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 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.
Key events
- 33'Goal · Stephen Gleeson
- 40'Goal · Jordan Rhodes
- 57'Goal · G. Ramírez
- 68'Goal · David Davis
Head-to-head
Team news
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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