England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Birmingham City and Middlesbrough, taking place on Monday, 02 January 2023, at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham.
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Birmingham City, Recent FormThe Birmingham City squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 1-0 home defeat against Hull City, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. In that game they had 44% possession and managed 8 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Hull City who had 15 attempts and 2 on target.
They have circumvented their opponent's defence to score 6 times in their last 6 league games but unfortunately haven't managed to lock things down at their end, conceding 10 goals in these games and, in the process, missing out on some valuable points. Unable to deliver a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games, it's fair to say they have their troubles at the back.
Having drawn 2 of their last 6 games they have at least put some points on the table, but they will not be overly happy with only 1 win.
Scott Hogan will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for Birmingham City.
Middlesbrough, Recent FormMiddlesbrough will be happy to take away 3 points from their last match, with an important 2-1 away win against Blackburn Rovers. They came away from that fixture with a 55% share of the possession and clocked up 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target, in comparison to Blackburn Rovers, who managed 9 attempts on goal, 5 of which were on target.
Their boss Michael Carrick has every reason to be happy with his side's attacking prowess of late, which has seen them net 14 goals in their last 6 matches; however, they may have some work to do in defence with 7 goals conceded across those matches. They have found it hard to grab league points away from home of late, primarily due to their back line shipping at least 1 goal in 12 of their last 13 away games.
They have had an excellent run of form recently, winning 5 out of their last 6 games.
Goalscorer Chuba Akpom will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 5 goals in his last 6 league matches for Middlesbrough.
It was one to forget for Birmingham City last time they met Middlesbrough in the league, falling to a 1-0 defeat.
The Birmingham defence has struggled in front of its own fans when The Boro have come to town, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 9 meetings at St. Andrew's Stadium. During the last 2 times these two teams have met in the league, Birmingham have been unable to break through The Boro's defence and find the back of the net. Middlesboro have a good attacking record away to The Blues in the league, having scored a total of 7 goals in their last 3 visits, which gives an average of 2.33 goals per game.
Birmingham has lost the last 2 times they've faced Middlesboro in the league.
Birmingham manager John Eustace has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Harlee Dean (Calf), Scott Hogan (Illness) and Przemysław Płacheta (Shin) are all currently out of contention for this game.
There is only really one injury concern for the Middlesboro manager Michael Carrick ahead of this clash, with Matt Clarke (Back) missing out, which gives Carrick a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Birmingham City Playing at home | Middlesbrough Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| 28' | Time first goal scored | 34' |
| 62' | Time first goal conceded | 26' |
| 1.8 | Yellow cards | 2.1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.6 | Subs used | 3.6 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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