Middlesbrough FC vs Stoke City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

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Tue 30 Sep 2025 · 18:45 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Middlesbrough FC vs Stoke City FC — Championship .

Middlesbrough FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)
Stoke City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee David Webb

4 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 5.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Middlesbrough FC 17 games · Avg 2.2 goals Stoke City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-09-30 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Stoke City FC 2025-02-25 Stoke City FC 1–3 Middlesbrough FC 2024-09-28 Middlesbrough FC 2–0 Stoke City FC 2024-03-02 Stoke City FC 2–0 Middlesbrough FC 2023-10-28 Middlesbrough FC 0–2 Stoke City FC

Recent Form

Middlesbrough FC

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

Stoke City FC

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
#2	Position	#3
29	Points	29
15	Played	15
8 / 5 / 2	W / D / L	9 / 2 / 4
30	Scored	24
19	Conceded	18
+11	GD	+6
1.93	PPG	1.93
53%	Win %	60%

Key Stats

41% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

41% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season

33% Clean Sheets
Stoke City FC this season

Middlesbrough FC are 2nd (29 pts). Stoke City FC are 3rd (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Middlesbrough FC

0-15

5/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

4/3

46-60

5/4

61-75

6/4

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Stoke City FC

0-15

4/2

16-30

5/3

31-45

4/–

46-60

4/3

61-75

1/3

76+

4/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Middlesbrough FC

William Lankshear	13 G
Amario Cozier-Duberry	3 G	4 A

Stoke City FC

Jack McGlynn	5 G	2 A
Ethan Galbraith	4 G	4 A
Eric Bocat	2 G	2 A
Sam Gallagher	2 G	1 A
Justin Devenny	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Middlesbrough FC kicks off things out of here…
0-0 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Middlesbrough FC Lineups

Stoke City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Matty Crooks	2
Joon-ho Bae	2
Ashley Fletcher	2
Duncan Watmore	2
Sam Clucas	1
Jacob Brown	1
Finn Azaz	1
Marcus Tavernier	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 W

Stoke City FC Form

2025-09-30 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Stoke City FC D 2025-09-27 Stoke City FC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2025-09-20 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–0 Stoke City FC L 2025-09-13 Stoke City FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC W 2025-08-30 Stoke City FC 0–1 West Bromwich Albion FC L 2025-08-23 Southampton FC 1–2 Stoke City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.37 Middlesbrough FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.98 Stoke City FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Middlesbrough FC46% Draw29% Stoke City FC25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes47% 0% No53%

Avg goals/match: 2.35

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	68%	32%
± 2.5	41%	59%
± 3.5	21%	79%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Middlesbrough FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Stoke City FC

54%

Middlesbrough FC or Stoke City FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Middlesbrough FC31% Draw50% Stoke City FC19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.7%

1 – 0

12%

0 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

8.7%

2 – 1

8.5%

0 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

0 – 2

4.4%

2 – 2

4.2%

3 – 1

3.9%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Middlesbrough FC

Handicap	Middlesbrough FC covers	Push	Stoke City FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	13%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	23%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	16%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✗

Stoke City FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.