1 STO
Stoke City
2 MID
Middlesbrough
STO 1
2 MID

Stoke City
-
Middlesbrough

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

Result

1-2

Match Recap

1H
Tomáš Rigo 15'
2H
A. Browne 48'
Tommy Conway 59'
B. Lawal 77'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 2

Fourth Substitution
90+2'
Third Substitution
79'
Red Card
Red Card
77'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
77'
Second Substitution
74'
First Substitution
67'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
66'
Goal
59'
Yellow Card
52'
Yellow Card
Goal
48'
Second Substitution
46'
First Substitution
46'

First Half 1 - 0

Yellow Card
Yellow Card
45+2'
Goal
15'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

40%
60%

Total Shots

10
16

Shots on Goal

4
7

Corners

5
4

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
Tommy Simkin
25. T. Simkin
Maksym Talovierov
40. M. Talovierov
A. Phillips
26. A. Phillips
Ben Wilmot
16. B. Wilmot
Mohammed Olabosun Lawal
18. M. O. Lawal
Tomáš Rigo
19. T. Rigo
Ben Pearson
4. B. Pearson
Netherlands
Million Manhoef
42. M. Manhoef
J. Bae
10. J. Bae
S. Thomas
7. S. Thomas
Lamine Cissé
29. L. Cissé
Tommy Conway
9. T. Conway
Alexander Gilbert
14. A. Gilbert
Morgan Whittaker
11. M. Whittaker
Samuel Silvera
22. S. Silvera
Aidan Morris
18. A. Morris
Hayden Hackney
7. H. Hackney
England
Matthew Targett
3. M. Targett
Adilson Malanda
29. A. Malanda
Luke Ayling
12. L. Ayling
A. Browne
16. A. Browne
Solomon Brynn
31. S. Brynn
Middlesbrough

Form before the match

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26
Championship 2025/26

September 30, 2025

FT
0
0
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Stoke City
Stoke City

Championship 2024/25
Championship 2024/25

February 25, 2025

FT
1
3
Stoke City
Stoke City
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough

September 28, 2024

FT
2
0
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Stoke City
Stoke City

League Cup 2024/25
League Cup 2024/25

August 27, 2024

FT
0
5
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Stoke City
Stoke City

Championship 2023/24
Championship 2023/24

March 2, 2024

FT
2
0
Stoke City
Stoke City
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough

October 28, 2023

FT
0
2
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Stoke City
Stoke City

Championship

Team P GD Pts

Promotion

1
Coventry
Coventry 		31 28 59
2
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 		30 18 58

Promotion Playoffs

3
Ipswich
Ipswich 		30 22 54
4
Hull City
Hull City 		31 7 54
5
Millwall
Millwall 		31 3 53
6
Wrexham
Wrexham 		31 5 47
7
Preston
Preston 		31 4 47
8
Bristol City
Bristol City 		31 5 46
9
Derby
Derby 		31 6 45
10
Birmingham
Birmingham 		31 4 45
11
Watford
Watford 		31 3 44
12
QPR
QPR 		31 -1 44
13
Stoke City
Stoke City 		31 6 43
14
Southampton
Southampton 		31 3 43
15
Swansea
Swansea 		31 1 42
16
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd 		30 0 39
17
Norwich
Norwich 		31 -3 36
18
Charlton
Charlton 		30 -9 36
19
Portsmouth
Portsmouth 		29 -11 33
20
West Brom
West Brom 		31 -15 33
21
Leicester
Leicester 		31 -6 32

Relegation

22
Blackburn
Blackburn 		31 -13 32
23
Oxford United
Oxford United 		31 -13 28
24
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 		31 -44 -7