Highlights

77'

B. Lawal (2nd yellow - Foul)

66'

B. Pearson (Foul)

59'

T. Conway (assist A. Browne)

52'

L. Ayling (Foul)

48'

A. Browne (assist M. Whittaker)

HT 1 - 0

45+2'

B. Lawal (Foul)

15'

T. Rigo (assist L. Cissé)

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Substitutions

Starting eleven

90+2'

D. Fry (T. Conway - tactical)

79'

S. Nypan (M. Whittaker - tactical)

75'

E. Bocat (B. Pearson - tactical)

67'

T. Seko (M. Manhoef - tactical)

46'

L. Castledine (S. Silvera - tactical)

46'

D. Burgzorg (A. Gilbert - tactical)

Table

Full table

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L
	5	Middlesbrough	73	43	20	13	10
	17	Stoke	55	43	15	10	18

Line-ups

Confirmed line-ups

4-2-3-1

Stats

More stats

Possession percentage

41%

59%

Shots

Player stats

Tops & flops

Shots on target

A. Morris

L. Cissé 2
T. Conway 2

Shots off target

L. Castledine

M. Manhoef 1
L. Cissé 1

Fouls suffered

L. Cissé

A. Morris 4
A. Browne 2

Tackles

M. Talovierov

M. Whittaker 3
H. Hackney 3

Fouls

A. Malanda

B. Lawal 3
T. Conway 2

Saves

T. Simkin

S. Brynn 3

Passes

A. Malanda

L. Ayling 68
A. Browne 59

Accurate passes

L. Ayling

A. Malanda 60
A. Browne 49

Current form

Stats

D W W W L

W L W L L

Last matches

Stats & bet

30/09/25

25/02/25

28/09/24

27/08/24

02/03/24

Referees

Adam Herczeg main referee

3.7

0.1

Average card count per match for 22 matches arbitrated
Callum Gough assistant referee
Ruebyn Ricardo fourth referee
Alistair Nelson assistant referee

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Injured players

Stoke City

Aaron Cresswell Calf Injury

Match venue

bet365 Stadium - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Year of construction: 1997
Surface: grass
Capacity: 30089
Average attendance: 23558
Maximum attendance: 30022
% sold: 78

Match result Stoke Middlesbrough

Date 21 January 2026 20:00
Competition Championship
Season 2025/2026
Stage Regular Season - week 28
Match attendance 20992
Code STO-MID
Area England
Home team Stoke City
Away team Middlesbrough

FAQ

What is the result between Stoke Middlesbrough?

Middlesbrough won the match with a 1-2 score

What are the official lineups for Stoke Middlesbrough?

Stoke City : Coached by M. Robins, the lineup starts off in a 4-2-3-1 formation: T. Simkin, B. Lawal, B. Wilmot (C), A. Phillips, M. Talovierov, B. Pearson, T. Rigo, S. Thomas, Bae Jun-Ho, M. Manhoef, L. Cissé

Middlesbrough : On the other side of the pitch, the team trained by K. Hellberg, is positioning themselves in a 4-2-3-1 : S. Brynn, M. Targett, A. Malanda, L. Ayling, A. Browne, A. Morris, H. Hackney (C), A. Gilbert, M. Whittaker, S. Silvera, T. Conway

Who is the referee of the match Stoke Middlesbrough ?

Adam Herczeg is the referee for this match

Where is the match Stoke Middlesbrough?

The venue bet365 Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire is hosting the match

At what time is Stoke Middlesbrough?

