Birmingham City 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Birmingham City 2-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Friday 4 October 2019, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 4 October 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Fran Villalba opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Fran Villalba (33') and Odin Bailey (89'). Middlesbrough scored through Daniel Ayala (87').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 14th on 13 points from 10 and Middlesbrough 20th on 10 points from 10. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 21st with 50 points, and Middlesbrough 18th with 53.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Fran Villalba of Birmingham City (8.2), ahead of Darren Randolph (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Birmingham City wins, 4 draws and 6 for Middlesbrough.

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