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Matches/Premier League/Regular Season - 2
Premier League 2010/11Match Finished

Birmingham vs Blackburn

21 Aug 2010 · 15:00 BST · Regular Season - 2

Birmingham

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2:1HT 0–0

Blackburn

AWAY
⚽ Craig Gardner 57′⚽ Craig Gardner 71′
⚽ Steven Nzonzi 54′
St. Andrew's Stadium (Birmingham)Referee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Birmingham win 2–1

Match Finished in the regular season - 2 of the Premier League. 3 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES2 – 1
HALF-TIME0 – 0
MATCH COVERAGE

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LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

BirminghamBlackburn

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Birmingham

Formation not supplied

Coach Not supplied

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 26
    Benjamin FosterProfile: Goalkeeper · 27 at kick-off
  2. 6
    Liam RidgewellProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
  3. 2
    Stephen CarrProfile: Defender · 33 at kick-off
  4. 5
    Roger JohnsonProfile: Defender · 27 at kick-off
  5. 15
    Scott DannProfile: Defender · 23 at kick-off
  6. 12
    Barry FergusonProfile: Midfielder · 32 at kick-off
  7. 8
    Craig GardnerProfile: Midfielder · 23 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 57′Normal Goal 71′Off 82′
  8. 7
    Bengt LarssonProfile: Midfielder · 25 at kick-off
  9. 19
    Nikola ZigicProfile: Attacker · 29 at kick-off
    Off 66′
  10. 16
    James McFaddenProfile: Attacker · 27 at kick-off
    Off 77′
  11. 10
    Cameron JeromeProfile: Attacker · 24 at kick-off

Substitutes7

  1. 14
    Matthew DerbyshireProfile: Attacker · 24 at kick-off
    On 66′
  2. 4
    Lee BowyerProfile: Midfielder · 33 at kick-off
    On 77′
  3. 18
    Keith FaheyProfile: Midfielder · 27 at kick-off
    On 82′
  4. 1
    Maik TaylorProfile: Goalkeeper · 38 at kick-off
  5. 3
    David MurphyProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
  6. 11
    Garry O'ConnorProfile: Attacker · 27 at kick-off
  7. 17
    Miguel Marcos MaderaProfile: Midfielder · 24 at kick-off

Blackburn

Formation not supplied

Coach Not supplied

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    Paul RobinsonProfile: Goalkeeper · 30 at kick-off
  2. 27
    Miguel Salgado FernándezProfile: Defender · 34 at kick-off
  3. 5
    Gaël Givet-ViarosProfile: Defender · 28 at kick-off
    Off 73′
  4. 4
    Christopher SambaMatch position not supplied
  5. 3
    Martin OlssonProfile: Defender · 22 at kick-off
  6. 6
    NelsenMatch position not supplied
  7. 28
    Phil JonesProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
    Off 64′
  8. 12
    Morten Gamst PedersenProfile: Midfielder · 28 at kick-off
  9. 15
    Steven NzonziProfile: Midfielder · 21 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 54′
  10. 10
    El-Hadji DioufProfile: Attacker · 29 at kick-off
  11. 9
    Nikola KalinićProfile: Attacker · 22 at kick-off
    Off 84′

Substitutes7

  1. 7
    Brett EmertonProfile: Midfielder · 31 at kick-off
    On 64′
  2. 41
    Mame DioufProfile: Forward · 22 at kick-off
    On 73′
  3. 23
    David HoilettProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-off
    On 84′
  4. 13
    Mark BunnProfile: Goalkeeper · 25 at kick-off
  5. 2
    Lars JacobsenProfile: Defender · 30 at kick-off
  6. 25
    Alan JudgeProfile: Midfielder · 21 at kick-off
  7. 33
    Joshua MorrisProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. Normal GoalBlackburn

    Steven Nzonzi · Assist: Morten Gamst Pedersen

  2. Normal GoalBirmingham

    Craig Gardner · Assist: James McFadden

  3. SubstitutionBlackburn

    Off Phil Jones On Brett Emerton

  4. SubstitutionBirmingham

    Off Nikola Zigic On Matthew Derbyshire

  5. Normal GoalBirmingham

    Craig Gardner · Assist: Bengt Larsson

  6. SubstitutionBlackburn

    Off Gaël Givet-Viaros On Mame Diouf

  7. SubstitutionBirmingham

    Off James McFadden On Lee Bowyer

  8. SubstitutionBirmingham

    Off Craig Gardner On Keith Fahey

  9. SubstitutionBlackburn

    Off Nikola Kalinić On David Hoilett

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

Ratings, minutes, shots, passes, tackles, duels and goalkeeper saves need a detailed player feed. Explore profiles and recorded involvement through the lineups above.

06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2010/11 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Birmingham

DSunderland vs Birmingham14 Aug 2010 · Regular Season - 12 – 2

Blackburn

WBlackburn vs Everton14 Aug 2010 · Regular Season - 11 – 0
Previous meetings Within this cup import

No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 19 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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