On Saturday Oct 22nd, Blackburn Rovers hosts Birmingham City at Ewood Park in a clash of these two mismatched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 5th placed Blackburn Rovers is fresh off their 2-1 win against Middlesbrough. Darragh Lenihan struck first for Blackburn Rovers on an own goal in the 4th minute, then Sam Gallagher added another in the 17th minute on a feed from Dominic Hyam. Blackburn Rovers is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while birmingham City sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Hull City. Troy Deeney struck first for Birmingham City in the 14th minute on a penalty kick, then Juninho Bacuna added another in the 47th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hull City couldn’t manage to score, and Birmingham City took the shutout win. Birmingham City is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Jan 4th, Birmingham City hosted Blackburn Rovers in their last match together. Birmingham City won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over seven thousand fans. Dan Crowley struck first for Birmingham City in the 4th minute on a feed from Kristian Pedersen, then Adam Armstrong tied it up for Blackburn Rovers in the 61st minute.
Both Auston Trusty and Troy Deeney have been the hottest scorers for Birmingham City in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Blackburn Rovers’s top weapon lately has been Ben Brereton, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.