This could be an absorbing game as Birmingham City have their presumed home advantage, while Middlesbrough have an edge of 4 points in the Championship table.
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Middlesbrough have the most points from losing position (15) in Championship
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Birmingham City form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Birmingham City at their home stadium (St. Andrew's Stadium) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 234 minutes without scoring a league goal. Chong was the last player to find the net.
The Birmingham City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Hull City here at St. Andrew's Stadium.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Burnley (0-3).Birmingham City has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches.
Middlesbrough form and stats
5-1-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Middlesbrough in their Championship matches away.
Middlesbrough play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Blackburn Rovers (placed 3rd). Midfield player Forss was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Forss scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Wigan Athletic.Take note that 10 of this team's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
Middlesbrough has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. As for defending, Middlesbrough rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Middlesbrough - Birmingham 1-0 was the result in these participants' last head to head match, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Birmingham City victories, one draw and six Middlesbrough wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Akpom 12 goals |   S. Hogan 9 goals |  T. Deeney 5 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Birmingham City | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 26 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 38 |
| 26 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | 32 |
| 84% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 64% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 85% | 76% |
| 40% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 77% | 64% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 38% | 32% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 15% | 16% |
| 44% | 54% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 69% | 68% |
| 32% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 20% |
| 40% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 23% | 20% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.8 | 12.3 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 49% | 41% |
| 11.9 | 11 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.5 | 9.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | 3.5 |
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Middlesbrough have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have the most points from losing position (15) in Championship
- Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 26 | 53 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 50 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 39 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Watford | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 37 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | Norwich City | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Millwall | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 36 |
| 10 | Reading | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -6 | 36 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 12 | Swansea City | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 34 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -3 | 34 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 32 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -5 | 30 |
| 18 | Hull City | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -13 | 30 |
| 19 | Bristol City | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 28 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 28 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 27 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 25 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -17 | 24 |
- Birmingham City
- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)
- Middlesbrough FC
- Teesside Live - (local newspaper)
- The Northern Echo - (local newspaper)
