In a weekend match in week 23, on Sat Dec 18th, Blackburn Rovers will host Birmingham City in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Blackburn Rovers recorded a 2-0 shutout win against AFC Bournemouth. Ben Pearson struck first for Blackburn Rovers on an own goal in the 21st minute, then Jan Paul van Hecke added another in the 65th minute on a feed from Joe Rothwell At the end of 90 a dissapointed AFC Bournemouth couldn’t manage to score, and Blackburn Rovers took the shutout win. Blackburn Rovers is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 15th placed Birmingham City, recorded a 2-2 draw against Cardiff City. Troy Deeney scored the first goal for Birmingham City in the 29th minute, then Ivan Šunjić added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time . Birmingham City is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham City won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over seven thousand jubilant fans. Dan Crowley scored the first goal for Birmingham City in the 4th minute, then Adam Armstrong tied it up for Blackburn Rovers in the 61st minute.
Troy Deeney has been the most prolific scorer on Birmingham City in the last 5 matches with two goals. Ben Brereton has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Blackburn Rovers.