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Jay Stansfield scored his second goal in a week for Birmingham Birmingham City came from a goal down to grab a last-gasp 2-1 victory against Blackburn Rovers in the Championship at Ewood Park. Substitute Lyndon Dykes' close-range strike eight minutes into stoppage time gave the visitors their first league win of the campaign following their promotion from League One last season. That capped a dramatic conclusion to the game, which saw Jay Stansfield level for Blues from the penalty spot in the last minute of normal time. Todd Cantwell had volleyed Blackburn in front early in the second half, but on the day that Rovers celebrated the club's 150th anniversary, Blues hit back to spoil the party. Championship: Birmingham stun Blackburn in stoppage time as Monga, 16, scores in Leicester loss The first half provided little goalmouth action at either end. The visitors, backed by over 7, 000 travelling supporters, had the best opportunity of breaking the deadlock in the first period when Alex Cochrane's stinging drive from outside the box was well kept out by Rovers keeper Balazs Toth. Five minutes after the break, captain Cantwell sweetly volleyed home the opener from an angle after the visitors failed to clear Rovers' first corner of the match. Cantwell's goal spurred the game into life and soon after the home side could have doubled their advantage when Ryan Hedges' pinpoint cross found the head of Augustus Kargbo but his effort drifted just wide of the far post. In response, Demarai Gray flashed a long-range strike wide from just outside the area as Birmingham's attacks began to carry more menace. Rovers' Ryan Alebiosu was then stretchered off in a serious-looking collision before his replacement, Scott Wharton, rose highest to meet a Cantwell corner but he missed the target. In the 88th minute, Birmingham were awarded a penalty when half-time substitute Ethan Laird was adjudged to have been fouled in the box. Stansfield stepped up and whipped his penalty into the side-netting in front of the travelling fans to level the scores. Rovers could have nicked it themselves near the end when Makhtar Gueye, deep into 11 minutes of additional time, forced a terrific save from Blues keeper Ryan Allsop with his header. Allsop's save proved to be vital when, at the other end, Gray burst down to the by-line and crossed for Dykes, who guided his finish into the corner to snatch the three points for the visitors. Blackburn boss Valarien Ismael told BBC Radio Lancashire: "It is a tough one, I am shocked, football can be cruel. We played a good game, and we knew at half-time we needed to put more pressure on them, and that gave us the goal. "Everything was in place and then we dealt with a three-v-one situation very badly. Then we get to 11 minutes extra time and we managed 10 of those perfectly. "It's terrible, but this loss is on us, we made two terrible mistakes and we have to be better on the set-piece positioning. "There were a lot of positives today, their shots were not really dangerous, we had the right structure and we got the goal we wanted. "But football is details, and we have some questions to answer internally to make sure we deal with these situations better next time. " This video can not be played Ismael: 'Sometimes, football can be really cruel' Birmingham manager Chris Davies told BBC Radio WM: "It is a massive three points. I thought we were the better team throughout the game, we were looking solid and didn't give much away. "I thought the game would open up in the second half, but to come from a goal down with five minutes to go away from home and win it is something pretty special. "We are not conceding a lot of territory and chances, we are looking really strong in these games. "I nearly made the changes earlier, but I thought we had creativity on the pitch, so I let the boys grow back into the game, and I was pleased with how we played the game and the contribution of the guys who came on. "The desire of our team in the final few minutes was what I loved. We were bursting forward and when the game opened up we ran and ran. " After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 16th August 2025 at 17: 08 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Valérien Ismaël Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Chris Davies Formation: 4 - 4 - 1 - 1 Manager: Valérien Ismaël Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Chris Davies Formation: 4 - 4 - 1 - 1 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Blackburn Rovers have lost just two of their last 38 home league games against Birmingham City (W25 D11), winning each of their last four in succession during which they’ve scored 15 goals in total. Birmingham City have won two of their last three league games against Blackburn Rovers (L1), as many victories as across their prior 16 matches against Rovers combined (D6 L8). Blackburn have won their opening home game in each of the last five league seasons. However, following their 1-0 loss at West Brom on MD1, they’ll be hoping to avoid beginning a league campaign with back-to-back defeats, which last happened in 2019-20. Birmingham haven’t lost their opening away game in any of the last six seasons (W3 D3) since losing 1-0 at Middlesbrough in the Championship in 2018-19. On MD1 of the 2025-26 Championship season, Birmingham’s Keshi Anderson won more duels than any other player (14), with the last player to have more in the Championship for them being Ethan Larid v Swansea in August 2023 (21). Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2. Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2. Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Axel Henriksson is caught offside. Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City). Yuri Ribeiro (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing. Sean Mc Loughlin (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 2. Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross following a fast break. Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Eiran Cashin. Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City). Lewis Miller (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing. Attempt saved. Makhtar Gueye (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Ryan Allsop (Birmingham City). Assisted by Lewis Miller. Eiran Cashin (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Dominic Hyam (Blackburn Rovers). Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City). Yuri Ribeiro (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Substitution, Birmingham City. Eiran Cashin replaces Kyogo Furuhashi. Fourth official has announced 11 minutes of added time. Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Birmingham City 1. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. Penalty Birmingham City. Ethan Laird draws a foul in the penalty area. Penalty conceded by Sidnei Tavares (Blackburn Rovers) after a foul in the penalty area. Copyright © 2025 BBC. 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