Birmingham 1:3 Middlesbrough: Championship Match Result

Championship

Birmingham WDDLWD

1:3

Finished

Kick-off was 2 Mar, 20:00 UTC

Middlesbrough DWLWDD

Venue: St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park City: Birmingham

In the Championship game on 2 March 2026, Middlesbrough beat Birmingham 1:3. Match numbers: shots on target 7:3, corners 6:2.

Key numbers

Possession, % 60 – 40

Shots on target 7 – 3

Shots off target 0 – 4

Expected goals 0.66 – 1

⚽ 13' M. Targett — Goal ⚽ 26' M. Targett — Goal ⚽ 49' M. Ducksch — Goal 🟨 58' T. Iwata — Yellow card ⚽ 60' D. Strelec — Goal ⇄ 61' D. Strelec — Substitution ⇄ 64' J. Stansfield — Substitution ⇄ 64' P. Roberts — Substitution 🟨 67' T. Conway — Yellow card ⇄ 72' D. Gray — Substitution ⇄ 72' B. Osayi-Samuel — Substitution ⇄ 74' R. McGree — Substitution ⇄ 74' T. Conway — Substitution ⇄ 84' J. Panzo — Substitution 🟨 85' S. Brynn — Yellow card 🟨 90' A. Malanda — Yellow card 🟨 90+1' E. Laird — Yellow card ⇄ 90+1' H. Hackney — Substitution 🟨 90+4' C. Brittain — Yellow card

Match events

13' 0:1 Middlesbrough Goal M. Targett assist: A. Morris
26' 0:2 Middlesbrough Goal M. Targett assist: H. Hackney
49' 1:2 Birmingham Goal M. Ducksch assist: J. Stansfield
58' 1:2 Birmingham Yellow card T. Iwata
60' 1:3 Middlesbrough Goal D. Strelec assist: L. Ayling
61' 1:3 Middlesbrough Substitution D. Strelec off: M. Whittaker
64' 1:3 Birmingham Substitution J. Stansfield off: A. Priske
64' 1:3 Birmingham Substitution P. Roberts off: C. Vicente
67' 1:3 Middlesbrough Yellow card T. Conway
72' 1:3 Birmingham Substitution D. Gray off: Paik Seung-Ho
72' 1:3 Birmingham Substitution B. Osayi-Samuel off: I. Osman
74' 1:3 Middlesbrough Substitution R. McGree off: A. Browne
74' 1:3 Middlesbrough Substitution T. Conway off: J. Sarmiento
84' 1:3 Birmingham Substitution J. Panzo off: E. Laird
85' 1:3 Middlesbrough Yellow card S. Brynn
90' 1:3 Middlesbrough Yellow card A. Malanda
90+1' 1:3 Birmingham Yellow card E. Laird
90+1' 1:3 Middlesbrough Substitution H. Hackney off: A. Gilbert
90+4' 1:3 Middlesbrough Yellow card C. Brittain

Statistics

60 Possession, % 40

7 Shots on target 3

0 Shots off target 4

0.66 Expected goals 1

0 Big chances 3

99 Attacks 77

6 Corners 2

11 Fouls 12

11 Free kicks 10

3 Offsides 3

2 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 5

31 Throw-ins 30

All statistics

15/3938% Aerial duels 24/3962%

86 Backward passes 60

4 Blocked shots 3

20 Clearances 32

4/2516% Crosses 2/922%

6/1346% Dribbles 8/1362%

0.42 Expected assists 1.05

113 Failed passes 94

0 Goalkeeper saves 6

9 Interceptions 7

7 Key passes 9

29/8534% Long passes 18/4937%

87 Passes into the final third 61

269 Passes in the opposition half 185

218 Passes in own half 135

0.64 Shot accuracy 0.30

6 Shots from outside the box 2

5 Shots inside the box 8

2/1020% Tackles 10/1567%

462 Total passes 311

Line-ups

Birmingham

Starting XI
#	Player	number
25	James Giles Beadle	25
4	Christoph Klarer	4
26	Bright Osayi-Samuel	26
31	Kai Harley Wagner	31
37	Jonathan William Panzo	37
7	Tommy Doyle	7
10	Demarai Gray	10
16	Patrick Roberts	16
24	Tomoki Iwata	24
33	Marvin Ducksch	33
28	Jay Stansfield	28

Substitutes
#	Player	number
21	Ryan Allsop	21
2	Ethan Benjamin Laird	2
5	Phil Neumann	5
8	Seung-Ho Paik	8
27	Kanya Fujimoto	27
9	Kyogo Furuhashi	9
17	Ibrahim Osman	17
23	Carlos Vicente	23
29	August Priske Flyger	29

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Middlesbrough

Starting XI
#	Player	number
31	Solomon Brynn	31
3	Matthew Robert Targett	3
6	Dael Jonathan Fry	6
12	Luke David Ayling	12
29	Adilson Malanda	29
2	Callum James Brittain	2
7	Hayden Rhys Hackney	7
8	Riley Patrick McGree	8
18	Aidan Zen Patrick Morris	18
9	Tommy Daniel John Conway	9
13	David Strelec	13

Substitutes
#	Player	number
32	Joe Wildsmith	32
15	Finley Munroe	15
25	George Edmundson	25
16	Alan James Browne	16
45	Jeremy Leonel Sarmiento Morante	45
11	Morgan Reece Whittaker	11
14	Alexander George Henry Gilbert	14
20	Mamadou Kaly Sene	20
27	Sontje Hansen	27