Birmingham City 0-2 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 15 March 2022
Result
Birmingham City 0-2 Middlesbrough
Championship · Tuesday 15 March 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Birmingham City 0-2 Middlesbrough: match report
Birmingham City were beaten by Middlesbrough 0-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 15 March 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.
A. Connolly opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Birmingham City did not score. Middlesbrough scored through A. Connolly (23') and F. Balogun (62').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 20th on 41 points from 37 and Middlesbrough 8th on 56 points from 36. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 70.
Birmingham City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Middlesbrough in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Anfernee Dijksteel of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Jordan Graham (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Middlesbrough.
Key events
- 23'Goal · A. Connolly
- 40'Yellow card · Kristian Pedersen
- 51'Missed penalty · Paddy McNair
- 62'Goal · F. Balogun
- 80'Yellow card · Onel Hernández
- 80'Yellow card · Joe Lumley
- 86'Second yellow · Kristian Pedersen
- 90'Yellow card · Matt Crooks
Head-to-head
Team news
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Birmingham City line-up (3-5-2)
Neil Etheridge, Nico Gordon, M. Roberts, Teden Mengi, Jordan Graham, Taylor Richards, Ryan Woods, Gary Gardner, Kristian Pedersen, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Onel Hernández
Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Lumley, Anfernee Dijksteel, Paddy McNair, Dael Fry, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Neil Taylor, Folarin Balogun, Aaron Connolly