Birmingham City 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Friday 30 November 2012
Result
Birmingham City 2-1 Middlesbrough
Championship · Friday 30 November 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Birmingham City 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Birmingham City defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 30 November 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Grant Leadbitter opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Marlon King (45+2', penalty), Wade Elliott (66') and Marlon King (81'). Middlesbrough scored through Grant Leadbitter (14') and Scott McDonald (62').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 19th on 22 points from 19 and Middlesbrough 3rd on 35 points from 19. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Middlesbrough 14th with 60.
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 4 Birmingham City wins, 0 draws and 6 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read D-D-L-D-W and Middlesbrough's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Grant Leadbitter
- 45'Yellow card · Paul Robinson
- 45+2'Penalty goal · Marlon King
- 62'Goal · Scott McDonald
- 66'Goal · Wade Elliott
- 70'Yellow card · Andy Halliday
- 81'Goal · Marlon King
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Jack Butland, Pablo Ibáñez, Curtis Davies, Hayden Mullins, Jonathan Spector, Paul Caddis, Ravel Morrison, Marlon King, Nikola Zigic, Robert Hall, Paul Robinson
Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Justin Hoyte, Andre Bikey, Grant Leadbitter, Nicky Bailey, Emmanuel Andrien, Josh McEachran, Andy Halliday, Sebastian Tony Hines, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Scott McDonald