Middlesbrough FC vs Stoke City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Middlesbrough FC vs Stoke City FC — Championship .
- Middlesbrough FC 46 games · 80 pts (2025/26)
- Stoke City FC 46 games · 55 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee David Webb
24 games this season 🟨 0.3/game ⚽ 2.8 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Sep Stoke City FC H 0–0 D 27 Sep Southampton FC A 1–1 D 19 Sep West Bromwich Albion FC H 2–1 W 13 Sep Preston North End FC A 2–2 D 30 Aug Sheffield United FC H 1–0 W 23 Aug Norwich City FC A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Sep Middlesbrough FC A 0–0 D 27 Sep Norwich City FC H 1–1 D 20 Sep Queens Park Rangers FC A 0–1 L 13 Sep Birmingham City FC H 1–0 W 30 Aug West Bromwich Albion FC H 0–1 L 23 Aug Southampton FC A 2–1 W Season Stats
Middlesbrough FC Stoke City FC #5 Position #17 80 Points 55 46 Played 46 22 / 14 / 10 W / D / L 15 / 10 / 21 72 Scored 51 47 Conceded 56 +25 GD -5 1.74 PPG 1.20 48% Win % 33% Key Stats
38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season28% Clean Sheets
Stoke City FC this seasonMiddlesbrough FC are 5th (80 pts). Stoke City FC are 17th (55 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Middlesbrough FC0-155/–16-302/331-452/346-601/261-753/–76+1/5■ Scored ■ ConcededStoke City FC0-15–/116-30–/231-451/346-603/261-75–/276+–/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.
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Lineups
Middlesbrough FC Lineups
Stoke City FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Matty Crooks 2 Joon-ho Bae 2 Ashley Fletcher 2 Duncan Watmore 2 Michael Rose 1 Lewis Baker 1 Lewis Baker 1 Britt Assombalonga 1 Head to Head
Middlesbrough FC Form
2025-09-30 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Stoke City FC D 2025-09-27 Southampton FC 1–1 Middlesbrough FC D 2025-09-19 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2025-09-13 Preston North End FC 2–2 Middlesbrough FC D 2025-08-30 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Sheffield United FC W 2025-08-23 Norwich City FC 1–2 Middlesbrough FC WStoke City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.27 Middlesbrough FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.74 Stoke City FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 67% + Under — clean sheet likely 61%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.01Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 84% 16% ± 1.5 60% 40% ± 2.5 33% 67% ± 3.5 15% 85% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
Middlesbrough FC or Draw 79%Draw or Stoke City FC 51%Middlesbrough FC or Stoke City FC 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 15.8%0 – 0 Actual1 – 1 13.4%2 – 0 10.4%0 – 1 8.6%2 – 1 7.8%1 – 2 4.5%3 – 0 4.3%0 – 2 3.4%3 – 1 3.4%2 – 2 3%4 – 0 1.4%Asian Handicap — Middlesbrough FC
Handicap Middlesbrough FC covers Push Stoke City FC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 14% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 25% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 80% — 20% +1 80% 14% 6% +1.5 94% — 6% +2 94% 5% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet 48% ✗Stoke City FC keeps clean sheet 29% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.