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	80	46	22	14	10
	17	Stoke	55	46	15	10	21

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 23 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: 23553
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	95	46	28	11	7	97	45	52
2	Ipswich	84	46	23	15	8	80	47	33
3	Millwall	83	46	24	11	11	64	49	15
4	Southampton	80	46	22	14	10	82	56	26
5	Middlesbrough	80	46	22	14	10	72	47	25
6	Hull	73	46	21	10	15	70	66	4
7	Wrexham	71	46	19	14	13	69	65	4
8	Derby	69	46	20	9	17	67	59	8
9	Norwich	65	46	19	8	19	63	56	7
10	Birmingham	64	46	17	13	16	57	56	1
11	Swansea	64	46	18	10	18	57	59	-2
12	Bristol C	62	46	17	11	18	59	59	0
13	Sheff Utd	60	46	18	6	22	66	66	0
14	Preston	60	46	15	15	16	55	62	-7
15	QPR	58	46	16	10	20	61	73	-12
16	Watford	57	46	14	15	17	53	65	-12
17	Stoke	55	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5
18	Portsmouth	55	46	14	13	19	49	64	-15
19	Charlton	53	46	13	14	19	44	58	-14
20	Blackburn	52	46	13	13	20	42	56	-14
21	West Brom	51	46	13	14	19	48	58	-10
22	Oxford	47	46	11	14	21	45	59	-14
23	Leicester	46	46	12	16	18	58	68	-10
24	Sheff Wed	0	46	2	12	32	29	89	-60

Promotion
Promotion Play-off
Relegation

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Coventry	55	23	17	4	2	51	19	32
2	Ipswich	50	23	14	8	1	43	17	26
3	Southampton	44	23	12	8	3	38	19	19
4	Birmingham	44	23	12	8	3	39	22	17
5	Middlesbrough	42	23	12	6	5	34	18	16
6	Millwall	42	23	13	3	7	33	25	8
7	Swansea	39	23	11	6	6	34	27	7
8	Hull	38	23	11	5	7	35	34	1
9	Wrexham	37	23	10	7	6	41	37	4
10	Watford	37	23	10	7	6	30	27	3
11	Derby	36	23	10	6	7	31	27	4
12	West Brom	34	23	8	10	5	28	25	3
13	Stoke	33	23	9	6	8	34	28	6
14	QPR	33	23	10	3	10	40	37	3
15	Sheff Utd	31	23	9	4	10	38	33	5
16	Bristol C	31	23	9	4	10	33	31	2
17	Preston	31	23	8	7	8	28	30	-2
18	Charlton	31	23	9	4	10	23	26	-3
19	Portsmouth	30	23	8	6	9	25	23	2
20	Norwich	30	23	9	3	11	27	28	-1
21	Oxford	29	23	7	8	8	24	27	-3
22	Leicester	28	23	7	7	9	31	34	-3
23	Blackburn	21	23	4	9	10	19	27	-8
24	Sheff Wed	10	23	1	7	15	14	44	-30

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Millwall	41	23	11	8	4	31	24	7
2	Coventry	40	23	11	7	5	46	26	20
3	Middlesbrough	38	23	10	8	5	38	29	9
4	Southampton	36	23	10	6	7	44	37	7
5	Norwich	35	23	10	5	8	36	28	8
6	Hull	35	23	10	5	8	35	32	3
7	Ipswich	34	23	9	7	7	37	30	7
8	Wrexham	34	23	9	7	7	28	28	0
9	Derby	33	23	10	3	10	36	32	4
10	Bristol C	31	23	8	7	8	26	28	-2
11	Blackburn	31	23	9	4	10	23	29	-6
12	Sheff Utd	29	23	9	2	12	28	33	-5
13	Preston	29	23	7	8	8	27	32	-5
14	Swansea	25	23	7	4	12	23	32	-9
15	QPR	25	23	6	7	10	21	36	-15
16	Portsmouth	25	23	6	7	10	24	41	-17
17	Leicester	24	23	5	9	9	27	34	-7
18	Charlton	22	23	4	10	9	21	32	-11
19	Stoke	22	23	6	4	13	17	28	-11
20	Watford	20	23	4	8	11	23	38	-15
21	Birmingham	20	23	5	5	13	18	34	-16
22	West Brom	19	23	5	4	14	20	33	-13
23	Oxford	18	23	4	6	13	21	32	-11
24	Sheff Wed	8	23	1	5	17	15	45	-30

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Coventry	82	46	21	19	6	46	17	29
2	Ipswich	73	46	18	19	9	33	23	10
3	Hull	71	46	17	20	9	40	32	8
4	Derby	70	46	18	16	12	32	25	7
5	Southampton	68	46	16	20	10	36	21	15
6	Millwall	68	46	15	23	8	25	17	8
7	Middlesbrough	67	46	17	16	13	35	21	14
8	Bristol C	65	46	17	14	15	32	33	-1
9	Wrexham	64	46	16	16	14	32	29	3
10	Norwich	64	46	15	19	12	27	23	4
11	West Brom	62	46	15	17	14	23	27	-4
12	Sheff Utd	61	46	14	19	13	30	25	5
13	Stoke	61	46	14	19	13	23	21	2
14	Preston	60	46	15	15	16	27	31	-4
15	Blackburn	58	46	12	22	12	22	23	-1
16	Leicester	57	46	14	15	17	30	34	-4
17	Birmingham	55	46	14	13	19	29	34	-5
18	Oxford	52	46	12	16	18	28	35	-7
19	QPR	51	46	11	18	17	26	38	-12
20	Portsmouth	50	46	11	17	18	19	29	-10
21	Swansea	50	46	10	20	16	20	28	-8
22	Watford	45	46	8	21	17	22	34	-12
23	Charlton	45	46	6	27	13	15	27	-12
24	Sheff Wed	39	46	8	15	23	15	40	-25