Middlesbrough 0-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 30 October 2021
Result
Middlesbrough 0-2 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 30 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Middlesbrough 0-2 Birmingham City: match report
Middlesbrough lost to Birmingham City 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 30 October 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
Marc Roberts opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Middlesbrough did not score. Birmingham City scored through Marc Roberts (53') and Scott Hogan (56').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 7th on 21 points from 14 and Birmingham City 19th on 16 points from 14. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Birmingham City 21st with 47.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Birmingham City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to M. Roberts of Birmingham City (8.6), ahead of Sol Bamba (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Birmingham City's W-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Dion Sanderson
- 45+2'Yellow card · G. Gardner
- 53'Goal · Marc Roberts
- 56'Goal · Scott Hogan
- 90+4'Yellow card · Riley McGree
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Lumley, Paddy McNair, Sol Bamba, Lee Peltier, Marcus Tavernier, Martín Payero, Jonathan Howson, Matt Crooks, Onel Hernández, Andraz Sporar, Uche Ikpeazu
Birmingham City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Matija Šarkić, Dion Sanderson, M. Roberts, George Friend, Jordan Graham, Ivan Šunjić, Gary Gardner, Kristian Pedersen, Riley McGree, Scott Hogan, Troy Deeney