Match Centre: Birmingham City vs Middlesbrough
Millar 55′McGree 59′ (og)
Arfsten 45′Malanda 88′
Player of the match Max Arfsten 7.6
GolVolt rating 9.2GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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13 → 11
Birmingham City climb 2 places in the table. Middlesbrough: 4 → 3.
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+3' · 2:2Birmingham City 5%draw 90%Middlesbrough 6%
90+3' · 2:2xG Birmingham City 1.29xG Middlesbrough 2.16
90+3' · 2:2Last 10 minutes: Middlesbrough pressing (6:2 dangerous attacks)
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Equaliser at 88′, xG 3.7.
- Dramaweight 50% Equaliser at 88′.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.4 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Malanda rescued a point.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 6.6 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A lot was at stake before kick-off. Stakes: 8.1 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% xG 3.7. Quality of play: 7.1 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.2more watchable than 92% 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 goals2 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 24' Luis Vázquezyellow card · foul
- 45' Goal: Max Arfstenright foot · assist: Cozier-Duberry0:1
- Half-time · 0:1
- 55' Goal: Liam Millarleft foot · assist: Solís1:1
- 59' Goal: Riley McGreeown goal · own goal2:1
- 63' 2 substitutionsBerhalter for McGreeConway for Peart-Harris
- 71' SubstitutionDucksch for Vázquez
- 74' SubstitutionSarmiento for Cozier-Duberry
- 83' SubstitutionPaik for Stansfield
- 86' 2 substitutionsBorges for ArfstenJoseph for Phillips
- 88' Phil Neumannyellow card · dissent
- 88' Goal: Adilson Malandaright foot2:2
- 90+1' SubstitutionRoberts for Vicente
- Full-time · 2:2
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 —
- 3 Lee Buchanan DEF —
- 23 Dael Fry DEF —
- 25 Kristoffer Lund DEF —
- 8 Seung-ho Paik MID on
- 16 Patrick Roberts MID on
- 40 Menzi Mazwi MID —
- 33 Marvin Ducksch ATT on
Middlesbrough
- 31 Sol Brynn GK —
- 3 Sam Byram DEF —
- 30 Neto Borges DEF on
- 6 Sebastian Berhalter MID on
- 21 Rokas Pukstas MID —
- 9 Tommy Conway ATT on
- 13 David Strelec ATT —
- 16 Jeremy Sarmiento ATT on
- 22 Kyle Joseph ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Middlesbrough Max Arfsten
- 2. place · Birmingham City Liam Millar
- 3. place · Middlesbrough Adilson Malanda
Birmingham City
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Birmingham City · 2 out
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Marc Leonard Injured
since 9 May · until 31 Dec · 15 matches missed · Achilles tendon rupture
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Max Bird Injured
since 18 Sep 2025 · return date unknown · 58 matches missed · Calf Injury
Middlesbrough
No absences listed.
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.