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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 35 (setup 4, season 34)
Birmingham City
v.
Middlesbrough
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Milos VESIC1Joe LUMLEY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Maxime COLIN72Emil KRAFTH
George FRIEND73Dael FRY
Jérémie BOGA747Matt CROOKS
Marc ROBERTS57Patrick McNAIR
Jake CLARKE-SALTER66Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Ivan SUNJIC7Jonny HOWSON
Marko ARNAUTOVIC787Martin BRAITHWAITE
Kemar ROOFE97Lukas NMECHA
Troy DEENEY6106Lee PELTIER
Scott HOGAN6116Ashley FLETCHER
Manager
Lewis GRABBAN12James LEA SILIKI
Zach JEACOCK13Andy LONERGAN
Nico GORDON614Enes MAHMUTOVIC
Gary GARDNER157Marcus TAVERNIER
Ike UGBO16Riley McGREE

Birmingham City 3 Middlesbrough 4
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 29,987, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Paul TAYLOR 6½)
13 Hogan, 45+1 Roofe, 56 HoganScorers27 Braithwaite, 62 Peltier, 83 Braithwaite, 89 Nmecha
77 Sunjic <=> GordonSubstitutions49 Crooks <=> Tavernier
Sendings off
18 Hogan, 36 ArnautovicBookings
5Corners1
20Fouls6
3Offsides1
5Shots on7
7Shots off7
12Total shots14
2Shots saved2
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Emil KRAFTH
12A pin-point pass bobbled toward BRAITHWAITE and his deadly shot went narrowly over.
13SUNJIC's shot beat the Middlesbrough 'keeper but rebounded off the Middlesbrough post.
13GOAL!! Unlucky SUNJIC hit the upright before HOGAN poked the ball home as BRAITHWAITE failed to clear. (1-0 Birmingham City)
18HOGAN receives a yellow card by the ref.
27GOAL!! MCNAIR made space for BRAITHWAITE who, after an interchange of passes just outside the area, glanced the ball past the Birmingham City 'keeper. (1-1)
31A cross from DEENEY left ARNAUTOVIC in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
35A free-kick from NMECHA went wide.
36The ref books ARNAUTOVIC.
37BRAITHWAITE flicked a left foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
43A shot from FRY was nodded off the line by ROBERTS.
45+1GOAL!! A CLARKE-SALTER run down the left resulted in a low cross for ROOFE to volley in. (2-1 Birmingham City)
 
47Uncertainty in the Middlesbrough defence enabled ARNAUTOVIC to fire the ball wide.
49ARNAUTOVIC scuffed an easy chance.
56GOAL!! A great solo effort from HOGAN who beat three defenders before rocketing the ball into the net. (3-1 Birmingham City)
62GOAL!! An inswinging corner nodded out by SUNJIC was hit into the back of the net by PELTIER. (3-2 Birmingham City)
64DEENEY beat MCNAIR and flicked the ball to ROOFE who dragged his effort wide.
65A penalty box scramble resulted in ARNAUTOVIC knocking a low shot over.
71A good effort from NMECHA scraped the outside of the righthand post.
75PELTIER knocked the ball to NMECHA who touched it just beyond the far post.
83GOAL!! A curling outswinging corner was forced in at the far post by BRAITHWAITE. (3-3)
83PELTIER ran onto a delightful ball from BRAITHWAITE but fired his shot wide.
89GOAL!! A short backpass by CLARKE-SALTER enabled NMECHA to nip in and hammer the ball past the 'keeper. (4-3 Middlesbrough)