Birmingham City FC vs Middlesbrough FC, Championship 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2026-27

Birmingham City FC

2 – 2

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Middlesbrough FC

Sat 19 Sep 2026 · 14:00 UTC St Andrew's Ground HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 45' Max Arfsten

Liam Millar 55' 1–1

Riley McGree og 59' 2–1

2–2 88' Adilson Malanda

Luis Vazquez 24' Y

Phil Neumann 89' Y

Overview

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Birmingham City FC vs Middlesbrough FC — Championship at St Andrew's Ground.

Birmingham City FC 13 games · 23 pts (2026/27)
Middlesbrough FC 13 games · 28 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee David Webb
Assistant 1 Andrew Fox
Assistant 2 Alan Cresswell (England)

4 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 5.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Middlesbrough FC	13	28
2	Swansea City AFC	13	26
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	13	24
4	West Bromwich Albion FC	13	24
5	Southampton FC	13	23
6	Birmingham City FC	13	23
7	Stoke City FC	13	23
8	West Ham United FC	13	22
9	Queens Park Rangers FC	13	20
10	Sheffield United FC	13	19
11	Portsmouth FC	13	19
12	Millwall FC	13	18
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	13	18
14	Bristol City FC	13	18
15	Norwich City FC	13	15
16	Lincoln City FC	13	15
17	Cardiff City FC	13	14
18	Wrexham AFC	13	14
19	Bolton Wanderers FC	13	14
20	Charlton Athletic FC	13	14
21	Watford FC	13	11
22	Burnley FC	13	9
23	Derby County FC	13	7
24	Preston North End FC	13	5

Head-to-Head

Birmingham City FC 15 games · Avg 2.5 goals Middlesbrough FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-09-19 Birmingham City FC 2–2 Middlesbrough FC 2026-03-02 Birmingham City FC 1–3 Middlesbrough FC 2025-11-08 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC 2024-03-12 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Middlesbrough FC 2023-10-21 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Middlesbrough FC	H	2–2	D
12 Sep	Derby County FC	A	2–1	W
09 Sep	Norwich City FC	A	1–2	L
06 Sep	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	H	2–2	D
01 Sep	Southampton FC	H	1–1	D
28 Aug	Wrexham AFC	A	2–1	W

Middlesbrough FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Birmingham City FC	A	2–2	D
15 Sep	Millwall FC	H	2–2	D
12 Sep	Norwich City FC	H	4–3	W
05 Sep	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	1–0	W
02 Sep	Burnley FC	A	1–1	D
29 Aug	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

Birmingham City FC		Middlesbrough FC
#6	Position	#1
23	Points	28
13	Played	13
6 / 5 / 2	W / D / L	8 / 4 / 1
23	Scored	30
13	Conceded	17
+10	GD	+13
1.77	PPG	2.15
46%	Win %	62%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

47% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

31% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

23% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season

Birmingham City FC are 6th (23 pts). Middlesbrough FC are 1st (28 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/1

31-45

4/7

46-60

4/1

61-75

4/1

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Middlesbrough FC

0-15

5/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

4/3

46-60

5/4

61-75

6/3

76+

7/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

August Priske	6 G	1 A
Liam Millar	4 G	3 A
Demarai Gray	3 G
Phil Neumann	2 G

Middlesbrough FC

William Lankshear	13 G
Amario Cozier-Duberry	3 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Birmingham City FC and Middlesbrough FC get this one started.
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Birmingham City FC and Middlesbrough FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
10' Birmingham City FC currently sit 11 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
15' Ashley Phillips needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
20' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
24' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Luis Vazquez.
29' Nigeria international Bright Osayi-Samuel has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
34' Adilson Malanda is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Birmingham City FC tonight.
39' Birmingham City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Middlesbrough FC backline.
44' The home supporters are growing impatient. Birmingham City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
45' Max Arfsten makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Middlesbrough FC are in front.
50' Birmingham City FC have won 433 goals from 394 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
55' GOAL! Liam Millar scores on 55.
59' Goal! Riley McGree scores his 37 goal in 209 matches.
63' The crowd applauds Myles Peart-Harris as he leaves the pitch. Tommy Conway steps in for Middlesbrough FC.
68' Tomoki Iwata has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
71' A change in the Birmingham City FC ranks — Luis Vazquez exits the field as Marvin Ducksch enters on 71.
75' Fresh legs for Middlesbrough FC! Jeremy Sarmiento comes on to replace Amario Cozier-Duberry.
80' Birmingham City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
83' Time for substitution for Birmingham City FC. Jay Stansfield is replaced by Seung-Ho Paik.
86' Another substitution for Middlesbrough FC to replace Ashley Phillips by Kyle Joseph on 86 minute.
88' The Scotland forward Kyle Joseph breaks the deadlock on 88 minutes. 1-3!
89' The referee calls foul for Phil Neumann. He receives a card.
90' Birmingham City FC ring the changes. Carlos Vicente has done his job and it is now time for Patrick Roberts to step up.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Davies

Middlesbrough FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

2
Callum Brittain
12
Luke Ayling
8
Riley McGree ↓ Sebastian Berhalter 63'
10
Aidan Morris
29
Adilson Malanda
14
Myles Peart-Harris ↓ Tommy Conway 63'
4
Ashley Phillips ↓ Kyle Joseph 86'
1
Radek Vitek
17
Max Arfsten ↓ Neto Borges 86'
11
Amario Cozier-Duberry ↓ Jeremy Sarmiento 75'
7
William Lankshear

Bench

3
Sam Byram
13
David Strelec
30
Neto Borges ↑ 86'
31
Solomon Brynn
6
Sebastian Berhalter ↑ 63'
22
Kyle Joseph ↑ 86'
9
Tommy Conway ↑ 63'
16
Jeremy Sarmiento ↑ 75'
21
Rokas Pukstas

Coach Kim Hellberg

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Britt Assombalonga	3
Scott Hogan	2
Lewis Wing	2
Chuba Akpom	2
Matty Crooks	2
Maxime Colin	1
Liam Millar	1
George Saville	1

Head to Head

Birmingham City FC Form

2026-09-19 Birmingham City FC 2–2 Middlesbrough FC D 2026-09-12 Derby County FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W 2026-09-09 Norwich City FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC L 2026-09-06 Birmingham City FC 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC D 2026-09-01 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Southampton FC D 2026-08-28 Wrexham AFC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W

Middlesbrough FC Form

2026-09-19 Birmingham City FC 2–2 Middlesbrough FC D 2026-09-15 Middlesbrough FC 2–2 Millwall FC D 2026-09-12 Middlesbrough FC 4–3 Norwich City FC W 2026-09-05 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–1 Middlesbrough FC W 2026-09-02 Burnley FC 1–1 Middlesbrough FC D 2026-08-29 Middlesbrough FC 3–1 West Bromwich Albion FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.54 Birmingham City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.63 Middlesbrough FC xG

I would bet for: Birmingham City FC or Middlesbrough FC 73% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC35% Draw27% Middlesbrough FC38%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.17

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw

62%

Draw or Middlesbrough FC

65%

Birmingham City FC or Middlesbrough FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC27% Draw43% Middlesbrough FC30%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.5%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 1

7.8%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

6.1%

0 – 0

5.9%

1 – 0

5.7%

0 – 2

5.6%

2 – 0

1 – 3

4.5%

3 – 1

2 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap	Birmingham City FC covers	Push	Middlesbrough FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	11%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	18%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	19%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.