Middlesbrough 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 September 2004

Result

Middlesbrough 2-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 11 September 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough 2-1 Birmingham City: match report

Middlesbrough beat Birmingham City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 September 2004. The half-time score was 1-1.

Mark Viduka opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Mark Viduka (27') and Mark Viduka (48'). Birmingham City scored through Emile Heskey (42').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 6th on 7 points from 4 and Birmingham City 14th on 4 points from 4. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 55 points, and Birmingham City 12th with 45.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Mark VidukaMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Mark VidukaMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Franck QueudrueMiddlesbrough
  • 77'Yellow card · Mustafa IzzetBirmingham City
  • 79'Yellow card · Dwight YorkeBirmingham City
  • 90'Yellow card · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Middlesbrough 2, draws 0, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Mustafa Izzet, Jesper Gronkjaer, Julian Gray, Mikael Forssell, Emile Heskey, Dwight Yorke, Damien Johnson