GolVolt — Middlesbrough vs Birmingham City: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Player in form

Will Lankshear: 7 goals in 5 league matches

Goals7 xG3.46

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 3.5).

Streak

Middlesbrough unbeaten in 8 matches

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 5 wins and 3 draws. Last defeat: 8 September, 0:3 against Crystal Palace.

Last time

Last meeting, 19 September: Birmingham City – Middlesbrough 2:2

WWD

Middlesbrough are unbeaten in the last 3 meetings.

Streak

Middlesbrough have scored in 8 matches in a row

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 22 goals in those matches.

Player in form

August Priske Flyger: 5 goals in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG2.79

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 2.8).

Players to watch

Championship, this season.

Will Lankshear

Middlesbrough · forward

13goals 0assists 7.39avg rating

Last match, Charlton Athletic: 2 goals, rating 8.4.

Liam Millar

Birmingham City · midfielder

4goals 3assists 7.25avg rating

Last match, Lincoln City: rating 6.5.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Middlesbrough at home and Birmingham City away, as in this match.

Middlesbrough

at home · 10

7W3D0L2.3scored per match1.0conceded per match

Birmingham City

away · 10

5W3D2L1.2scored per match0.8conceded per match

Head to head

3 meetings since 2025.

Last time · 19 Sep 2026 · Championship Birmingham City 2:2 Middlesbrough Millar 55' · McGree 59' (s) · Arfsten 45' · Malanda 88'

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1 draw3.7 goals per match · both scored in 3 of 3

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Middlesbrough (4-2-3-1, last: Charlton Athletic) · Birmingham City (4-2-3-1, last: Lincoln City).

Official around 15:00, Sat 20 Feb

RVVitek CBBrittain APPhillips AMMalanda NBBorges SBBerhalter AMMorris ADCozier-Duberry RMMcGree TCConway WLLankshear JBBeadle ACCochrane CKKlarer PNNeumann ELLaird JSSolís TIIwata LMMillar JSStansfield PRRoberts AFFlyger

MiddlesbroughBirmingham City

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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