Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 August 2018

Result

Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 11 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Middlesbrough · Birmingham City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City: match report

Middlesbrough won against Birmingham City 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 11 August 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Britt Assombalonga of Middlesbrough in the 12th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Birmingham City 14th with 61.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Darren Randolph of Middlesbrough (8.6), ahead of Ryan Shotton (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Britt AssombalongaMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · C. N'DoyeBirmingham City
  • 83'Red card · Craig GardnerBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 4, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (3-1-4-2)

Darren Randolph, George Friend, Dael Fry, Aden Flint, Ryan Shotton, Adam Clayton, Jonathan Howson, Stewart Downing, Lewis Wing, Britt Assombalonga, Martin Braithwaite

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Connal Trueman, Kristian Pedersen, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, Michael Morrison, Craig Gardner, Cheikh N'Doye, Jacques Maghoma, Jota Peleteiro, Ché Adams, Lukas Jutkiewicz