Middlesbrough 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Middlesbrough 2-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 8 November 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Middlesbrough beat Birmingham City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 8 November 2025. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Dael Fry opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Dael Fry (17') and Hayden Hackney (45+5'). Birmingham City scored through Demarai Gray (29').

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 4th on 26 points from 14 and Birmingham City 10th on 21 points from 14. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 64.

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 Dael Fry of Middlesbrough (7.6), ahead of Demarai Gray (7.2).

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