22nd- against 15th spot might not feel all that steamy. But look: Tipsway has the details that makes Middlesbrough - Birmingham City (even) more action-packed!
- Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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.
Middlesbrough form and stats
Middlesbrough have played 6 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Rodrigo was the last player to score a league goal for Middlesbrough and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Middlesbrough haven't scored in 193 minutes.
The supporters are hoping that Middlesbrough will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Coventry City (placed 24th). Midfield player Howson got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Howson hit one key pass.
In the match before that, Middlesbrough hosted Rotherham United and drew the game 0-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Middlesbrough's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 3.
The manager Wilder will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Millwall in only three days.
The Middlesbrough fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Middlesbrough's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Birmingham City form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Birmingham City playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sheffield United (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Attacker Deeney got a player rating of 7.94 in the game. "Man of the match" Deeney scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Coventry City.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Birmingham City playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bristol City in just three days.
The attacking power of Birmingham City when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Middlesbrough six wins, one draw and Birmingham City three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hogan 5 goals |   D. Watmore 2 goals | M. Crooks 2 goals |
Middlesbrough missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Middlesbrough | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 91% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 64% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 27% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 9% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 9% |
| 64% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 45% |
| 18% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 27% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 6.5 | 6.3 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 10 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 8 | 9.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 38% | 30% |
| 8.3 | 6.5 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 15.3 | 13.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
- Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Reading | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 4 | Burnley | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | Watford | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Millwall | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Hull City | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 6 |
- Middlesbrough FC
- Teesside Live - (local newspaper)
- The Northern Echo - (local newspaper)
- Birmingham City
- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)
