BIRMINGHAM. Middlesbrough tops Birmingham City 1-0 after R. McGree scored just 1 goal (17′).

The match was played at the St. Andrew’s Stadium stadium in Birmingham on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 17,829 spectators.​ The referee was Andy Davies with the support of Graham Kane and James Wilson. The 4th official was Jeremy Simpson. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.03 degrees Celsius or 50.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Birmingham City was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Middlesbrough that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Birmingham City was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyway, Middlesbrough was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Birmingham City shot 9 times, 0 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Middlesbrough shot 12 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Birmingham City didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards (Emmanuel Latte Lath and Jonathan Howson).

Standings

After this match, Birmingham City stays with 39 points like Queens Park Rangers to sit in the 21st place. Regarding the opposition, Middlesbrough will has 53 points like Preston North End and Cardiff City to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Birmingham City will host Watford on the 16th of March with a 9-4 head to head in favor of Watford (2 draws).

Middlesbrough will host Blackburn Rovers on the 16th of March with a 13-4 head to head in favor of Blackburn Rovers (11 draws).

Birmingham City – Formation

Birmingham City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Tony Mowbray decided to play with the following team: John Ruddy (6.6), Ethan Laird (7.0), Emanuel Aiwu (7.0), Marc Roberts (6.8), Lee Buchanan (7.5), Andre Dozzell (6.8), Seung-ho Paik (7.8), Koji Miyoshi (6.4), Alex Pritchard (6.4), Jordan James (7.0) and Jay Stansfield (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: J. Bacuna (6.8), Cody Drameh (7.9), Ivan Šunjić, Neil Etheridge , Tyler Roberts (6.7), Lukas Jutkiewicz (6.7), Gary Gardner, Emmanuel Longelo and George Hall (6.3).

Birmingham City could not rely on the presence of Cody Drameh (injured).

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 5 changes: Marc Roberts for Cody Drameh (19′), Andre Dozzell for J. Bacuna (46′), Koji Miyoshi for George Hall (46′), Jordan James for Lukas Jutkiewicz (70′) and Alex Pritchard for Tyler Roberts (78′).

Player of the match: Cody Drameh​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Birmingham City was Cody Drameh.

His rating is 7.9 with 37 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

His performance was exceptional also because he commenced the encounter from the bench before entering in the 19′.

Middlesbrough – Formation

Middlesbrough started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Michael Carrick played with: Seny Dieng (6.4), Paddy McNair (7.3), Rav van den Berg (7.5), Matthew Clarke (7.5), Luke Ayling (7.0), Jonathan Howson (6.4), Lewis O’Brien (7.7), Lukas Engel (7.5), Riley McGree (7.7), Marcus Forss (6.8) and Emmanuel Latte Lath (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Daniel Barlaser, Isaiah Jones, Alexander Gilbert, Anfernee Dijksteel, Sam Silvera, Finn Azaz (6.8), Tom Glover, Sam Greenwood (6.8) and Luke Thomas.

Substitutions

Middlesbrough made 2 changes: Marcus Forss for Sam Greenwood (66′) and Riley McGree for Finn Azaz (73′).

Player of the match: Riley McGree​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Middlesbrough was Riley McGree.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 27 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Birmingham City – Middlesbrough – 0-1