English League Championship

FT Saturday, September 19, 2026
Middlesbrough DWLWD 2
–
Birmingham City WDDLW 2
1st2ndT
MID112
BIR022
St. Andrew's Stadium · 27,017 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
3
52.3
Possession
47.7
15
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
320
Accurate Passes
270
401
Passes
365
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
7
19
Crosses
24
0.4
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
61
22
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.4
Long Balls %
0.2
5
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
6
26
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
3
39
Effective Clearances
23
39
Clearances
23

Head to Head

MID leads series 5-0

Lineups

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1James BeadleG
  2. 4Christoph KlarerCD-L
  3. 5Phil NeumannCD-R
  4. 20Alex CochraneLB
  5. 26Bright Osayi-SamuelRB
  6. 28Jay StansfieldAM
  7. 14Jhon SolísLM
  8. 24Tomoki IwataRM
  9. 32Luis VázquezF
  10. 17Liam MillarAM-L
  11. 7Carlos VicenteAM-R

MID · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Radek VítekG
  2. 4Ashley PhillipsCD
  3. 29Adilson MalandaCD-L
  4. 12Luke AylingCD-R
  5. 8Riley McGreeCM-L
  6. 10Aidan MorrisCM-R
  7. 17Max ArfstenLM
  8. 2Callum BrittainRM
  9. 7Will LankshearF
  10. 14Myles Peart-HarrisCF-L
  11. 11Amario Cozier-DuberryCF-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Luis Vázquez (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Goal! Birmingham City 0, Middlesbrough 1. Max Arfsten (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amario Cozier-Duberry.
  3. 55' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Middlesbrough 1. Liam Millar (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jhon Solís.
  4. 59' Own Goal by Riley McGree, Middlesbrough. Birmingham City 2, Middlesbrough 1.
  5. 63' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Tommy Conway replaces Myles Peart-Harris.
  6. 63' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Sebastian Berhalter replaces Riley McGree.
  7. 71' Substitution, Birmingham City. Marvin Ducksch replaces Luis Vázquez.
  8. 74' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Jeremy Sarmiento replaces Amario Cozier-Duberry.
  9. 77' Delay in match (Birmingham City).
  10. 77'
  11. 77' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  12. 77'
  13. 83' Substitution, Birmingham City. Paik Seung-Ho replaces Jay Stansfield.
  14. 86' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Neto Borges replaces Max Arfsten.
  15. 86' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Kyle Joseph replaces Ashley Phillips.
  16. 88' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Middlesbrough 2. Adilson Malanda (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  17. 88' Phil Neumann (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+1' Substitution, Birmingham City. Patrick Roberts replaces Carlos Vicente.

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