Blackburn Rovers 1:2 Birmingham City: xG & match report · Championship

Saturday, 16/08/2025 at 16:00

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Match report · Championship

Blackburn Rovers Home 0.43 xG · 5 shots

Birmingham City Away 2.00 xG · 8 shots

12 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

50' Todd Cantwell Blackburn Rovers · 0.03 xG chance 1–0
90' Jay Stansfield (pen.) Birmingham City · 0.82 xG chance – Scored in the same minute as another goal, so the score after it is not shown.
90' Lyndon Dykes Birmingham City · 0.70 xG chance – Scored in the same minute as another goal, so the score after it is not shown.

The shots behind it

Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City

Shots: 5; 8
On target: 2; 4
Inside the box: 5; 4
xG per shot: 0.08; 0.25
Open play xG: 0.16; 0.80
Set-piece xG: 0.26; 0.39
Penalties: 0; 1

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 0.43 for Blackburn Rovers and 1.21 for Birmingham City.

Shot map

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All shots

13 shots · 2.43 xG

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Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

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Last 6 · xG per match

Blackburn Rovers

1.25 xG created 1.19 xGA

L 1.25 created, 1.19 conceded against West Bromwich Albion

Birmingham City

1.38 xG created 1.31 xGA

D 1.38 created, 1.31 conceded against Ipswich Town

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Model details

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Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.