1 STO

2 MID

STO 1

2 MID

Stoke City
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Middlesbrough

Championship, Round 28
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 8:00 PM
bet365 Stadium

Result

1-2

Match Recap

Tomáš Rigo 15'

A. Browne 48'

Tommy Conway 59'

B. Lawal 77'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 2

90+2'

Dael Fry

Tommy Conway

79'

S. Nypan

Morgan Whittaker

B. Lawal

Red Card

77'

B. Lawal

Yellow Card

77'

Eric Bocat

Ben Pearson

74'

Tatsuki Seko

Million Manhoef

67'

Ben Pearson

Yellow Card

66'

59'

Tommy Conway

A. Browne

52'

Luke Ayling

Yellow Card

48'

A. Browne

Morgan Whittaker

46'

Leo Castledine

Samuel Silvera

46'

Delano Burgzorg

Alexander Gilbert

First Half 1 - 0

B. Lawal

Yellow Card

45+2'

Tomáš Rigo

Lamine Cissé

15'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

40%

60%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

0.78

1.22

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 28
Date	January 21, 2026
Time	20:00
Venue	bet365 Stadium
Result	1 - 2

Lineups

Stoke City

25. T. Simkin Tommy Simkin

40. M. Talovierov Maksym Talovierov

26. A. Phillips A. Phillips

16. B. Wilmot Ben Wilmot

18. M. O. Lawal Mohammed Olabosun Lawal

19. T. Rigo Tomáš Rigo

4. B. Pearson Ben Pearson

42. M. Manhoef Million Manhoef

10. J. Bae J. Bae

7. S. Thomas S. Thomas

29. L. Cissé Lamine Cissé

9. T. Conway Tommy Conway

14. A. Gilbert Alexander Gilbert

11. M. Whittaker Morgan Whittaker

22. S. Silvera Samuel Silvera

18. A. Morris Aidan Morris

7. H. Hackney Hayden Hackney

3. M. Targett Matthew Targett

29. A. Malanda Adilson Malanda

12. L. Ayling Luke Ayling

16. A. Browne A. Browne

31. S. Brynn Solomon Brynn

Middlesbrough

Substitutes

Stoke City

Middlesbrough

Unused Players

Stoke City

Middlesbrough

Form before the match

Stoke City

Middlesbrough

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

September 30, 2025

Middlesbrough

Stoke City

Championship 2024/25

February 25, 2025

Stoke City

Middlesbrough

September 28, 2024

Middlesbrough

Stoke City

League Cup 2024/25

August 27, 2024

Middlesbrough

Stoke City

Championship 2023/24

March 2, 2024

Stoke City

Middlesbrough

October 28, 2023

Middlesbrough

Stoke City

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	45	27	11	7	93	45	48	92
2	Ipswich	44	22	14	8	75	45	30	80
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	13	80
4	Middlesbrough	45	22	13	10	70	45	25	79
5	Southampton	44	21	13	10	77	53	24	76
6	Wrexham	45	19	13	13	67	63	4	70

7	Hull City	45	20	10	15	68	65	3	70
8	Derby	45	20	9	16	66	57	9	69
9	Norwich	45	19	8	18	62	54	8	65
10	Birmingham	45	17	12	16	56	55	1	63
11	Swansea	45	17	10	18	54	58	-4	61
12	Preston	45	15	15	15	54	59	-5	60
13	Bristol City	45	16	11	18	57	59	-2	59
14	QPR	45	16	10	19	61	70	-9	58
15	Sheffield Utd	45	17	6	22	64	65	-1	57
16	Watford	45	14	15	16	53	61	-8	57
17	Stoke City	45	15	10	20	51	54	-3	55
18	Portsmouth	45	14	12	19	48	63	-15	54
19	Charlton	45	13	14	18	43	55	-12	53
20	Blackburn	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52
21	West Brom	45	13	14	18	47	56	-9	51
Relegation
22	Oxford United	45	11	14	20	45	57	-12	47
23	Leicester	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	43
24	Sheffield Wednesday	45	1	12	32	27	88	-61	-3

Updated January 21, 2026 9:57 PM