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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 4, season 34)
Middlesbrough
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Andy LONERGAN17Lee CAMP
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Lee PELTIER27Maxime COLIN
George FRIEND3Juan FAMILIA-CASTILLO
Matt CROOKS47Jérémie BOGA
Patrick McNAIR56Marc ROBERTS
Dael FRY666Jake CLARKE-SALTER
Jonny HOWSON87Gary GARDNER
Lukas NMECHA87Marko ARNAUTOVIC
Ashley FLETCHER97Kemar ROOFE
Marcus TAVERNIER610Lewis GRABBAN
Britt ASSOMBALONGA6116Scott HOGAN
Manager
James LEA SILIKI12Carl JENKINSON
Tom KING13Milos VESIC
Marvin JOHNSON14Jefferson Antonio MONTERO Vite
Daniel Sánchez AYALA15Jason LOWE
Enes MAHMUTOVIC16Lukas JUTKIEWICZ

Middlesbrough 3 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 26,619, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Pavel NOVOTNÝ 5½)
3 Fletcher, 17 Nmecha, 39 NmechaScorers2 Roofe
Substitutions
Sendings off
24 PeltierBookings74 Clarke-Salter, 78 Roofe
0Corners2
19Fouls4
4Offsides3
4Shots on4
13Shots off7
17Total shots11
1Shots saved3
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Jonny HOWSON
1FLETCHER drove a looping shot inches wide from close range.
2GOAL!! A nice run by BOGA on the left was capped by a delightful cross which ROOFE flicked in from inside the penalty box. (1-0 Birmingham City)
3GOAL!! A long ball from NMECHA had the Birmingham City defence back-pedalling and FLETCHER made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (1-1)
6GRABBAN floated the ball to BOGA who forced it just beyond the far post.
8A poor strike from NMECHA trickled agonisingly wide.
17GOAL!! On the right wing FRY collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for NMECHA to hammer it into the back of the net. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
24PELTIER booked.
27HOGAN worked the ball to GARDNER, ARNAUTOVIC gathered his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
30HOWSON beat GARDNER and drove the ball to PELTIER who dragged his shot wide.
32A free-kick from ARNAUTOVIC floated wide.
36GRABBAN made space on the left and knocked the ball to ARNAUTOVIC who clipped the ball over.
39GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with NMECHA rocketing the ball into the net. (3-1 Middlesbrough)
43A pin-point pass fell to ASSOMBALONGA and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
 
65PELTIER headed the ball wide from just inside the area.
68A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled NMECHA to volley an effort over.
71ARNAUTOVIC headed just wide.
74A clumsy foul gets CLARKE-SALTER a yellow card.
77A fine ball from TAVERNIER on the left fell to CROOKS who scuffed his shot wide.
78ROOFE booked for a bad tackle.
80NMECHA dribbled round FAMILIA-CASTILLO and stabbed a poor shot over the bar.
82A penalty box scramble resulted in NMECHA knocking a low shot over.
83The stunned LONERGAN was a mere bystander as a backpass from MCNAIR dropped just wide.