📅 16/08/25🕒 14:00🏟️ Ewood Park🧑⚖️ O. Langford
Biggest Swing+2.09 xT90' J. StansfieldCards3
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Birmingham City — xTears 13.12 (16/08/25)
Birmingham City came back to win 1-2 against Blackburn Rovers on 16 August 2025 during Matchday 2 of EFL Championship. Total damage: 13.12 xTears.
The real swing for Birmingham City arrived through J. Stansfield 90' penalty (+2.09 xT) and L. Dykes 90' goal (+2.09 xT), the sequence that changed who owned the match.
The match changed hands after the first blow, and Birmingham City's comeback ended up outweighing the opening phase. L. Dykes came off the bench and delivered the winning swing.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
50'
Goal
1-0T. Cantwell - Blackburn Rovers
90'
Penalty
1-1J. Stansfield - Birmingham City
90'
Goal
1-2L. Dykes - Birmingham City
Assist: D. Gray
Absolute chaos
🧨
9.30
90'
Penalty
+2.09 xT
J. Stansfield - Birmingham City
90'
Goal
+2.09 xT
L. Dykes - Birmingham City
Assist: D. Gray
50'
Goal
+1.52 xT
T. Cantwell - Blackburn Rovers
88'
Substitution
+0.51 xT
W. Willumsson for P. Neumann - Birmingham City
Late drama
🔥
9.00
90'
Penalty
+2.09 xT
J. Stansfield - Birmingham City
90'
Goal
+2.09 xT
L. Dykes - Birmingham City
Assist: D. Gray
90+8'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
S. McLoughlin - Blackburn Rovers
88'
Substitution
+0.51 xT
W. Willumsson for P. Neumann - Birmingham City
All-out war
🟥
3.07
90+8'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
S. McLoughlin - Blackburn Rovers
76'
Yellow card
+1.04 xT
T. Iwata - Birmingham City
30'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
B. Osayi-Samuel - Birmingham City
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
2.09
90'
Penalty
+2.09 xT
J. Stansfield - Birmingham City
Cruelty
😈
2.09
90'
Goal
+2.09 xT
L. Dykes - Birmingham City
Assist: D. Gray
Crushed hope
💔
2.09
90'
Goal
+2.09 xT
L. Dykes - Birmingham City
Assist: D. Gray
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