Middlesbrough vs Birmingham City · Championship
Middlesbrough
8-5-2
2 – 1
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Birmingham City
6-3-6
Riverside Stadium · Middlesbrough · England
Birmingham City lost 2-1 to Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium (crowd 26,378). The first goal went to Dael Fry at the 17-minute mark and Birmingham were back level through Demarai Gray after 29 minutes; Hayden Hackney scored the winner in added time before the break. Birmingham led the shot count 13-8 and held 57% possession. Birmingham hit the target 5 times from 13 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Riverside Stadium · Middlesbrough · England
- Crowd
- 26,378
- Referee
- Samuel Allison
- Boro form
- DWWDD
- Birmingham form
- DWWWL
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boro | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Birmingham | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
9Fouls13
1Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
3Offsides3
3Corner Kicks5
4Saves2
43.4%Possession56.6%
8Shots13
4On Goal5
50%On Target %40%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
272Accurate Passes371
353Passes454
80%Pass Completion %80%
2Accurate Crosses4
15Crosses30
10%Cross %10%
60Long Balls63
18Accurate Long Balls23
30%Long Balls %40%
2Blocked Shots3
7Effective Tackles3
15Tackles10
50%Tackle %30%
7Interceptions7
27Effective Clearances22
27Clearances22
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
90'+3'
🟨James Beadle
🔁Delano Burgzorgreplacing Tommy Conway
86'
80'
🔁Lyndon Dykesreplacing Tomoki Iwata
80'
🔁Lewis Koumasreplacing Patrick Roberts
🔁Sverre Nypanreplacing Riley McGree
61'
🔁Mamadou Kaly Senereplacing Morgan Whittaker
61'
🔁George Mccormickreplacing Matt Targett
60'
57'
🔁Keshi Andersonreplacing Demarai Gray
57'
🔁Kyogo Furuhashireplacing Marvin Ducksch
Half-time · 2-1
⚽Hayden HackneyAssist: Aidan Morris
45'+5'2 - 1
🟨Luke Ayling
30'
29'1 - 1
⚽Demarai Gray
🔁Samuel Silverareplacing Dael Fry
26'
⚽Dael FryAssist: Callum Brittain
17'1 - 0
5'
🔁Marc Leonardreplacing Paik Seung-Ho
Kick-off
Teams
Middlesbrough4-2-3-1
9↓Conway
11↓Whittaker
7⚽Hackney
8↓McGree
16Browne
18Morris
3↓Targett
6⚽↓Fry
2Brittain
12🟨Ayling
31Brynn
Bench
- 10Delano Burgzorgon for Tommy Conway, 86'
- 20Mamadou Kaly Seneon for Morgan Whittaker, 61'
- 24Alex Bangura
- 40George Mccormickon for Matt Targett, 60'
- 33Jon McLaughlin
- 14Alex Gilbert
- 13David Strelec
- 19Sverre Nypanon for Riley McGree, 61'
- 22Samuel Silveraon for Dael Fry, 26'
Birmingham City4-2-3-1
33↓Ducksch
10⚽↓Gray
28Stansfield
16↓Roberts
8↓Seung-Ho
7Doyle
20Cochrane
4Klarer
24↓Iwata
5Neumann
25🟨Beadle
Bench
- 26Bright Osayi-Samuel
- 41Eiran Cashin
- 21Ryan Allsop
- 12Marc Leonardon for Paik Seung-Ho, 5'
- 14Keshi Andersonon for Demarai Gray, 57'
- 6Jack Robinson
- 30Lewis Koumason for Patrick Roberts, 80'
- 17Lyndon Dykeson for Tomoki Iwata, 80'
- 9Kyogo Furuhashion for Marvin Ducksch, 57'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
5Boro wins
0Level
0Birmingham wins
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Form
Last games: Boro
W2-1W1-0D1-1L3-0D1-1
Last games: Birmingham
L3-2W1-0L1-0W4-0W4-0
