In recent memory, Saints forward Adam Armstrong has had remarkable success while facing the Blues.
Birmingham City’s 2023–24 Championship season has proven to be quite challenging.
The club was hoping that under John Eustace, they would be able to improve on their 2022–2023 season after finishing 17th. But after three management changes, a number of games, and a promising start to the season, the club’s standing in the division is now in jeopardy.
The season is almost over, and Blues supporters are crossing their fingers.
The fact that the team has already played Southampton twice this season is at least a plus for them.
That may sound like an odd claim to make, but the Saints are among the four teams fighting hard for automatic promotion this year, and they feature a top player in Adam Armstrong who has had a very successful career against the Blues.
Blackburn Rovers vs. Birmingham City statistics provided by Adam Armstrong
In fact, according to Transfermarkt, Armstrong has scored the most goals against the club of any player currently active as a professional footballer.
Throughout the years, Armstrong has netted nine goals against the Blues, putting him among legendary names to have repeatedly scored against the club, such as Jimmy Greaves (12), Denis Law (10) and Sir Bobby Robson (9).
Armstrong’s goalscoring exploits against the Blues began whilst at Blackburn Rovers, with his first goal coming in a 202 draw at Ewood Park in December 2018.
Two goalless matches followed versus the club after that, but from then on, Blues have had a complete nightmare of a time up agaisnt Armstrong.
Again helping Blackburn achieve a draw at Ewood Park, Armstrong netted against Birmingham City in December 2019, which was followed by a further single goal in his next two games against the club, one of which was in the FA Cup the following month.
It was at Ewood Park on the final day of the 2020/21 season that Armstrong’s best match against Birmingham came, though, with the forward netting a hat-trick in a 5-2 win for Blackburn that day.
| Adam Armstrong’s record against Birmingham City, according to Transfermarkt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | Matches | Goals | Assists |
| 2017/18 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | Southampton | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Adam Armstrong’s Southampton statistics v Birmingham City
Perhaps fortunately for Birmingham, Armstrong then earned a move to the Premier League, meaning the Blues did not have to face him for multiple seasons.
However, with Southampton suffering relegation to the Championship last summer, the Blues have came up against Armstrong twice again this campaign.
Of course, inevitably, Armstrong would go on to score in both of the fixtures.
In fact, he scored a goal and registered an assist in a 3-1 victory back in October, whilst also bagging in a rollercoaster 4-3 victory back in February.
All in all, given the success he has had against the club over the years, Birmingham City must be sick of the sight of Adam Armstrong.
Not only has he scored goals against the club on a regular basis, he has suffered just one defeat against the Blues in his career so far.
In that sense, with the Blues in a relegation battle, they will be very glad to have already played Southampton and Armstrong twice this season.
With Southampton potential promotion candidates, it would certainly do Birmingham City no harm if they were to go on and return to the top-flight.
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