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Middlesbrough vs Stoke City
30 Sept 2025, 19:45 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
David WebbChampionship 2025/2026 · 26 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
MiddlesbroughMin
Stoke City- ⇄
Sam Silvera
Substitution
Off: George Edmundson
7′ Sam Silvera
Yellowcard
Foul
13′Tommy Conway
Yellowcard
Simulation
32′- 46′⇄
Million Manhoef
Substitution
Off: Lamine Cissé
- 46′⇄
Tomas Rigo
Substitution
Off: Ben Pearson
- ⇄
Sontje Hansen
Substitution
Off: Aidan Morris
65′ - ⇄
Kaly Sène
Substitution
Off: David Strelec
65′ - 74′⇄
Divin Mubama
Substitution
Off: Róbert Boženík
- 77′⇄
Junior Tchamadeu
Substitution
Off: Bosun Lawal
- ⇄
Dael Fry
Substitution
Off: Sverre Nypan
82′ - ⇄
Abdoulaye Kanté
Substitution
Off: Tommy Conway
82′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7.75 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.95 | |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.62 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.29 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7.30 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | — | 7.75 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 7.40 | |
| 65 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | 7.30 | |
| 82 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 6.65 | |
| 65 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 7.01 | |
| 82 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.52 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.53 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.80 | |
| 83 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.97 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.90 | |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.43 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Middlesbrough
Latest: West Bromwich Albion · 2–1
Match stats
19 Sept 2025, 20:00 · Home vs West Bromwich Albion · 2025/2026
Stoke City
Latest: Queens Park Rangers · 0–1
Match stats
20 Sept 2025, 12:30 · Away vs Queens Park Rangers · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Middlesbrough’s ground: 10 previous meetings, 6 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Middlesbrough’s home games with Stoke City’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 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Middlesbrough
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Stoke City
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Middlesbrough
Stoke City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Middlesbrough
Stoke City
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.
Middlesbrough
Stoke City
Previous meetings
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