Stoke City 0-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 June 2020

Result

Stoke City 0-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 27 June 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Stoke City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Stoke City 0-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Stoke City lost to Middlesbrough 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 27 June 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ashley Fletcher opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Stoke City did not score. Middlesbrough scored through Ashley Fletcher (29') and Marcus Tavernier (62').

Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Stoke City were 19th on 43 points from 38 and Middlesbrough 21st on 41 points from 38. Stoke City went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Middlesbrough 18th with 53.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dejan Stojanovic of Middlesbrough (8.4), ahead of Dael Fry (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

Going into the match Stoke City's last five read D-W-D-D-W and Middlesbrough's L-W-D-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Ashley FletcherMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 62'Goal · Marcus TavernierMiddlesbrough · 0-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Lewis WingMiddlesbrough
  • 88'Yellow card · N. PowellStoke City
  • 89'Second yellow · N. PowellStoke City

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Stoke City 2, draws 2, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jack Butland, Tommy Smith, Danny Batth, James Chester, Bruno Martins Indi, Lasse Sørensen, Jordan Thompson, James McClean, Nick Powell, Sam Clucas, Tyrese Campbell

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Dejan Stojanovic, Djed Spence, Dael Fry, George Friend, Marvin Johnson, Paddy McNair, Jonathan Howson, George Saville, Patrick Roberts, Ashley Fletcher, Britt Assombalonga