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Stoke City vs Middlesbrough
21 Jan 2026, 20:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Adam HerczegChampionship 2025/2026 · 23 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Stoke CityMin
Middlesbrough- ⚽
Tomas Rigo 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Lamine Cissé
Right foot shot
15′ Bosun Lawal
Yellowcard
Foul
45+2′- 46′⇄
Delano Burgzorg
Substitution
Off: Alex Gilbert
- 46′⇄
Leo Castledine
Substitution
Off: Sam Silvera
- 48′⚽
Alan Browne 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Morgan Whittaker
Right foot shot
- 52′
Luke Ayling
Yellowcard
Foul
- 59′⚽
Tommy Conway 1-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Alan Browne
Right foot shot
Bosun Lawal
Yellowcard
66′Ben Pearson
Yellowcard
Foul
66′- ⇄
Tatsuki Seko
Substitution
Off: Million Manhoef
67′ - ⇄
Eric-Junior Bocat
Substitution
Off: Ben Pearson
75′ Bosun Lawal
Yellow/Red card
Foul
77′- 79′⇄
Sverre Nypan
Substitution
Off: Morgan Whittaker
- 90+2′⇄
Dael Fry
Substitution
Off: Tommy Conway
- 90+5′
Kim Hellberg
Yellowcard
Argument
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 | 6.93 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 6.83 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.73 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.43 | |
| 77 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.08 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.33 | |
| 75 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.43 | |
| 67 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.69 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.51 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 6.14 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 6.93 | |
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| 23 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.61 | |
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| 15 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.69 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Stoke City
Latest: Queens Park Rangers · 0–0
Match stats
17 Jan 2026, 15:00 · Home vs Queens Park Rangers · 2025/2026
Middlesbrough
Latest: West Bromwich Albion · 3–2
Match stats
16 Jan 2026, 20:00 · Away vs West Bromwich Albion · 2025/2026
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 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Stoke City
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Middlesbrough
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.
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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