Birmingham vs Middlesbrough predicted line-ups
Championship · Sat 19 Sept
Starting XI
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off
Birmingham
4-2-3-1Formation· Coach: H. Redknapp

Middlesbrough
4-2-3-1Formation· Coach: Unknown
- 31S. Brynn
- 12L. Ayling
- 2C. Brittain
- 29A. Malanda
- 30Neto Borges
- 6S. Berhalter
- 22K. Joseph
- 16J. Sarmiento
- 11M. Whittaker
- 46F. Cartwright
- 19Leo Castledine
- 28J. Stansfield
- 14J. Solis
- 10D. Gray
- 16P. Roberts
- 24T. Iwata
- 8Paik Seung-Ho
- 20A. Cochrane
- 23D. Fry
- 4C. Klarer
- 25K. Lund
- 21R. Allsop
Bench
- 1J. Beadle
- 5P. Neumann
- 26B. Osayi-Samuel
- 7Carlos Vicente
- 32L. Vázquez
- 11S. Wright
- 48Bradley Mayo
Out
- P. Roberts · Health problems
- S. Wright · Off the roster
- J. E. Solis Romero · Inactive
- D. Gray · Injury
- M. Bird · Inactive
- T. Gardner-Hickman · Injury
- K. Fujimoto · Injury
- M. Ducksch · Calf Injury
Bench
- 1R. Vítek
- 17M. Arfsten
- 7W. Lankshear
- 33J. McLaughlin
- 50J. Daley
- 25G. Edmundson
- 11G. McCormick
Out
- J. Sarmiento · Inactive
- R. Pukstas · Transfer negotiations
- A. Phillips · Lacking Match Fitness
- M. Peart-Harris · Inactive
- R. McGree · Inactive
- A. Jones · Inactive
- D. Strelec · Transfer negotiations
- A. Morris · Injury
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Line-up questions
When are the official Birmingham vs Middlesbrough line-ups published?
Clubs in the Championship release the team sheet about 60 minutes before kick-off. This page refreshes every few minutes inside that window and swaps the predicted XI for the confirmed one.
How is the probable XI predicted?
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Does the line-up change the prediction?
Yes. Line-ups feed the prediction model: when a key starter is confirmed out, the win probabilities, expected goals and the projected score are regenerated.
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