Birmingham City 3-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007

Result

Birmingham City 3-0 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Birmingham City 3-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Birmingham City beat Middlesbrough 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2007. The half-time score was 2-0.

Birmingham City's goals came from an own goal by Stewart Downing (26'), Mikael Forssell (45') and Gary McSheffrey (90+4', penalty). Middlesbrough did not score.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 16th on 15 points from 18 and Middlesbrough 15th on 17 points from 18. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Middlesbrough 13th with 42.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 0 draws and 6 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Julio ArcaMiddlesbrough
  • 26'Own goal · Stewart DowningBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Mikael ForssellBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Gary McSheffreyBirmingham City
  • 71'Yellow card · Jonathan WoodgateMiddlesbrough
  • 90+4'Penalty goal · Gary McSheffreyBirmingham City · 3-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Liam Ridgewell, Franck Queudrue, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, Cameron Jerome, Damien Johnson, Radhi Jaïdi

Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, Emanuel Pogatetz, David Wheater, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Fábio Rochemback, Stewart Downing, Jérémie Aliadière, Sanli Tuncay, Jonathan Woodgate