Middlesbrough vs Birmingham Match Review Season 2025/2026

Championship

03:00 PMNovember 08, 2025

Regular Season – 15

2 – 1

HT: (2 – 1)

📍 Riverside Stadium👤 Referee: Updating…

How did Middlesbrough and Birmingham perform?

Home Voted: 0

Away Voted: 0

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

Middlesbrough and Birmingham Match Stats

BALL POSSESSION

43%57%

ATTACK

8

Total shots

13

4

Shots on target

5

2

Shots off target

5

2

Blocked shots

3

5

Shots inside box

8

3

Shots outside box

5

3

Corner kicks

5

3

Offsides

3

40

Dangerous attacks

57

PASSING

348

Total passes

456

273 (78%)

Accurate passes

371 (81%)

DISCIPLINE

9

Fouls

13

1

Yellow cards

1

4

Goalkeeper saves

2

Middlesbrough and Birmingham Lineups

Middlesbrough

4-2-3-1

31G

Solomon Brynn

7.3

2D

Callum Brittain

7.2

12D

Luke Ayling 30′

7.2

6D

Dael FryC ⚽17′ 🔺25′

8

3D

Matt Targett 🔺60′

6.6

18M

Aidan Morris

7.2

16M

Alan Browne

6.9

8M

Riley McGree 🔺61′

6.5

7M

Hayden Hackney ⚽45+5′

7.2

11M

Morgan Whittaker 🔺61′

6.6

9F

Tommy Conway 🔺86′

6.2

Substitutes

22F

Samuel Silvera 🔻25′

6.7

40D

George McCormick 🔻60′

6.9

19M

Sverre Nypan 🔻61′

6.6

20F

Mamadou Kaly Sene 🔻61′

6.2

10F

Delano Burgzorg 🔻86′

6.7

33G

Jon McLaughlin

–

24D

Alex Bangura

–

14F

Alexander Gilbert

–

13F

David Strelec

–

Coach of Middlesbrough

👔 Robert Owen Edwards

Birmingham

4-2-3-1

25G

James Beadle 90+3′

5.7

24D

Tomoki Iwata 🔺80′

6.2

5D

Phil Neumann

6.6

4D

Christoph KlarerC

6.3

20D

Alex Cochrane

6.2

7M

Tommy Doyle

7.2

8M

Seung-Ho Paik 🔺5′

0

16M

Patrick Roberts 🔺80′

6.9

28M

Jay Stansfield

6.2

10M

Demarai Gray ⚽29′ 🔺57′

7.3

33F

Marvin Ducksch 🔺57′

6

Substitutes

12M

Marc Leonard 🔻5′

6.6

14M

Keshi Anderson 🔻57′

6.9

9F

Kyogo Furuhashi 🔻57′

6.3

30F

Lewis Koumas 🔻80′

6.3

17F

Lyndon Dykes 🔻80′

6.5

21G

Ryan Allsop

–

26D

Bright Osayi-Samuel

–

6D

Jack Robinson

–

41D

Eiran Cashin

–

Coach of Birmingham

👔 Christopher Paul Davies

Middlesbrough and Birmingham Head to Head

4WINS

0DRAWS

0WINS

Over 1.5 Goals25%

Over 2.5 Goals25%

Both Teams Scored25%

Past H2H Matches & Results

12 Mar 2024 Birmingham City 0-1 Middlesbrough

21 Oct 2023 Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City

02 Jan 2023 Birmingham City 1-3 Middlesbrough

05 Oct 2022 Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City

Championship Standings Season 2025/2026

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	26	15	7	4	57-29	28	52
2	Middlesbrough	26	13	7	6	37-26	11	46
3	Ipswich	25	12	8	5	42-24	18	44
4	Preston	26	11	10	5	36-25	11	43
5	Millwall	26	12	7	7	29-33	-4	43
6	Watford	25	11	8	6	37-29	8	41
7	Hull	25	12	5	8	40-38	2	41
8	Stoke	26	12	4	10	32-23	9	40
9	Wrexham	26	10	10	6	38-32	6	40
10	Bristol City	26	11	6	9	38-29	9	39
11	QPR	26	11	5	10	38-39	-1	38
12	Leicester	26	10	7	9	37-38	-1	37
13	Derby	26	9	8	9	35-35	0	35
14	Birmingham	26	9	7	10	35-36	-1	34
15	Southampton	26	8	9	9	38-38	0	33
16	Sheffield Utd	25	10	2	13	36-38	-2	32
17	Swansea	26	9	5	12	27-33	-6	32
18	West Brom	26	9	4	13	29-35	-6	31
19	Charlton	25	7	8	10	25-32	-7	29
20	Blackburn	25	7	7	11	24-30	-6	28
21	Portsmouth	24	6	7	11	21-35	-14	25
22	Norwich	26	6	6	14	28-39	-11	24
23	Oxford Utd	25	5	7	13	25-35	-10	22
24	Sheffield Wed	25	1	8	16	18-51	-33	-7

