Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 October 2023

Result

Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 21 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Middlesbrough · Birmingham City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City: match report

Middlesbrough defeated Birmingham City 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 21 October 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Morgan Rogers of Middlesbrough in the 88th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 16th on 14 points from 11 and Birmingham City 6th on 18 points from 11. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Birmingham City 22nd with 50.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Ruddy of Birmingham City (9.7), ahead of Dan Barlaser (8.1).

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 W-W-W-W-D and Birmingham City's W-W-L-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Matt CrooksMiddlesbrough
  • 30'Yellow card · Lukas EngelMiddlesbrough
  • 40'Yellow card · Krystian BielikBirmingham City
  • 45+4'Yellow card · John RuddyBirmingham City
  • 58'Yellow card · Hayden HackneyMiddlesbrough
  • 71'Yellow card · Emmanuel LongeloBirmingham City
  • 88'Goal · Morgan RogersMiddlesbrough · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 6, draws 1, Birmingham City 3.

Team news

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

Seny Dieng, Tommy Smith, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Lukas Engel, Dan Barlaser, Hayden Hackney, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Sam Greenwood, Josh Coburn

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

John Ruddy, Cody Drameh, Dion Sanderson, Kevin Long, Emmanuel Longelo, Ivan Šunjić, Krystian Bielik, Gary Gardner, Jay Stansfield, Scott Hogan, Siriki Dembélé