Championship

Championship | Gameweek 46

May 8, 2021 at 12.30pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
5 - 2
Birmingham

Armstrong (27' pen., 71', 85'), Brereton (45+1'), Elliott (83')

FT(HT: 2-1)

Pedersen (22'), Jutkiewicz (50')
Leko (26'), Stirk (40'), Pedersen (67')

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The Match

Match Report

Blackburn were convincing 5-2 winners over Birmingham, having beaten Huddersfield by the same scoreline in their previous home match.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 45.89%. A draw had a probability of 27.8% and a win for Birmingham City had a probability of 26.35%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.65%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.15%) and 2-1 (8.64%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.88%), while for a Birmingham City win it was 0-1 (9.61%). The actual scoreline of 5-2 was predicted with a 0.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Blackburn Rovers would win this match.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Birmingham City
45.89%	27.76%	26.35%

Both teams to score 45.09%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

39.98%

60.02%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

19.74%

80.25%

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.83%

26.16%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.75%

61.24%

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.07%

38.93%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.35%

75.65%

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 45.88%

Birmingham City 26.35%

Draw 27.76%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Birmingham City
1-0 @ 13.65% 2-0 @ 9.15% 2-1 @ 8.64% 3-0 @ 4.09% 3-1 @ 3.86% 3-2 @ 1.82% 4-0 @ 1.37% 4-1 @ 1.29% Other @ 2% Total : 45.88%	1-1 @ 12.88% 0-0 @ 10.18% 2-2 @ 4.08% Other @ 0.62% Total : 27.76%	0-1 @ 9.61% 1-2 @ 6.08% 0-2 @ 4.53% 1-3 @ 1.91% 0-3 @ 1.43% 2-3 @ 1.28% Other @ 1.51% Total : 26.35%

How you voted: Blackburn vs Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

87.5%

Draw

0.0%

Birmingham City

12.5%