Middlesbrough 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 21 January 2020

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Tuesday 21 January 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Middlesbrough · Birmingham City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-1 Birmingham City: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 January 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

Lukas Jutkiewicz opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Ashley Fletcher (81'). Birmingham City scored through Lukas Jutkiewicz (27').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 17th on 34 points from 28 and Birmingham City 18th on 33 points from 28. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Birmingham City 21st with 50.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marvin Johnson of Middlesbrough (8.2), ahead of Jake Clarke-Salter (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Missed penalty · Paddy McNairMiddlesbrough
  • 27'Goal · Lukas JutkiewiczBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · G. GardnerBirmingham City
  • 81'Goal · Ashley FletcherMiddlesbrough · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 6, draws 3, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

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

Aynsley Pears, Jonathan Howson, Paddy McNair, Dael Fry, Djed Spence, Lewis Wing, George Saville, Marvin Johnson, Patrick Roberts, Ashley Fletcher, Lukas Nmecha

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

Lee Camp, Maxime Colin, M. Roberts, Jake Clarke-Salter, Kristian Pedersen, David Davis, Gary Gardner, Jérémie Bela, Kerim Mrabti, Jacques Maghoma, Lukas Jutkiewicz