Middlesbrough 1–0 Birmingham
Middlesbrough
1–0HT 0–0
Birmingham
Middlesbrough played Birmingham in the Championship on 21 October 2023 at Riverside Stadium. The match finished 1–0.
Goals and cards
- 26'Matt Crooks — Yellow card
- 30'Lukas Engel — Yellow card
- 40'Krystian Bielik — Yellow card
- 45+4'John Ruddy — Yellow card
- 58'Hayden Hackney — Yellow card
- 71'Emmanuel Longelo — Yellow card
- 88'M. Rogers (assist by M. Crooks)
Line-ups
Middlesbrough 4-2-3-1
- S. Dieng
- T. Smith
- D. Fry
- P. McNair
- L. Engel
- D. Barlaser
- H. Hackney
- I. Jones
- M. Crooks
- S. Greenwood
- J. Coburn
- SUBSTITUTES
- E. Latte Lath
- J. Howson
- M. Rogers
- M. Forss
- T. Glover
- A. Dijksteel
- S. Silvera
- R. van den Berg
- A. Bangura
- COACHES: M. Carrick
Birmingham 4-3-3
- J. Ruddy
- C. Drameh
- D. Sanderson
- K. Long
- M. Emmanuel
- I. Šunjić
- K. Bielik
- G. Gardner
- J. Stansfield
- S. Hogan
- S. Dembélé
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Bacuna
- O. Burke
- K. Miyoshi
- J. James
- L. Jutkiewicz
- R. Donovan
- M. Roberts
- E. Aiwu
- N. Etheridge
- COACHES: W. Rooney
Match statistics
| Middlesbrough | Birmingham | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 2 | Shots off goal | 1 |
| 17 | Total shots | 5 |
| 5 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 14 | Shots inside box | 3 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 9 | Fouls | 17 |
| 12 | Corners | 0 |
| 5 | Offsides | 2 |
| 60% | Possession | 40% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 3 | Saves | 10 |
| 526 | Total passes | 351 |
| 441 | Accurate passes | 273 |
| 84% | Pass accuracy | 78% |
| 1.63 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.24 |