English League Championship

Middlesbrough vs Birmingham City, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Middlesbrough
  • 10': Britt Assombalonga
  • 41': Britt Assombalonga
FT
2 - 0
Birmingham City

    Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City

    Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham City

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 1': Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Dangerous play by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
    • 2': Cyrus Christie (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 2': Foul by David Davis (Birmingham City).
    • 4': Attempt missed. Martin Braithwaite (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Grant Leadbitter.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Britt Assombalonga.
    • 10': Goal! Middlesbrough 1, Birmingham City 0. Britt Assombalonga (Middlesbrough) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner.
    • 11': Delay in match David Davis (Birmingham City) because of an injury.
    • 11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 13': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City).
    • 13': Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 14': Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Grant Leadbitter (Middlesbrough).
    • 15': Attempt missed. Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 19': Daniel Ayala (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Foul by Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City).
    • 20': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
    • 23': Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
    • 23': Jonny Howson (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Marvin Johnson (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stewart Downing.
    • 25': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Nsue.
    • 26': Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
    • 26': Martin Braithwaite (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cheikh Ndoye with a headed pass.
    • 28': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Fabio.
    • 29': Attempt saved. Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonny Howson.
    • 32': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Marvin Johnson.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Che Adams (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sam Gallagher with a headed pass.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jonathan Grounds with a cross.
    • 35': Attempt blocked. Jota (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Gallagher.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Marvin Johnson (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabio.
    • 39': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
    • 41': Goal! Middlesbrough 2, Birmingham City 0. Britt Assombalonga (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabio with a through ball.
    • 43': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Jonny Howson (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Marvin Johnson following a corner.
    • 45': Foul by Jonny Howson (Middlesbrough).
    • 45': Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Martin Braithwaite (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stewart Downing.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
    • 45'+2': Offside, Middlesbrough. Cyrus Christie tries a through ball, but Britt Assombalonga is caught offside.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Middlesbrough 2, Birmingham City 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Middlesbrough 2, Birmingham City 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Birmingham City. David Cotterill replaces Che Adams.
    • 45': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jacques Maghoma replaces David Davis.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Martin Braithwaite (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Stewart Downing.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jota with a cross.
    • 51': Foul by Martin Braithwaite (Middlesbrough).
    • 51': Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
    • 51': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jonny Howson.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Sam Gallagher (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Cotterill with a cross.
    • 55': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Fabio.
    • 56': Delay in match Cyrus Christie (Middlesbrough) because of an injury.
    • 56': Jonny Howson (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 58': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Fabio.
    • 60': Attempt saved. Britt Assombalonga (Middlesbrough) header from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cyrus Christie with a cross.
    • 61': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Jonny Howson (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Fabio (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stewart Downing.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Britt Assombalonga (Middlesbrough) header from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 64': Attempt saved. Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jota.
    • 65': Hand ball by Grant Leadbitter (Middlesbrough).
    • 65': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Adam Forshaw replaces Grant Leadbitter.
    • 68': Attempt missed. Jota (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Jacques Maghoma.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Martin Braithwaite.
    • 71': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Patrick Bamford replaces Martin Braithwaite.
    • 71': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Sam Gallagher.
    • 72': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by David Cotterill.
    • 73': Offside, Middlesbrough. Adam Forshaw tries a through ball, but Stewart Downing is caught offside.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jota.
    • 78': Foul by Jonny Howson (Middlesbrough).
    • 78': Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
    • 81': Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Patrick Bamford (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jonny Howson.
    • 84': David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 84': Foul by Fabio (Middlesbrough).
    • 85': Foul by Adam Forshaw (Middlesbrough).
    • 85': Jota (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Adama Traoré replaces Stewart Downing.
    • 88': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
    • 88': Patrick Bamford (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Nsue.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Middlesbrough 2, Birmingham City 0.
    • 90'+5': Match ends, Middlesbrough 2, Birmingham City 0.
    • 90'+4': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Nsue.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Middlesbrough 2, Birmingham City 0.
    • 90'+5': Match ends, Middlesbrough 2, Birmingham City 0.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 7
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 2
    5 Corner Kicks 9
    4 Saves 2
    46.2 Possession 53.8
    11 SHOTS 16
    2 ON GOAL 6
    0.2 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    338 Accurate Passes 424
    422 Passes 502
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    5 Accurate Crosses 2
    18 Crosses 15
    0.3 Cross % 0.1
    64 Long Balls 61
    30 Accurate Long Balls 30
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    4 Blocked Shots 4
    9 Effective Tackles 12
    12 Tackles 18
    0.8 Tackle % 0.7
    0 Interceptions 0
    23 Effective Clearances 27
    23 Clearances 27

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: Riverside Stadium
    Location: Middlesbrough, England
    Attendance: 22,848

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 West Ham United 6 +5 11
    2 Swansea City 6 +4 11
    3 Middlesbrough 5 +3 10
    4 Queens Park Rangers 5 +3 10
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    MID Middlesbrough (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    25 Darren Randolph (GK)
    6 Ben Gibson
    4 Daniel Ayala
    2 Fabio
    22 Cyrus Christie
    10 Martin Braithwaite
    7 Grant Leadbitter
    16 Jonathan Howson Yellow Card
    9 Britt Assombalonga
    21 Marvin Johnson
    19 Stewart Downing
    Middlesbrough Substitutes:
    Ashley Fletcher, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Adama Traoré, Patrick Bamford, George Friend, Adam Forshaw, Dael Fry.

    BIR Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    29 Tomasz Kuszczak (GK)
    12 Harlee Dean
    4 Marc Roberts
    3 Jonathan Grounds
    2 Emilio Nsue
    17 Cheikh N'Doye
    6 Maikel Kieftenbeld
    26 David Davis
    14 Ché Adams
    18 Sam Gallagher
    27 Jota
    Birmingham City Substitutes:
    Jérémie Boga, Michael Morrison, David Cotterill, David Stockdale, Joshua Dacres-Cogley, Jacques Maghoma, Lukas Jutkiewicz.

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