Birmingham City 2-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2004

Result

Birmingham City 2-0 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2004, 15:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Birmingham City 2-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Birmingham City defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2004. The half-time score was 2-0.

Clinton Morrison opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Clinton Morrison (10') and Emile Heskey (45'). Middlesbrough did not score.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 14th on 20 points from 18 and Middlesbrough 5th on 32 points from 18. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 0 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read W-W-L-D-D and Middlesbrough's W-D-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Clinton MorrisonBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Franck QueudrueMiddlesbrough
  • 42'Yellow card · David DunnBirmingham City
  • 45'Goal · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City · 2-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Birmingham City 2, draws 0, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Birmingham City expected line-up

Maik Taylor, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Kenny Cunningham, Julian Gray, Robbie Savage, Jesper Gronkjaer, Darren Anderton, Emile Heskey, Damien Johnson, David Dunn