Birmingham City 0-3 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 23 August 2005

Result

Birmingham City 0-3 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Tuesday 23 August 2005, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Birmingham City 0-3 Middlesbrough: match report

Birmingham City lost to Middlesbrough 0-3 in the Premier League on Tuesday 23 August 2005. The half-time score was 0-2.

Mark Viduka opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Birmingham City did not score. Middlesbrough scored through Mark Viduka (14'), Mark Viduka (45') and Franck Queudrue (71').

Discipline: Birmingham City received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 14th on 1 point from 2 and Middlesbrough 16th on 1 point from 2. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Middlesbrough 14th with 45.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Mark VidukaMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 45'Goal · Mark VidukaMiddlesbrough · 0-2
  • 71'Goal · Franck QueudrueMiddlesbrough · 0-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Birmingham City 3, draws 0, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Olivier Tebily, Mario Melchiot, Jermaine Pennant, Stephen Clemence, Stan Lazaridis, Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza, Jirí Jarosík, Nicky Butt