English League Championship

Stoke City vs Middlesbrough, 2026-27 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Stoke City
  • 50': Neto Borges (OG)
  • 85': Róbert Bozeník
FT
2 - 3
Middlesbrough
  • 48': Callum Brittain
  • 73': Will Lankshear
  • 90'+1': Neto Borges

About

Stoke City are hosting Middlesbrough at bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. Amario Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Brittain.
  • 4': Eric Bocat (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Amario Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough).
  • 6': Offside, Stoke City. Lamine Cissé is caught offside.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Viktor Johansson (Stoke City). Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter.
  • 11': Handball by Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough).
  • 13': Eric Bocat (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Foul by Amario Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough).
  • 14': Foul by Ben Wilmot (Stoke City).
  • 14': Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Eric Bocat.
  • 18': Djibril Soumaré (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough).
  • 20': Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Foul by Ashley Phillips (Middlesbrough).
  • 21': Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 21': Foul by Ashley Phillips (Middlesbrough).
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Jack McGlynn (Stoke City) left footed shot from long range on the right is blocked. Assisted by Junior Tchamadeu.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Sebastian Berhalter (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right.
  • 29': Ben Johnson (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by Jeremy Sarmiento (Middlesbrough).
  • 30': Attempt saved. Amario Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner by Viktor Johansson (Stoke City). Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter.
  • 31': Djibril Soumaré (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Foul by Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough).
  • 32': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Aidan Morris.
  • 33': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Aidan Morris.
  • 34': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jeremy Sarmiento.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Djibril Soumaré (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
  • 36': Eric Bocat (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Foul by Amario Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough).
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Amario Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Brittain.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner by Viktor Johansson (Stoke City). Assisted by Will Lankshear with a headed pass.
  • 42': Foul by Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City).
  • 42': Sebastian Berhalter (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Neto Borges (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aidan Morris.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Stoke City 0, Middlesbrough 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Stoke City 0, Middlesbrough 0.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Djibril Soumaré (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ethan Galbraith.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 48': Goal! Stoke City 0, Middlesbrough 1. Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Amario Cozier-Duberry.
  • 50': Own Goal by Neto Borges, Middlesbrough. Stoke City 1, Middlesbrough 1.
  • 51': Sebastian Berhalter (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Foul by Ethan Galbraith (Stoke City).
  • 56': Luke Ayling (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 58': Foul by Djibril Soumaré (Stoke City).
  • 58': Jeremy Sarmiento (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Viktor Johansson (Stoke City). Assisted by Amario Cozier-Duberry.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter.
  • 61': Offside, Middlesbrough. Callum Brittain is caught offside.
  • 64': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Riley McGree replaces Sebastian Berhalter.
  • 64': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Tommy Conway replaces Jeremy Sarmiento.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Wilmot with a through ball.
  • 67': Substitution, Stoke City. George Hirst replaces Lamine Cissé.
  • 67': Substitution, Stoke City. Justin Devenny replaces Bae Jun-Ho.
  • 68': Foul by Luke Graham (Stoke City).
  • 68': Amario Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 68': Luke Graham (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Ben Wilmot.
  • 73': Attempt saved. Amario Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Viktor Johansson (Stoke City). Assisted by Aidan Morris.
  • 73': Goal! Stoke City 1, Middlesbrough 2. Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Ethan Galbraith (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Justin Devenny.
  • 76': Foul by Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City).
  • 76': Neto Borges (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Kyle Joseph replaces Will Lankshear.
  • 78': Substitution, Middlesbrough. Max Arfsten replaces Amario Cozier-Duberry.
  • 79': Substitution, Stoke City. Bosun Lawal replaces Junior Tchamadeu.
  • 79': Substitution, Stoke City. Róbert Bozeník replaces Djibril Soumaré.
  • 79': Substitution, Stoke City. Luca Bombino replaces Eric Bocat.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Tommy Conway (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Brittain.
  • 81': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Adilson Malanda.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Róbert Bozeník (Stoke City) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Jack McGlynn with a cross following a corner.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. George Hirst (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Graham with a cross.
  • 84': Foul by Ben Johnson (Stoke City).
  • 84': Tommy Conway (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Goal! Stoke City 2, Middlesbrough 2. Róbert Bozeník (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by George Hirst.
  • 87': Foul by Róbert Bozeník (Stoke City).
  • 87': Max Arfsten (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Ashley Phillips (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Neto Borges with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Viktor Johansson (Stoke City). Assisted by Max Arfsten.
  • 90': Luca Bombino (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Max Arfsten (Middlesbrough).
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Callum Brittain (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riley McGree.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Luke Graham.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Goal! Stoke City 2, Middlesbrough 3. Neto Borges (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Kyle Joseph (Middlesbrough).
  • 90'+5': Handball by Luke Graham (Stoke City).
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Stoke City 2, Middlesbrough 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Stoke City 2, Middlesbrough 3.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
3 Corner Kicks 4
0 Saves 7
66 Possession 34
20 SHOTS 8
9 ON GOAL 1
0.5 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
524 Accurate Passes 223
594 Passes 297
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 2
27 Crosses 14
0.2 Cross % 0.1
41 Long Balls 46
17 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
6 Blocked Shots 2
11 Effective Tackles 3
20 Tackles 6
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
8 Interceptions 6
19 Effective Clearances 27
19 Clearances 27

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: bet365 Stadium
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England
Attendance: 22,538

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Swansea City 11 +8 23
2 West Ham United 11 +18 22
3 Middlesbrough 11 +6 22
4 Birmingham City 11 +9 20
Full Standings

Line-Ups

STK Stoke City (3-4-3)

No. Name
1 Viktor Johansson (GK)
16 Ben Wilmot
5 Luke Graham Yellow Card
2 Ben Johnson
8 Ethan Galbraith
27 Djibril Soumaré
17 Eric Bocat
22 Junior Tchamadeu
11 Lamine Cisse
10 Bae Jun-Ho
7 Jack McGlynn
Stoke City Substitutes:
Million Manhoef, Justin Devenny, Ben Gibson, Róbert Bozeník, George Hirst, Bosun Lawal, Ben Pearson, Joshua Griffiths, Luca Bombino.

MID Middlesbrough (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Radek Vítek (GK)
4 Ashley Phillips
29 Adilson Malanda
12 Luke Ayling
10 Aidan Morris
6 Sebastian Berhalter Yellow Card
30 Neto Borges
2 Callum Brittain
7 Will Lankshear
16 Jeremy Sarmiento
11 Amario Cozier-Duberry
Middlesbrough Substitutes:
Sam Byram, Max Arfsten, Kyle Joseph, Riley McGree, Leo Castledine, Tommy Conway, Solomon Brynn, Myles Peart-Harris, Connor Barron.

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