📅 29/11/23🕒 19:45🏟️ Ewood Park🧑⚖️ L. Doughty
ScorerS. Szmodics2 goalsBiggest Swing+1.74 xT90+2' H. LeonardCards6
Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Birmingham City — xTears 16.82 (29/11/23)
Blackburn Rovers nicked it 4-2 against Birmingham City on 29 November 2023 during Matchday 18 of EFL Championship. Total damage: 16.82 xTears.
The heaviest blows came from S. Szmodics 47' goal (+1.52 xT) and H. Leonard 90+2' goal (+1.74 xT).
There was no real calm here, just one momentum swing after another.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
47'
Goal
1-0S. Szmodics - Blackburn Rovers
Assist: A. Wharton
52'
Goal
2-0S. Szmodics - Blackburn Rovers
Assist: H. Leonard
59'
Goal
3-0J. Hill - Blackburn Rovers
Assist: S. Tronstad
63'
Goal
3-1S. Dembélé - Birmingham City
Assist: C. Drameh
78'
Goal
3-2S. Dembélé - Birmingham City
Assist: S. Hogan
90+2'
Goal
4-2H. Leonard - Blackburn Rovers
Assist: A. Moran
Absolute chaos
🧨
9.15
90+2'
Goal
+1.74 xT
H. Leonard - Blackburn Rovers
Assist: A. Moran
47'
Goal
+1.52 xT
S. Szmodics - Blackburn Rovers
Assist: A. Wharton
52'
Goal
+1.52 xT
S. Szmodics - Blackburn Rovers
Assist: H. Leonard
78'
Goal
+1.52 xT
S. Dembélé - Birmingham City
Assist: S. Hogan
All-out war
🟥
5.13
87'
Yellow card
+1.00 xT
H. Leonard - Blackburn Rovers
80'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
A. Wharton - Blackburn Rovers
28'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
E. Aiwu - Birmingham City
31'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
S. Tronstad - Blackburn Rovers
Late drama
🔥
4.14
90+2'
Goal
+1.74 xT
H. Leonard - Blackburn Rovers
Assist: A. Moran
87'
Yellow card
+1.00 xT
H. Leonard - Blackburn Rovers
80'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
A. Wharton - Blackburn Rovers
85'
Substitution
+0.51 xT
G. Gardner for J. James - Birmingham City
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Cruelty
😈
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
💔
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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