley
Blackburn0 - 1Hull
Blackburn2 - 2Sunderland
Blackburn2 - 0Luton
Blackburn1 - 0Leeds
Blackburn0 - 2Stoke
Blackburn0 - 2Sheff Utd
Blackburn0 - 0West Brom
Blackburn1 - 0Swansea
Blackburn2 - 0QPR
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackburn1 - 1Sheff Utd
HBlackburn2 - 1Watford
ABlackburn1 - 0Sunderland
HBlackburn4 - 1Millwall
ABlackburn1 - 0Luton
HBlackburn2 - 2Sheff Wed
HBlackburn0 - 2M'Boro
ABlackburn0 - 1Portsmouth
HBlackburn1 - 2Cardiff
ABlackburn0 - 1Stoke
ABlackburn1 - 2Derby
HBlackburn1 - 1Norwich
ABlackburn0 - 3Swansea
HBlackburn2 - 0Plymouth
ABlackburn2 - 0West Brom
ABlackburn1 - 2QPR
HBlackburn2 - 1Preston
ABlackburn1 - 2Bristol C
HBlackburn0 - 2Coventry
ABlackburn0 - 1Oxford Utd
Birmingham
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
Draw
5
L
3
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cambridge1 - 2Birmingham
Blackpool0 - 2Birmingham
Stevenage0 - 1Birmingham
Burton1 - 2Birmingham
Peterborough1 - 2Birmingham
Bristol R1 - 2Birmingham
Northampton1 - 1Birmingham
Bolton3 - 1Birmingham
Reading0 - 0Birmingham
Huddersfield0 - 1Birmingham
Wrexham1 - 1Birmingham
Wigan0 - 3Birmingham
Stockport1 - 1Birmingham
Crawley0 - 1Birmingham
Barnsley1 - 2Birmingham
Exeter0 - 2Birmingham
Shrewsbury3 - 2Birmingham
Mansfield1 - 1Birmingham
Lincoln1 - 3Birmingham
Charlton1 - 0Birmingham
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
16
D
3
L
1
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABirmingham2 - 1Cambridge
ABirmingham2 - 0Blackpool
HBirmingham4 - 0Mansfield
ABirmingham1 - 0Stevenage
ABirmingham2 - 1Burton
HBirmingham0 - 0Crawley
ABirmingham2 - 1Peterborough
HBirmingham6 - 2Barnsley
ABirmingham2 - 1Bristol R
HBirmingham4 - 1Shrewsbury
ABirmingham1 - 1Northampton
HBirmingham2 - 1Stevenage
HBirmingham1 - 0Lincoln
ABirmingham1 - 3Bolton
HBirmingham1 - 0Wycombe
HBirmingham2 - 0L Orient
ABirmingham0 - 0Reading
HBirmingham1 - 0Charlton
HBirmingham4 - 0Cambridge
HBirmingham2 - 1Rotherham
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Blackburn since 2000
Blackburn
Birmingham
Goals: Scored
40
22
Games: Scored
20 / 20
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
0 / 20
BLB
11
D
8
BIR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Blackburn4 - 2
Blackburn2 - 1
Blackburn4 - 0
Blackburn5 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Blackburn2 - 0
Blackburn1 - 0
2 - 3Birmingham
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Blackburn2 - 1
Blackburn2 - 1
Blackburn2 - 0
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Blackburn2 - 1
Blackburn1 - 0
League games at Birmingham since 2000
Birmingham
Blackburn
Goals: Scored
25
25
Games: Scored
15 / 20
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
5 / 20
BLB
6
D
4
BIR
10
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
Birmingham1 - 0
Birmingham1 - 0
1 - 2Blackburn
0 - 2Blackburn
Birmingham1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Birmingham1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
2 - 4Blackburn
Draw1 - 1Draw
Birmingham2 - 1
Birmingham2 - 1
Birmingham4 - 1
Birmingham2 - 1
Birmingham2 - 1
0 - 4Blackburn
0 - 1Blackburn
0 - 2Blackburn
Birmingham1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Birmingham City's defensive record is to be admired, C. Davies's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Championship games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.1 for Blackburn Rovers makes sense in this context.

Blackburn Birmingham
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Blackburn will score no more than 1 goal
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Birmingham will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-12
Blackburn have scored 12% fewer goals at home than predicted
-5
Birmingham’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
0.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Blackburn
PG (predicted goals)
Birmingham
1.1
1.3
Attack rating
%
better
BLB
BIR
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Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
BLB
BIR
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Blackburn v Birmingham Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
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Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
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Birmingham Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
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