Middlesbrough 2–1 Birmingham
Middlesbrough
2–1HT 2–1
Birmingham
Middlesbrough played Birmingham in the Championship on 8 November 2025 at Riverside Stadium. The match finished 2–1.
Goals and cards
- 17'D. Fry (assist by C. Brittain)
- 29'D. Gray
- 30'Luke Ayling — Yellow card
- 45'H. Hackney (assist by A. Morris)
- 90+3'James Beadle — Yellow card
Line-ups
Middlesbrough 4-2-3-1
- S. Brynn
- C. Brittain
- L. Ayling
- D. Fry
- M. Targett
- A. Morris
- A. Browne
- R. McGree
- H. Hackney
- M. Whittaker
- T. Conway
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. McLaughlin
- A. Bangura
- G. McCormick
- S. Nypan
- D. Burgzorg
- A. Gilbert
- S. Silvera
- D. Strelec
- M. K. Sene
- COACHES: Robert Owen Edwards
Birmingham 4-2-3-1
- J. Beadle
- T. Iwata
- P. Neumann
- C. Klarer
- A. Cochrane
- T. Doyle
- Paik Seung-Ho
- P. Roberts
- J. Stansfield
- D. Gray
- M. Ducksch
- SUBSTITUTES
- R. Allsop
- E. Cashin
- B. Osayi-Samuel
- J. Robinson
- K. Anderson
- M. Leonard
- L. Dykes
- K. Furuhashi
- L. Koumas
- COACHES: Christopher Paul Davies
Match statistics
| Middlesbrough | Birmingham | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 2 | Shots off goal | 5 |
| 8 | Total shots | 13 |
| 2 | Blocked shots | 3 |
| 5 | Shots inside box | 8 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 5 |
| 9 | Fouls | 13 |
| 3 | Corners | 5 |
| 3 | Offsides | 3 |
| 43% | Possession | 57% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 353 | Total passes | 454 |
| 272 | Accurate passes | 371 |
| 77% | Pass accuracy | 82% |
| 0.61 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.20 |
| -0.57 | goals_prevented | -0.57 |