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Birmingham City and Middlesbrough meet at St. Andrew’s Stadium, in a match for the 36th round of the Championship. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league on 22-11-2017, Middlesbrough won at home against (2-0). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations indicates total equilibrium between these two teams, since there were 3 draws in the last 3 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 04-24-2016, for the Championship, which ended in a draw by (2-2). The goals of the match were scored by S. Gleeson (33 ‘) and D. Davis (68’), for Birmingham City, and J. Rhodes (40 ‘) and G. Ramírez (57’), for Middlesbrough. In spite of being a match between 23º and 7º of the table, in fact it is a confrontation between the 20º classified in parties in house and the 11º as visitor.
Birmingham City:
The home team is currently in the 23rd position, with 30 points won, after 8 wins, 6 draws and 21 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Barnsley, by (0-2). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Nottingham Forest, by (2-1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 10 points in away matches, with 12 goals scored and 33 conceded, against 20 points won at their stadium, with 11 goals scored and 20 conceded. In their last 10 home matches for the championship Birmingham City won 3 and lost 7, so they won 9 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (7 out of 17 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it has not been very strong defensively. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 12 of the last 17 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 35 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 21 times and only managed 1 comeback.
The Birmingham City comes to this game with a defeat on the grounds of Nottingham Forest, 2-1, adding in this way the fifth rebuff followed in the championship. In this game against his fans, coach Steve Cotterill must not make major changes compared to the previous eleven, Maghoma being the main responsible for organizing the offensive process. On the other hand, Sam Gallaher is the best marker of Birmingham City in the championship, with 6 goals scored. Without great surprises, the local team exhibits enormous difficulties in the maintenance of the possession of the ball and in the finalization. For this game the coach does not have the injured Isaac Vassell.
Middlesbrough:
After 16 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses, the away team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 55 points won. In the last match, they have won at home against Leeds United by (3-0), after in the previous match they have tied tied in an away match against Sunderland, by (3-3). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 22 points in away matches and 33 at their stadium, with 26 goals scored and 21 conceded at home, against 23 goals scored and 13 conceded at home. For the league, Middlesbrough won 13 points out of 30 possible points, after 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (7 out of 18 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it was not very strong defensively. In 35 matches in this competition, he only managed 2 comebacks in the 18 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Middlesbrough arrive at this motivated day, after having won a home victory over Leeds, by 3-0, thus totaling the third consecutive game without losing in the championship. Despite playing away from home, coach Tony Pulis must maintain his usual tactical scheme, that is, 4-3-3, benefiting possession of the ball and attacks organized by the flanks. It is important to underline that the great highlight of this team is forward Britt Assombalonga, player who scored 12 goals and made 2 assists. For this game the foreign trainer can not use the injured Leadbitter, Fábio and Gestede.
Birmingham vs Middlesbrough head to head matches
22.11.17 CHA Middlesbrough Birmingham 2 : 0
29.04.16 CHA Birmingham Middlesbrough 2 : 2
12.12.15 CHA Middlesbrough Birmingham 0 : 0
18.02.15 CHA Birmingham Middlesbrough 1 : 1
09.08.14 CHA Middlesbrough Birmingham 2 : 0