Fixture in live on Football Today on 21 January 2026. Kick-off at 20:00

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Confirmed line-ups

Stoke City 4-2-3-1

- 25 T. Simkin
- 18 B. Lawal
- 16 (C) B. Wilmot
- 26 A. Phillips
- 40 M. Talovierov
- 4 B. Pearson
- 19 T. Rigo
- 7 S. Thomas
- 10 Bae Jun-Ho
- 42 M. Manhoef
- 29 L. Cissé
- 31 S. Brynn
- 3 M. Targett
- 29 A. Malanda
- 12 L. Ayling
- 16 A. Browne
- 18 A. Morris
- 7 (C) H. Hackney
- 14 A. Gilbert
- 11 M. Whittaker
- 22 S. Silvera
- 9 T. Conway

Middlesbrough 4-2-3-1

- M. Robins Coach
Substitutes
- F. Fielding #34 - Goalkeeper
- 75'
  
  E. Bocat #17 - Defender
- 67'
  
  T. Seko #12 - Midfielder
- F. Fawunmi #56 - Striker
- J. Dixon #41 - Defender
- A. Cresswell #3 - Defender
- S. Nzonzi #15 - Midfielder
- J. Griffin #47 - Defender
- R. Curley #55 - Midfielder
- K. Hellberg Coach
Substitutes
- J. McLaughlin #33 - Goalkeeper
- S. Hansen #27 - Striker
- C. Ibeh #44 - Midfielder
- 46'
  
  L. Castledine #23 - Midfielder
- 46'
  
  D. Burgzorg #10 - Striker
- L. McCabe #28 - Midfielder
- F. Munroe #15 - Defender
- 90+2'
  
  D. Fry #6 - Defender
- 79'
  
  S. Nypan #19 - Midfielder

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Team stats Player stats

Main

Possession percentage

41%

59%

Accurate passes

76%

84%

Attacking

Shots

Attempts blocked

Offsides

Throws

Passing

334

Passes

496

Corner taken

Defending

Clearances

Tackles

Successful tackles

Foul

Free kicks conceded

Yellow cards

Total red cards

Second yellow cards

Goalkeeper

Saves

Match stats comparison

Choose player

Attacking - Tops

Shots (%)

A. Morris

100% 2/2

T. Conway 100% (2/2)
L. Cissé 67% (2/3)
M. Manhoef 50% (1/2)
H. Hackney 50% (1/2)

Fouls suffered

L. Cissé

A. Morris 4
A. Browne 2
H. Hackney 2
E. Bocat 2

Attacking - Flops

Shots (%)

L. Castledine

0% 0/2

M. Talovierov 0% (0/2)

Passing - Tops

Passes (%)

B. Pearson

93% 28/30

A. Morris 92% (48/52)
L. Ayling 91% (62/68)
T. Rigo 88% (29/33)
B. Wilmot 86% (43/50)

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Regular Season

Advanced standings

General Home Away Halftime total

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Coventry	86	43	25	11	7	85	43	42
2	Ipswich	76	42	21	13	8	73	44	29
3	Millwall	76	43	22	10	11	58	47	11
4	Southampton	75	43	21	12	10	75	51	24
5	Middlesbrough	73	43	20	13	10	64	44	20
6	Hull	69	43	20	9	14	65	61	4
7	Wrexham	67	43	18	13	12	65	60	5
8	Derby	66	43	19	9	15	62	53	9
9	Norwich	61	43	18	7	18	59	52	7
10	Bristol City	58	43	16	10	17	54	55	-1
11	QPR	58	43	16	10	17	58	65	-7
12	Sheff Utd	57	43	17	6	20	61	59	2
13	Watford	57	43	14	15	14	52	53	-1
14	Birmingham	57	43	15	12	16	52	53	-1
15	Swansea	57	43	16	9	18	51	56	-5
16	Preston	57	43	14	15	14	50	55	-5
17	Stoke	55	43	15	10	18	49	48	1
18	Portsmouth	51	43	13	12	18	44	57	-13
19	Charlton	50	43	12	14	17	40	52	-12
20	West Bromwich	49	43	12	13	18	44	56	-12
21	Blackburn	49	44	12	13	19	39	54	-15
22	Oxford	44	43	10	14	19	41	55	-14
23	Leicester	41	43	11	14	18	54	65	-11
24	Sheff Wed	-3	43	1	12	30	26	83	-57

