Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 9 August 2014

Result

Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 9 August 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City: match report

Middlesbrough defeated Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 9 August 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Daniel Ayala opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Daniel Ayala (33') and Kike García (66'). Birmingham City did not score.

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

Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 63.

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 5 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 4 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · N. EardleyBirmingham City
  • 62'Yellow card · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough
  • 66'Goal · Kike GarcíaMiddlesbrough · 2-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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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