1 BIR

3 MID

BIR 1

3 MID

Birmingham
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Middlesbrough

Championship, Round 35
Monday, March 2, 2026 8:00 PM
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park

Result

1-3

Match Recap

Matthew Targett 13'

Matthew Targett 26'

M. Ducksch 49'

David Strelec 60'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 3

90+4'

Callum Brittain

Yellow Card

Ethan Laird

Yellow Card

90+1'

Alexander Gilbert

Hayden Hackney

90'

Adilson Malanda

Yellow Card

85'

Solomon Brynn

Yellow Card

Ethan Laird

Jonathan Panzo

84'

74'

A. Browne

Riley McGree

74'

J. Sarmiento

Tommy Conway

Paik Seung-Ho

Demarai Gray

72'

Ibrahim Osman

Bright Osayi-Samuel

72'

67'

Tommy Conway

Yellow Card

C. Vicente

P. Roberts

64'

August Priske

Jay Stansfield

64'

61'

Morgan Whittaker

David Strelec

60'

David Strelec

Luke Ayling

Tomoki Iwata

Yellow Card

58'

M. Ducksch

Jay Stansfield

49'

First Half 0 - 2

26'

Matthew Targett

Hayden Hackney

13'

Matthew Targett

Aidan Morris

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

59%

41%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

0.62

1.06

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 35
Date	March 2, 2026
Time	20:00
Venue	St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park
Result	1 - 3

Lineups

Birmingham

25. J. Beadle James Beadle

26. B. Osayi-Samuel Bright Osayi-Samuel

4. C. Klarer C. Klarer

37. J. Panzo Jonathan Panzo

31. K. Wagner Kai Wagner

24. T. Iwata Tomoki Iwata

7. T. Doyle Thomas Doyle

16. P. Roberts P. Roberts

33. M. Ducksch M. Ducksch

10. D. Gray Demarai Gray

28. J. Stansfield Jay Stansfield

9. T. Conway Tommy Conway

13. D. Strelec David Strelec

8. R. McGree Riley McGree

3. M. Targett Matthew Targett

7. H. Hackney Hayden Hackney

18. A. Morris Aidan Morris

2. C. Brittain Callum Brittain

29. A. Malanda Adilson Malanda

6. D. Fry Dael Fry

12. L. Ayling Luke Ayling

31. S. Brynn Solomon Brynn

Middlesbrough

Substitutes

Birmingham

Middlesbrough

Unused Players

Birmingham

Middlesbrough

Form before the match

Birmingham

Middlesbrough

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

November 8, 2025

Middlesbrough

Birmingham

Championship 2023/24

March 12, 2024

Birmingham

Middlesbrough

October 21, 2023

Middlesbrough

Birmingham

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	38	23	8	7	78	40	38	77
2	Middlesbrough	38	20	10	8	59	37	22	70
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	37	20	8	9	51	41	10	68
4	Ipswich	36	18	11	7	64	38	26	65
5	Hull City	37	19	6	12	59	53	6	63
6	Wrexham	37	16	12	9	57	47	10	60

7	Southampton	37	15	12	10	60	48	12	57
8	Derby	37	15	9	13	54	48	6	54
9	Watford	36	13	13	10	46	42	4	52
10	Birmingham	37	14	10	13	47	47	0	52
11	Swansea	38	15	7	16	44	46	-2	52
12	Bristol City	38	14	9	15	49	49	0	51
13	Sheffield Utd	37	15	4	18	52	51	1	49
14	Preston	37	12	13	12	42	46	-4	49
15	Norwich	36	14	6	16	49	45	4	48
16	Stoke City	37	13	9	15	42	39	3	48
17	Charlton	38	12	12	14	36	45	-9	48
18	QPR	37	13	8	16	46	59	-13	47
19	Portsmouth	36	10	10	16	36	47	-11	40
20	Oxford United	38	9	12	17	36	49	-13	39
21	Blackburn	37	10	9	18	34	48	-14	39
Relegation
22	Leicester	37	11	11	15	50	57	-7	38
23	West Brom	37	9	10	18	36	54	-18	37
24	Sheffield Wednesday	37	1	9	27	23	74	-51	-6

Updated March 2, 2026 9:58 PM