Boro vs Birmingham 2022-23 English League Championship, Regular Season

23': Chuba Akpom

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1 - 0

Introduction

Middlesbrough are hosting Birmingham City at Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
13': Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
15': Patrick McNair (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
23': Goal! Middlesbrough 1, Birmingham City 0. Chuba Akpom (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner following a corner.
29': Anfernee Dijksteel (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Birmingham City. Hannibal Mejbri replaces Juninho Bacuna.
63': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Riley McGree replaces Hayden Hackney.
70': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Darragh Lenihan replaces Ryan Giles.
70': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Marcus Forss replaces Chuba Akpom.
79': Substitution, Birmingham City. George Hall replaces Krystian Bielik.
79': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Troy Deeney.
82': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Duncan Watmore replaces Rodrigo Muniz.
82': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Tommy Smith replaces Anfernee Dijksteel.
88': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jobe Bellingham replaces Tahith Chong.
88': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan James replaces Maxime Colin.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Riverside Stadium
Location: Middlesbrough, England
Attendance: 22,374

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+32	Ipswich Town	43	89	6
+41	Leicester City	42	88	10
+42	Leeds United	43	87	8
+30	Southampton	42	84	8

Full Table

Statistics

BIR		MID
10	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
6	Corner Kicks	6
2	Saves	4
54	Possession	46
13	SHOTS	13
4	ON GOAL	3
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
282	Accurate Passes	221
367	Passes	307
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
4	Accurate Crosses	8
21	Crosses	27
0.2	Cross %	0.3
55	Long Balls	59
25	Accurate Long Balls	16
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
6	Blocked Shots	5
9	Effective Tackles	6
10	Tackles	7
0.9	Tackle %	0.9
10	Interceptions	10
19	Effective Clearances	24
19	Clearances	24

Line-Ups

Middlesbrough (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Zack Steffen (GK)
6	Dael Fry
27	Marc Bola
17	Paddy McNair
30	Hayden Hackney
25	Matt Crooks
16	Jonathan Howson
3	Ryan Giles
15	Anfernee Dijksteel
9	Rodrigo Muniz
29	Chuba Akpom

Substitutes:

Duncan Watmore, Alex Mowatt, Marcus Forss, Tommy Smith, Darragh Lenihan, Liam Roberts, Riley McGree.

Birmingham City (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
21	John Ruddy (GK)
28	Dion Sanderson
5	Auston Trusty
2	Maxime Colin
18	Tahith Chong
31	Krystian Bielik
7	Juninho Bacuna
23	Emmanuel Longelo
11	Jordan Graham
9	Scott Hogan
8	Troy Deeney