Match Centre: Middlesbrough vs Birmingham City
Player of the match Dael Fry 7.6
GolVolt rating 5.2GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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4 → 2
Middlesbrough climb 2 places in the table. Birmingham City: 10 → 11.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 83′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 83′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 5.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Hackney scored the winner.Nobody stood out. Heroes: 1.4 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A lot was at stake before kick-off. Stakes: 6.8 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 5.0 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 5.2more watchable than 52% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals2 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 5' SubstitutionLeonard for Paik
- 17' Goal: Dael Fryassist: Brittain1:0
- 26' SubstitutionSilvera for Fry
- 29' Goal: Demarai GrayBirmingham City1:1
- 30' Luke Aylingyellow card
- 45+5' Goal: Hayden Hackneyassist: Morris2:1
- Half-time · 2:1
- 57' 2 substitutionsAnderson for GrayFuruhashi for Ducksch
- 60' SubstitutionMcCormick for Targett
- 61' 2 substitutionsNypan for McGreeSène for Whittaker
- 80' 2 substitutionsDykes for IwataKoumas for Roberts
- 86' SubstitutionBurgzorg for Conway
- 90+3' James Beadleyellow card
- Full-time · 2:1
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Middlesbrough
Birmingham City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Middlesbrough
- 33 Jon McLaughlin GK —
- 24 Alex Bangura DEF —
- 40 George McCormick DEF on
- 19 Sverre Nypan MID on
- 10 Delano Burgzorg ATT on
- 13 David Strelec ATT —
- 14 Alex Gilbert ATT —
- 20 Kaly Sène ATT on
- 22 Sam Silvera ATT on
Birmingham City
- 21 Ryan Allsop GK —
- 6 Jack Robinson DEF —
- 26 Bright Osayi-Samuel DEF —
- 41 Eiran Cashin DEF —
- 12 Marc Leonard MID on
- 14 Keshi Anderson MID on
- 9 Kyogo Furuhashi ATT on
- 17 Lyndon Dykes ATT on
- 30 Lewis Koumas ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Middlesbrough Dael Fry
- 2. place · Birmingham City Demarai Gray
- 3. place · Middlesbrough Callum Brittain
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