Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 22 November 2017
Result
Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Wednesday 22 November 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Middlesbrough won against Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 22 November 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Britt Assombalonga (10') and Britt Assombalonga (41'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 8th on 26 points from 17 and Birmingham City 21st on 15 points from 17. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 46.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fábio of Middlesbrough (8.6), ahead of Britt Assombalonga (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Birmingham City's W-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 41'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 56'Yellow card · Jonathan Howson
- 81'Yellow card · Jacques Maghoma
- 81'Yellow card · Jacques Maghoma
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)
Darren Randolph, Fábio, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Cyrus Christie, Grant Leadbitter, Martin Braithwaite, Jonathan Howson, Stewart Downing, Marvin Johnson, Britt Assombalonga
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Emilio Nsue, Jonathan Grounds, M. Roberts, Harlee Dean, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Cheikh N'Doye, Sam Gallagher, David Davis, Jota Peleteiro, Ché Adams