Middlesbrough 3-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 8 April 2014

Result

Middlesbrough 3-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Tuesday 8 April 2014, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Middlesbrough 3-1 Birmingham City: match report

Middlesbrough beat Birmingham City 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 8 April 2014. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Danny Graham opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Danny Graham (29'), Jacob Butterfield (31') and Lee Tomlin (89'). Birmingham City scored through Emyr Huws (37').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 13th on 52 points from 40 and Birmingham City 18th on 44 points from 40. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Birmingham City 21st with 45.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 5 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Danny GrahamMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Jacob ButterfieldMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 37'Goal · Emyr HuwsBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Kenneth OmeruoMiddlesbrough
  • 56'Yellow card · C. ReillyBirmingham City
  • 64'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonBirmingham City
  • 81'Yellow card · Ben GibsonMiddlesbrough
  • 82'Second yellow · Kenneth OmeruoMiddlesbrough
  • 87'Second yellow · Ben GibsonMiddlesbrough
  • 89'Goal · Lee TomlinMiddlesbrough · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Lee TomlinMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 1, Birmingham City 5.

Team news

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Shay Given, Jonathan Woodgate, George Friend, Ben Gibson, Rhys Williams, Grant Leadbitter, Mustapha Carayol, Marvin Emnes, Yuki Takahashi

Birmingham City expected line-up (4-5-1)

Darren Randolph, Paul Robinson, Dan Burn, Paul Caddis, Jesse Lingard, C. Burke, Tom Adeyemi, Andrew Shinnie, Oliver Lee, Nikola Zigic