Birmingham City 2-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Friday 29 April 2016

Result

Birmingham City 2-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Friday 29 April 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Birmingham City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Birmingham City 2-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Birmingham City drew with Middlesbrough 2-2 in the Championship on Friday 29 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Stephen Gleeson opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Stephen Gleeson (33') and David Davis (68'). Middlesbrough scored through Jordan Rhodes (40') and G. Ramírez (57').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 9th on 60 points from 44 and Middlesbrough 2nd on 87 points from 44. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 62 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 89.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David Cotterill of Birmingham City (8.0), ahead of Ryan Shotton (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Stephen GleesonBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 40'Goal · Jordan RhodesMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · G. RamírezMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 68'Goal · David DavisBirmingham City · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 4, draws 3, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Jon ToralBirmingham City · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

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

A. Legzdiņš, Paul Caddis, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, Stephen Gleeson, Maikel Kieftenbeld, David Cotterill, Diego Fabbrini, David Davis, Clayton Donaldson

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Dimitris Konstantopoulos, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Albert Adomah, Grant Leadbitter, Adam Clayton, Adam Reach, Patrick Bamford, Kike García, Lee Tomlin