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Stoke City vs Middlesbrough
25 Feb 2025, 19:45 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
Andy DaviesChampionship 2024/2025 · 19 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Stoke CityMin
Middlesbrough- 20′⚽
Marcus Forss 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Morgan Whittaker
Left foot shot
- ⚽
Jun-ho Bae 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Andrew Moran
Right foot shot
45′ - 49′⇄
Luke Ayling
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: George Edmundson
- 52′⚽
Finn Azaz 1-2
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Tommy Conway
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Sam Gallagher
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Nathan Lowe
61′ - ⇄
Lewis Koumas
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Million Manhoef
62′ - 68′⇄
Delano Burgzorg
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Marcus Forss
- ⇄
Ben Pearson
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Tatsuki Seko
70′ - ⇄
Junior Tchamadeu
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Ben Wilmot
70′ - 73′⚽
Tommy Conway 1-3
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Finn Azaz
Right foot shot
- 75′
Neto Borges
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Eric-Junior Bocat
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Michael Rose
76′ Stoke City
Yellowcard
Argument
78′- 78′
Middlesbrough
Yellowcard
Argument
Andrew Moran
Yellowcard
Foul
83′- 87′⇄
Ryan Giles
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Tommy Conway
- 87′⇄
Samuel Iling-Junior
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Finn Azaz
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.29 | |
| 70 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.51 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 7.11 | |
| 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.64 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.99 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 7.27 | |
| 70 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.54 | |
| 62 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 5.94 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 6.82 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 7.38 | |
| 61 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 6.95 | |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.55 | |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.86 | |
| 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.69 | |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.62 | |
| 29 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.32 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Stoke City
Latest: Swansea City · 3–1
Match stats
15 Feb 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Swansea City · 2024/2025
Middlesbrough
Latest: Bristol City · 1–2
Match stats
21 Feb 2025, 19:45 · Away vs Bristol City · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Stoke City’s ground: 10 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Stoke City’s home games with Middlesbrough’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Stoke City
Assists
Yellow cards
Tackles
Middlesbrough
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Stoke City
Middlesbrough
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Stoke City
Middlesbrough
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Stoke City
Middlesbrough
Previous meetings
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