Line-ups

Birmingham vs Middlesbrough predicted line-ups

Championship · Sat 19 Sept

Birmingham4-2-3-1 · Home
14:00
Sat 19 Sept · Regular Season - 8
Middlesbrough4-2-3-1 · Away
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off

Starting XI

Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off

Birmingham

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Middlesbrough

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  1. 31S. Brynn
  1. 12L. Ayling
  2. 2C. Brittain
  3. 29A. Malanda
  4. 30Neto Borges
  1. 6S. Berhalter
  2. 22K. Joseph
  1. 16J. Sarmiento
  2. 11M. Whittaker
  3. 46F. Cartwright
  1. 19Leo Castledine
  1. 28J. Stansfield
  1. 14J. Solis
  2. 10D. Gray
  3. 16P. Roberts
  1. 24T. Iwata
  2. 8Paik Seung-Ho
  1. 20A. Cochrane
  2. 23D. Fry
  3. 4C. Klarer
  4. 25K. Lund
  1. 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.