Middlesbrough 0-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 January 2021

Result

Middlesbrough 0-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 16 January 2021, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Middlesbrough · Birmingham City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 0-1 Birmingham City: match report

Middlesbrough were beaten by Birmingham City 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 16 January 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Scott Hogan of Birmingham City in the 26th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 7th on 36 points from 22 and Birmingham City 20th on 23 points from 23. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 52.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Maxime Colin of Birmingham City (8.1), ahead of Neil Etheridge (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Jon ToralBirmingham City
  • 26'Goal · Scott HoganBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Ivan SunjicBirmingham City
  • 82'Yellow card · Anfernee DijksteelMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Marcus Bettinelli, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Marc Bola, Lewis Wing, Sam Morsy, George Saville, Marcus Tavernier, Chuba Akpom, Marvin Johnson

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Neil Etheridge, Maxime Colin, Mikel San José, Harlee Dean, George Friend, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Ivan Šunjić, Iván Sánchez, Jon Toral, Jérémie Bela, Scott Hogan