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	12	9	2	1	27-9	18	29
2	Ipswich	13	8	4	1	24-11	13	28
3	Watford	13	8	4	1	23-12	11	28
4	Middlesbrough	13	8	3	2	20-11	9	27
5	Birmingham	13	7	5	1	27-13	14	26
6	Millwall	14	8	2	4	17-17	0	26
7	QPR	13	7	2	4	24-17	7	23
8	Preston	13	6	5	2	19-12	7	23
9	Wrexham	13	6	5	2	24-19	5	23
10	Hull	13	7	2	4	19-19	0	23
11	West Brom	12	6	4	2	16-11	5	22
12	Leicester	13	6	4	3	19-15	4	22
13	Bristol City	14	6	3	5	23-15	8	21
14	Swansea	13	6	3	4	16-16	0	21
15	Stoke	12	6	2	4	18-10	8	20
16	Southampton	12	5	5	2	17-11	6	20
17	Charlton	11	5	3	3	13-12	1	18
18	Portsmouth	13	5	3	5	14-14	0	18
19	Sheffield Utd	12	5	2	5	18-13	5	17
20	Derby	14	4	5	5	17-20	-3	17
21	Oxford Utd	12	3	4	5	13-17	-4	13
22	Blackburn	13	2	4	7	13-20	-7	10
23	Norwich	13	3	1	9	12-19	-7	10
24	Sheffield Wed	13	0	4	9	7-29	-22	4

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	14	6	5	3	30-20	10	23
2	Preston	13	5	5	3	17-13	4	20
3	Stoke	14	6	2	6	14-13	1	20
4	Middlesbrough	13	5	4	4	17-15	2	19
5	Derby	12	5	3	4	18-15	3	18
6	Hull	12	5	3	4	21-19	2	18
7	Bristol City	12	5	3	4	15-14	1	18
8	Blackburn	12	5	3	4	11-10	1	18
9	Wrexham	13	4	5	4	14-13	1	17
10	Millwall	12	4	5	3	12-16	-4	17
11	Ipswich	12	4	4	4	18-13	5	16
12	Leicester	13	4	3	6	18-23	-5	15
13	Sheffield Utd	13	5	0	8	18-25	-7	15
14	QPR	13	4	3	6	14-22	-8	15
15	Norwich	13	3	5	5	16-20	-4	14
16	Watford	12	3	4	5	14-17	-3	13
17	Southampton	14	3	4	7	21-27	-6	13
18	Swansea	13	3	2	8	11-17	-6	11
19	Charlton	14	2	5	7	12-20	-8	11
20	Oxford Utd	13	2	3	8	12-18	-6	9
21	West Brom	14	3	0	11	13-24	-11	9
22	Birmingham	13	2	2	9	8-23	-15	8
23	Sheffield Wed	12	1	4	7	11-22	-11	7
24	Portsmouth	11	1	4	6	7-21	-14	7

Qualification/Relegation

Relegation – League One

Promotion – Premier League

Promotion – Championship (Play Offs: Semi-finals)

Middlesbrough vs Birmingham Video Highlights & Match Recap – 2025-11-08

On November 08, 2025, Riverside Stadium was the venue for a compelling Championship matchup between Middlesbrough and Birmingham. The game highlighted the competitive nature of the league this season.

From the first minute, the intensity was high. Both defenses were tested, and goalkeepers were called into action frequently. The tactical battle unfolded in the midfield, with turnovers leading to some of the most dangerous opportunities of the game.

Standings & Form Context

Middlesbrough entered the match in 2nd, holding 46 points. Their season narrative includes 13 wins, 7 draws, and 6 losses.

Meanwhile, Birmingham, sitting in 14th with 34 points, looked to leverage their 9 wins to climb the table.

Previous Meetings Stats

Analyzing the last 5 Championship games: Middlesbrough has won 5, while Birmingham has won 0. 0 matches ended in a draw.

Goal trends show that both teams scored in 2 matches, and there were over 2.5 goals in 2 of them.

Recent Performance

Below are the results leading up to this Championship fixture:

Performance of Middlesbrough

Performance of Birmingham

Highlights & Analysis

Review the Middlesbrough vs Birmingham match with our extensive highlight reel. Includes all goals and major incidents from November 08, 2025.

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