Our prediction for this Championship match:
Birmingham City
Match Time & Date:
12/01/2019
10:00 AM
Prediction: 1-1
Middlesbrough
As expected, Birmingham City suffered elimination in the FA Cup at the weekend, with the team losing to Premier League side West Ham in London. The Blues will be fully focused on the Championship in the remainder of the season and they will surely give 100% to book their place in the play-offs. Birmingham City are on a five-game unbeaten run in the English second tier, but they will have a big fish to fry in Saturday’s football game against Middlesbrough, who are eyeing automatic promotion to the Premier League. The Boro rolled over Peterborough 5-0 in the FA Cup at the weekend, which surely helped them regain a much-needed confidence. Tony Pulis’ men aim to move a little closer to top two in the standings, but seeing that the Blues have been in a fine form of late, we are tempted to put our money on draw.
Birmingham City vs Middlesbrough H2H
Birmingham City
58%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
50%
Curent Form
Middlesbrough
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Average Goals Per Match
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Average Goals Per Match
Birmingham City vs Middlesbrough H2H Last Matches
11/08/18
Middlesbrough
Birmingham City
06/03/18
Birmingham City
Middlesbrough
22/11/17
Middlesbrough
Birmingham City
Total Score
Birmingham City
Middlesbrough
Birmingham City vs Middlesbrough H2H
BIR
58%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
50%
Curent Form
MID
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Avg Goals/Match
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Avg Goals/Match
Birmingham City vs Middlesbrough H2H Last Matches
11/08/18
MID
BIR
06/03/18
BIR
MID
22/11/17
MID
BIR
Total Score
BIR
MID
Highlighted Player (Maikel Kieftenbeld):
Maikel Kieftenbeld is a defensive midfielder who plays for Birmingham City. The Dutch footballer was born on 26 June, 1990 and he made his senior debut for Go Ahead Eagles on 8 August 2008. Kieftenbeld played 63 matches for Go Ahead Eagles and scored three goals for the Dutch team.
After ending his spell with the Adelaarshorts outfit, he joined Groningen on 17 June, 2010 on a four-year deal. The Eredivisie club paid a €300,000 fee for the midfielder and it has to be noted that he spent five years at Euroborg stadium. Maikel Kieftenbeld then signed a three-year contract with Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee. The Dutch footballer scored three goals in 42 appearances for the Blues in the 2015/2016 Championship campaign.
Kieftenbeld was born in Dalfsen where he attended Heilig Hartschool. His mother Anja played volleyball, while his father Joop worked as a football coach. The Birmingham City midfielder is well known for his ability to pass the ball quickly to his teammates, but for his hard tackles as well.
Highlighted Team (Middlesbrough):
Middlesbrough is a professional football club that have been balancing between the top two divisions of England’s league system in the modern history. Boro have been playing their home games at the Riverside Stadium since 1995 and their shirt colour is red. The capacity of the Riverside Stadium is 34,742. Middlesbrough impressed in the 2015/2016 Championship campaign and they did really well to secure promotion to the English top flight. Newcastle United and Sunderland are regarded as the club’s main rivals, but there is a rivalry with Leeds United as well.
Middlesbrough made it to the FA Cup final in 1997, but Chelsea proved to be a big catch for the Boro in the title game (0-2). However, the Riverside Stadium outfit did remarkably well to win the League Cup trophy in 2004, with the team beating Bolton Wanderers in the final. George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Juninho Paulista, Gareth Southgate, Jonathan Woodgate, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Tuncay Sanli and Hamilton Ricard are the star footballers who left their mark at Middlesbrough.
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