Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 September 2007

Result

Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 1 September 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City: match report

Middlesbrough beat Birmingham City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 September 2007. It was 2-0 at half-time.

D. Wheater opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from D. Wheater (12') and Stewart Downing (37'). Birmingham City did not score.

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 13th on 4 points from 4 and Birmingham City 12th on 4 points from 4. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · D. WheaterMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Fabrice MuambaBirmingham City
  • 37'Goal · Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 50'Yellow card · MidoMiddlesbrough
  • 63'Yellow card · Mehdi NaftiBirmingham City
  • 78'Yellow card · Narcisse-Olivier Kapo ObouBirmingham City

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 0, Birmingham City 3.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, David Wheater, Andrew Taylor, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Fábio Rochemback, Stewart Downing, Jérémie Aliadière, Jonathan Woodgate, Mido

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

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Liam Ridgewell, Johan Djourou, Stuart Parnaby, Sebastian Larsson, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, Cameron Jerome, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Radhi Jaïdi