Birmingham City 1-3 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Monday 2 March 2026
Result
Birmingham City 1-3 Middlesbrough
Championship · Monday 2 March 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Birmingham City 1-3 Middlesbrough: match report
Birmingham City lost to Middlesbrough 1-3 in the Championship on Monday 2 March 2026. The half-time score was 0-2.
Matt Targett opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Marvin Ducksch (48'). Middlesbrough scored through Matt Targett (13'), Matt Targett (26') and David Strelec (60').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 11th on 49 points from 34 and Middlesbrough 2nd on 63 points from 34. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Middlesbrough 5th with 82.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Targett of Middlesbrough (8.2), ahead of Luke Ayling (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 7 for Middlesbrough.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Matt Targett
- 26'Goal · Matt Targett
- 48'Goal · Marvin Ducksch
- 58'Yellow card · Tomoki Iwata
- 60'Goal · David Strelec
- 66'Yellow card · Tommy Conway
- 85'Yellow card · Sol Brynn
- 90'Yellow card · Adilson Malanda
- 90+1'Yellow card · Ethan Laird
- 90+4'Yellow card · Callum Brittain
Head-to-head
Team news
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Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
J. Beadle, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Christoph Klarer, Jonathan Panzo, Kai Wagner, Tomoki Iwata, Tommy Doyle, Patrick Roberts, Marvin Ducksch, Demarai Gray, Jay Stansfield
Middlesbrough line-up (3-4-1-2)
Sol Brynn, Luke Ayling, Dael Fry, Adilson Malanda, Callum Brittain, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Matt Targett, Riley McGree, David Strelec, Tommy Conway