Birmingham 1–3 Middlesbrough
Birmingham
1–3HT 0–2
Middlesbrough
Birmingham played Middlesbrough in the Championship on 2 March 2026 at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park. The match finished 1–3.
Goals and cards
- 13'M. Targett (assist by A. Morris)
- 26'M. Targett (assist by H. Hackney)
- 48'M. Ducksch (assist by J. Stansfield)
- 58'Tomoki Iwata — Yellow card
- 60'D. Strelec (assist by L. Ayling)
- 66'Tommy Conway — Yellow card
- 85'Solomon Brynn — Yellow card
- 90'Adilson Malanda — Yellow card
- 90+1'Ethan Laird — Yellow card
- 90+4'Callum Brittain — Yellow card
Line-ups
Birmingham 4-2-3-1
- J. Beadle
- B. Osayi-Samuel
- C. Klarer
- J. Panzo
- K. Wagner
- T. Iwata
- T. Doyle
- P. Roberts
- M. Ducksch
- D. Gray
- J. Stansfield
- SUBSTITUTES
- R. Allsop
- P. Neumann
- A. Priske
- Paik Seung-Ho
- K. Furuhashi
- E. Laird
- K. Fujimoto
- C. Vicente
- I. Osman
- COACHES: Chris Davies
Middlesbrough 3-4-1-2
- S. Brynn
- L. Ayling
- D. Fry
- A. Malanda
- C. Brittain
- A. Morris
- H. Hackney
- M. Targett
- R. McGree
- D. Strelec
- T. Conway
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Wildsmith
- A. Browne
- G. Edmundson
- J. Sarmiento
- F. Munroe
- S. Hansen
- M. Whittaker
- A. Gilbert
- M. K. Sene
- COACHES: Kim Hellberg
Match statistics
| Birmingham | Middlesbrough | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 0 | Shots off goal | 4 |
| 11 | Total shots | 10 |
| 4 | Blocked shots | 3 |
| 5 | Shots inside box | 8 |
| 6 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 11 | Fouls | 12 |
| 6 | Corners | 2 |
| 3 | Offsides | 3 |
| 60% | Possession | 40% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Saves | 6 |
| 464 | Total passes | 312 |
| 351 | Accurate passes | 218 |
| 76% | Pass accuracy | 70% |
| 0.61 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.07 |
| 0.47 | goals_prevented | 0.47 |