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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 35 (setup 1, season 32)
Middlesbrough
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Tomas MEJÍAS Osorio717Tomasz KUSZCZAK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Adam REACH62Joe LEDLEY
Elderson Uwa ECHIEJILE83Chris BRUNT
Artur YUSUPOV4Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo756Dario MARESIC
John BOYE766Reece BURKE
Patrick BAMFORD76Moses Daddy SIMON
Stewart DOWNING78Jason PUNCHEON
Cristhian Ricardo STUANI Curbelo59Nils PETERSEN
Yanic WILDSCHUT6106Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
Sylvester IGBOUN6116Collin QUANER
Manager
Fraizer CAMPBELL12Glenn WHELAN
Paul DIGBY13Connal TRUEMAN
Bradley FEWSTER14Ryan KENT
Brad WALKER15Max LOWE
Daniel Sánchez AYALA16Daniel DE SILVA

Middlesbrough 4 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 15,477, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Graham SCOTT 7½)
2 Stuani, 29 Downing, 64 Yusupov, 90+1 WalkerScorers18 Puncheon
53 Stuani <=> Ayala, 72 Downing <=> WalkerSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners2
6Fouls23
3Offsides2
11Shots on7
9Shots off8
20Total shots15
7Shots saved6
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Elderson Uwa ECHIEJILE
2GOAL!! An outswinging corner was hoofed clear only for STUANI to blast the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
4PETERSEN dribbled past BAMFORD and stabbed a tame shot well wide.
7PUNCHEON charged through the Middlesbrough defence but shot straight at the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
9A twenty-five yard shot from PUNCHEON caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
11PETERSEN's shot beat the Middlesbrough 'keeper but rebounded off the Middlesbrough post.
18GOAL!! A shot from PUNCHEON rolled through a ruck of players and rolled past the unsighted MEJÍAS. (1-1)
29GOAL!! A shot from WILDSCHUT was booted off the line only for DOWNING to tuck the ball home. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
33The 'keeper saved a clever shot from IGBOUN.
34SIMON headed inches over.
39A drive from STUANI seemed a certain goal but KUSZCZAK managed to palm the ball clear.
40DOWNING touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Birmingham City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
 
55A brilliant shot from AYALA was dealt with by a fine block from the 'keeper.
57A header by PUNCHEON at the far post was comfortably collected by MEJÍAS.
59QUANER kicked the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
60The hapless 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from BURKE dropped just wide.
61A mix up in the Middlesbrough defence enabled PUNCHEON to blast an effort wide.
64GOAL!! AYALA made space for YUSUPOV who, after an interchange of passes just outside the area, drilled the ball past the Birmingham City 'keeper. (3-1 Middlesbrough)
65SIMON beat three Middlesbrough players and thundered a shot inches over.
72AYALA drilled a left foot shot wide from long range.
78The Birmingham City 'keeper was able to claw away a poor header from ECHIEJILE.
80A free-kick from LEDLEY floated wide.
90+1GOAL!! After IGBOUN was bundled over the referee waved play-on and WALKER went on to easily score. (4-1 Middlesbrough)