PREVIEW | Birmingham City vs Blackburn Rovers - team news, lineups, predictions | OneFootball

Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers face off this Friday at the St Andrew´s @ Knighthead Park in EFL Championship. The match will be broadcast live at 15:00 on Sky Sports +.

Birmingham City have 53 points to their name this season and occupy 11th position in the table. In their last game, Chris Davies's team lost 1-0 against Derby County (EFL Championship 2025/26).

Blackburn Rovers have won 43 points to date and are placed in 19th position. In their last game, Michael O´Neill's team drew 0-0 with Middlesbrough (EFL Championship 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Birmingham City winning 2-1.

Predicted lineups

Birmingham City: James Beadle, Tomoki Iwata, Christoph Klarer, Jack Robinson, Ethan Laird, Jonathan Panzo, Paik Seung-ho, Demarai Gray, Jay Stansfield, Ibrahim Osman, Marvin Ducksch

Blackburn Rovers: Balázs Tóth, Eiran Cashin, Sean McLoughlin, Tom Atcheson, Yuri Ribeiro, Adam Forshaw, Gardner-Hickman, Ryan Alebiosu, Moussa Baradji, Mathias Jorgensen, Ryoya Morishita

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Last starting XIs

Birmingham City ( vs Derby County 2026-03-21): James Beadle, Christoph Klarer, Jonathan Panzo, Jack Robinson, Ethan Laird, Tomoki Iwata, Paik Seung-ho, Ibrahim Osman, Demarai Gray, Marvin Ducksch, Jay Stansfield

Blackburn Rovers ( vs Middlesbrough 2026-03-21): Balázs Tóth, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Eiran Cashin, Ryan Alebiosu, Adam Forshaw, Gardner-Hickman, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryoya Morishita, Mathias Jorgensen, Moussa Baradji