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.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Julio Arca
- 26'Own goal · Stewart Downing
- 45'Goal · Mikael Forssell
- 53'Yellow card · Gary McSheffrey
- 71'Yellow card · Jonathan Woodgate
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Gary McSheffrey
Head-to-head
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