Stoke City vs Middlesbrough

Championship · Jan 21, 2026 · 20:00

Final score: Stoke City 1–2 Middlesbrough

Standings

• Stoke City: #17 · 55 Pts · 46 P (15W 10D 21L)
• Middlesbrough: #5 · 80 Pts · 46 P (22W 14D 10L)

Recent form

Stoke City

• D Jan 17, 2026: Stoke City 0–0 QPR
• W Jan 10, 2026: Stoke City 1–0 Coventry
• W Jan 4, 2026: Norwich 0–2 Stoke City
• W Jan 1, 2026: Hull City 0–1 Stoke City
• L Dec 29, 2025: Stoke City 1–2 Sheffield Utd

Middlesbrough

• W Jan 16, 2026: West Brom 2–3 Middlesbrough
• L Jan 10, 2026: Fulham 3–1 Middlesbrough
• W Jan 4, 2026: Middlesbrough 4–0 Southampton
• L Jan 1, 2026: Derby 1–0 Middlesbrough
• L Dec 29, 2025: Middlesbrough 0–1 Hull City

Head-to-head

• 2026-01-21T20:00:00+00:00: Stoke City 1–2 Middlesbrough
• 2025-09-30T18:45:00+00:00: Middlesbrough 0–0 Stoke City
• 2025-02-25T19:45:00+00:00: Stoke City 1–3 Middlesbrough
• 2024-09-28T14:00:00+00:00: Middlesbrough 2–0 Stoke City
• 2024-08-27T18:15:00+00:00: Middlesbrough 0–5 Stoke City

Match events

• 15' Goal Normal Goal — T. Rigo (Stoke City) (assists: L. Cisse)
• 45'+2 Card Yellow Card — Bosun Lawal (Stoke City)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — A. Gilbert (Middlesbrough) (assists: D. Burgzorg)
• 46' subst Substitution 2 — S. Silvera (Middlesbrough) (assists: L. Castledine)
• 48' Goal Normal Goal — A. Browne (Middlesbrough) (assists: M. Whittaker)
• 52' Card Yellow Card — Luke Ayling (Middlesbrough)
• 59' Goal Normal Goal — T. Conway (Middlesbrough) (assists: A. Browne)
• 66' Card Yellow Card — Ben Pearson (Stoke City)
• 67' subst Substitution 1 — M. Manhoef (Stoke City) (assists: T. Seko)
• 75' subst Substitution 2 — B. Pearson (Stoke City) (assists: E. Bocat)
• 77' Card Yellow Card — Bosun Lawal (Stoke City)
• 77' Card Red Card — Bosun Lawal (Stoke City)
• 79' subst Substitution 3 — M. Whittaker (Middlesbrough) (assists: S. Nypan)
• 90'+2 subst Substitution 4 — T. Conway (Middlesbrough) (assists: D. Fry)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 4 — 7
• Shots off Goal: 4 — 4
• Total Shots: 10 — 16
• Blocked Shots: 2 — 5
• Shots insidebox: 7 — 8
• Shots outsidebox: 3 — 8
• Fouls: 11 — 10
• Corner Kicks: 5 — 4
• Offsides: 2 — 4
• Ball Possession: 40% — 60%
• Yellow Cards: 3 — 1
• Red Cards: 1 — 0
• Goalkeeper Saves: 5 — 3
• Total passes: 332 — 497
• Passes accurate: 256 — 416
• Passes %: 77% — 84%
• expected_goals: 0.81 — 1.22
• goals_prevented: -0.37 — -0.37

Injuries

Stoke City

• L. Baker — Ankle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• R. Bozenik — Shoulder Injury (Missing Fixture)
• S. Gallagher — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• B. Gibson — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• V. Johansson — Shoulder Injury (Missing Fixture)
• J. Tchamadeu — Injury (Missing Fixture)

Middlesbrough

• A. Bangura — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• C. Brittain — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• G. Edmundson — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• A. Jones — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• D. Lenihan — Achilles Tendon Injury (Missing Fixture)
• R. McGree — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• M. K. Sene — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• D. Strelec — Inactive (Missing Fixture)