Promotion
Promotion Play-off
Relegation

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Coventry	49	21	15	4	2	43	17	26
2	Ipswich	47	22	13	8	1	40	17	23
3	Southampton	42	21	12	6	3	34	15	19
4	Millwall	39	22	12	3	7	31	25	6
5	Birmingham	38	21	10	8	3	35	20	15
6	Watford	37	22	10	7	5	30	23	7
7	Middlesbrough	36	21	10	6	5	28	17	11
8	Swansea	36	22	10	6	6	31	26	5
9	Derby	36	22	10	6	6	30	25	5
10	Wrexham	36	22	10	6	6	39	35	4
11	Hull	35	22	10	5	7	33	33	0
12	Stoke	33	21	9	6	6	32	22	10
13	QPR	33	21	10	3	8	37	32	5
14	Sheff Utd	31	21	9	4	8	35	27	8
15	Preston	31	22	8	7	7	27	27	0
16	West Bromwich	30	21	7	9	5	25	25	0
17	Portsmouth	29	22	8	5	9	24	22	2
18	Bristol City	28	22	8	4	10	31	31	0
19	Charlton	28	21	8	4	9	20	23	-3
20	Norwich	26	21	8	2	11	24	26	-2
21	Leicester	26	21	7	5	9	28	31	-3
22	Oxford	26	21	6	8	7	20	25	-5
23	Blackburn	21	22	4	9	9	19	26	-7
24	Sheff Wed	7	22	0	7	15	12	43	-31

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Coventry	37	22	10	7	5	42	26	16
2	Middlesbrough	37	22	10	7	5	36	27	9
3	Millwall	37	21	10	7	4	27	22	5
4	Norwich	35	22	10	5	7	35	26	9
5	Hull	34	21	10	4	7	32	28	4
6	Southampton	33	22	9	6	7	41	36	5
7	Wrexham	31	21	8	7	6	26	25	1
8	Derby	30	21	9	3	9	32	28	4
9	Bristol City	30	21	8	6	7	23	24	-1
10	Ipswich	29	20	8	5	7	33	27	6
11	Blackburn	28	22	8	4	10	20	28	-8
12	Preston	26	21	6	8	7	23	28	-5
13	Sheff Utd	26	22	8	2	12	26	32	-6
14	QPR	25	22	6	7	9	21	33	-12
15	Charlton	22	22	4	10	8	20	29	-9
16	Stoke	22	22	6	4	12	17	26	-9
17	Portsmouth	22	21	5	7	9	20	35	-15
18	Leicester	21	22	4	9	9	26	34	-8
19	Swansea	21	21	6	3	12	20	30	-10
20	Watford	20	21	4	8	9	22	30	-8
21	West Bromwich	19	22	5	4	13	19	31	-12
22	Birmingham	19	22	5	4	13	17	33	-16
23	Oxford	18	22	4	6	12	21	30	-9
24	Sheff Wed	8	21	1	5	15	14	40	-26

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Coventry	75	43	19	18	6	42	16	26
2	Ipswich	67	42	17	16	9	30	22	8
3	Derby	66	43	17	15	11	30	23	7
4	Hull	66	43	16	18	9	37	30	7
5	Southampton	63	43	15	18	10	34	20	14
6	Bristol City	61	43	16	13	14	30	30	0
7	Sheff Utd	61	43	14	19	10	30	19	11
8	Stoke	61	43	14	19	10	23	18	5
9	Millwall	61	43	13	22	8	23	17	6
10	Middlesbrough	60	43	15	15	13	30	19	11
11	Wrexham	59	43	15	14	14	28	26	2
12	Norwich	59	43	14	17	12	25	22	3
13	West Bromwich	58	43	14	16	13	21	25	-4
14	Preston	57	43	14	15	14	24	28	-4
15	Leicester	55	43	14	13	16	30	33	-3
16	Blackburn	54	44	11	21	12	19	23	-4
17	QPR	50	43	11	17	15	25	34	-9
18	Oxford	49	43	11	16	16	26	33	-7
19	Birmingham	48	43	12	12	19	24	32	-8
20	Portsmouth	46	43	10	16	17	17	27	-10
21	Swansea	45	43	9	18	16	19	28	-9
22	Watford	45	43	8	21	14	22	28	-6
23	Charlton	42	43	6	24	13	13	25	-12
24	Sheff Wed	36	43	7	15	21	13	37	-24