Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 5 October 2022
Result
Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Wednesday 5 October 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City: match report
Middlesbrough won against Birmingham City 1-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 5 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Chuba Akpom of Middlesbrough in the 23rd minute.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 22nd on 10 points from 11 and Birmingham City 16th on 13 points from 11. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Birmingham City 17th with 53.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Birmingham City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Zack Steffen of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Matt Crooks (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 3 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Birmingham City's D-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · J. Bacuna
- 15'Yellow card · Paddy McNair
- 23'Goal · Chuba Akpom
- 29'Yellow card · Anfernee Dijksteel
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)
Zack Steffen, Paddy McNair, Dael Fry, Marc Bola, Anfernee Dijksteel, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Ryan Giles, Chuba Akpom, Rodrigo Muniz
Birmingham City line-up (3-4-1-2)
John Ruddy, Maxime Colin, Dion Sanderson, Auston Trusty, Jordan Graham, Krystian Bielik, Tahith Chong, Emmanuel Longelo, Juninho Bacuna, Troy Deeney, Scott Hogan