Birmingham City 2-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2026

Result

Birmingham City 2-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham · half-time 0-1

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Birmingham City 2-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Birmingham City drew with Middlesbrough 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 19 September 2026 at St. Andrew's Stadium. The half-time score was 0-1.

Max Arfsten opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Liam Millar (55') and an own goal by Riley McGree (59'). Middlesbrough scored through Max Arfsten (45') and Adilson Malanda (88').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 13th on 10 points from 7 and Middlesbrough 4th on 14 points from 7. In the current table Birmingham City are 3rd on 26 points and Middlesbrough are 2nd on 28 points.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Max Arfsten of Middlesbrough (7.6), ahead of Liam Millar (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 0 draws and 8 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Luis VázquezBirmingham City
  • 45'Goal · Max ArfstenMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 55'Goal · Liam MillarBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 59'Own goal · Riley McGreeBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Phil NeumannBirmingham City
  • 88'Goal · Adilson MalandaMiddlesbrough · 2-2

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
2Middlesbrough138413017+1328WWDWW
3Birmingham City147522613+1326WWLWW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 2, draws 0, Middlesbrough 8.

Team news

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  • Max BirdBirmingham City · injury (Calf Injury)
  • M. LeonardBirmingham City · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

J. Beadle, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Phil Neumann, Christoph Klarer, Alex Cochrane, Tomoki Iwata, Jhon Solís, Carlos Vicente, Jay Stansfield, Liam Millar, Luis Vázquez

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

Radek Vitek, Luke Ayling, Ashley Phillips, Adilson Malanda, Callum Brittain, Aidan Morris, Riley McGree, Max Arfsten, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Myles Peart-Harris, Will Lankshear

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