Match Centre: Birmingham City vs Middlesbrough
Player of the match Matt Targett 8.2
GolVolt rating 5.0GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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3 of 3
Middlesbrough turned that many shots on target into goals with only 40% of the ball.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Race for the top places.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 60′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Targett scored the winner, keeper Brynn: 6 saves.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 6.4 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Race for the top places. Stakes: 9.1 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 5.8 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 5.0more watchable than 50% 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
4 goals6 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 13' Goal: Matt Targettassist: Morris0:1
- 26' Goal: Matt Targettassist: Hackney0:2
- Half-time · 0:2
- 48' Goal: Marvin Duckschassist: Stansfield1:2
- 58' Tomoki Iwatayellow card
- 60' Goal: David Strelecassist: Ayling1:3
- 61' SubstitutionWhittaker for Strelec
- 64' SubstitutionVicente for Roberts
- 65' SubstitutionPriske for Stansfield
- 66' Tommy Conwayyellow card
- 72' 2 substitutionsOsman for Osayi-SamuelPaik for Gray
- 74' SubstitutionBrowne for McGree
- 75' SubstitutionSarmiento for Conway
- 84' SubstitutionLaird for Panzo
- 85' Sol Brynnyellow card
- 90' Adilson Malandayellow card
- 90+1' Ethan Lairdyellow card
- 90+1' SubstitutionGilbert for Hackney
- 90+4' Callum Brittainyellow card
- Full-time · 1:3
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Birmingham City
Middlesbrough
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Birmingham City
- 21 Ryan Allsop GK —
- 2 Ethan Laird DEF on
- 5 Phil Neumann DEF —
- 8 Seung-ho Paik MID on
- 27 Kanya Fujimoto MID —
- 9 Kyogo Furuhashi ATT —
- 17 Ibrahim Osman ATT on
- 23 Carlos Vicente ATT on
- 29 August Priske ATT on
Middlesbrough
- 32 Joe Wildsmith GK —
- 15 Finley Munroe DEF —
- 25 George Edmundson DEF —
- 16 Alan Browne MID on
- 45 Jeremy Sarmiento MID on
- 11 Morgan Whittaker ATT on
- 14 Alex Gilbert ATT on
- 20 Kaly Sène ATT —
- 27 Sontje Hansen ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Middlesbrough Matt Targett
- 2. place · Middlesbrough Luke Ayling
- 3. place · Middlesbrough Aidan Morris
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