Middlesbrough 3-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 21 August 2011

Result

Middlesbrough 3-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Sunday 21 August 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 3-1 Birmingham City: match report

Middlesbrough beat Birmingham City 3-1 in the Championship on Sunday 21 August 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.

A. Rooney opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from B. Robson (48'), F. Haroun (69') and Malaury Martin (72'). Birmingham City scored through A. Rooney (36', penalty).

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 7th on 7 points from 3 and Birmingham City 18th on 3 points from 2. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Birmingham City 5th with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 4 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · B. RobsonMiddlesbrough
  • 35'Yellow card · Carl IkemeMiddlesbrough
  • 36'Penalty goal · A. RooneyBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 48'Goal · B. RobsonMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 69'Goal · F. HarounMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 72'Goal · Malaury MartinMiddlesbrough · 3-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Steven CaldwellBirmingham City
  • 89'Yellow card · C. BurkeBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 6, draws 0, Birmingham City 4.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up

Carl Ikeme, Joe Bennett, Stephen McManus, Rhys Williams, Tony McMahon, Nicky Bailey, Barry Robson, Julio Arca, Scott McDonald, Marvin Emnes, Matthew Bates

Birmingham City line-up

Boaz Myhill, Stephen Carr, David Murphy, Steven Caldwell, Jonathan Spector, Curtis Davies, C. Burke, Jean Beausejour, Keith Fahey, Adam Rooney, Nathan Redmond