Birmingham City 1-3 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Monday 2 January 2023

Result

Birmingham City 1-3 Middlesbrough

Championship · Monday 2 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Birmingham City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Birmingham City 1-3 Middlesbrough: match report

Birmingham City lost to Middlesbrough 1-3 in the Championship on Monday 2 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Matt Crooks opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from T. Chong (74'). Middlesbrough scored through Matt Crooks (57'), Matt Crooks (59') and Chuba Akpom (85').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 16th on 32 points from 25 and Middlesbrough 8th on 36 points from 25. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 76.

Birmingham City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Crooks of Middlesbrough (9.7), ahead of Tahith Chong (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Jonathan HowsonMiddlesbrough
  • 28'Yellow card · Krystian BielikBirmingham City
  • 57'Goal · Matt CrooksMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 59'Goal · Matt CrooksMiddlesbrough · 0-2
  • 74'Goal · T. ChongBirmingham City · 1-2
  • 81'Yellow card · T. SmithMiddlesbrough
  • 85'Goal · Chuba AkpomMiddlesbrough · 1-3

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (3-5-2)

John Ruddy, Maxime Colin, M. Roberts, Auston Trusty, Juninho Bacuna, Jordan James, Krystian Bielik, Jordan Graham, Hannibal, Tahith Chong, Lukas Jutkiewicz

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

Zack Steffen, Tommy Smith, Dael Fry, Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Giles, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Marcus Forss, Chuba Akpom, Riley McGree, Matt Crooks