In a second round of Championship football, Birmingham City will take on Blackburn Rovers at the St. Andrew’s Stadium on Saturday. In the second half of the season, the home team has had a difficult run of results and is currently in the bottom half of the table, but they still have hope that they will survive.
Tahith Chong scored the only goal of the game just three minutes after the game started. With 45 points from 38 games, Birmingham is 17th in the league. They will now attempt to increase that total this weekend and maintain their ascent up the table. Blackburn, on the other hand, have had a mostly good season and are well on their way to making the playoffs at the end of it.
They beat Perusing 2-1 last break in the Title, with Ryan Fences falling off the seat to score the champ with his most memorable objective since last December. The visitors, who have picked up 61 points so far and are fifth in the Championship standings, will want to start off this weekend’s league play on a high.
Match Details
- Birmingham – Blackburn Rovers
- Championship England
- Date – 01/04/2023
- Starting time – 14:00 UTC
- Venue: St Andrew’s Trillion Trophy Stadium, England
Prediction
After losing their first five games, Birmingham City has won two of their last three. In their most recent home match, they defeated Rotherham United 2-0, and they will aim for a victory here as well. They should win this one, despite their recent road struggles.
Prediction: Birmingham City 1-2 Blackburn Meanderers
Head-to-Head
- By and large, there have been 135 gatherings among Birmingham and Blackburn. While the visitors have won 52 times, the hosts have won 48 of those games. The two teams have remained tied 35 times.
- In their last seven games against this opponent, the visitors have won six and drawn one.
- After failing to keep any clean sheets in their previous five games, the hosts have kept two in their last three games.
- This season, Blackburn has lost 10 of 14 league games away from home.
- This season, the Riversiders have scored the second fewest number of league goals out of all the teams in the top half of the Championship.
Team news
Following international duty for Curacao and Tunisia, Birmingham duo Bacuna and Hannibal Mejbri will return to training on Friday, putting them in doubt for Saturday’s starting XI.
Dion Sanderson’s season is by all accounts over after the protector experienced a back injury – Kevin Long and Marc Roberts are probably going to be the focal cautious organization in this one for the hosts.
Jobe Bellingham is still out with an abdominal problem, but Troy Deeney is expected to return sometime this month as he continues to recover from a hamstring injury.
Before their weekend trip to the West Midlands, Blackburn will be without Bradley Dack and Daniel Ayala until later this month due to hamstring injuries.
Youngster Jack Vale played for the Rovers for the first time consistently in the early part of 2023; however, the Welshman is currently out with an ankle injury.
Lineup
Birmingham City
- Ruddy
- Colin, Roberts, Long, Trusty
- Bielik, Bacuna, Chong, Hall, Khadra
- Jutkiewicz
Blackburn Rovers
- Pears
- Rankin-Costello, Carter, Hyam, Pickering
- Travis, Morton, Thomas, Szmodics, Brereton
- Gallagher
Betting Tips
Result: Blackburn Goals – 2.5 or more – 2.5 or more goals for both teams: YES
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