Stoke City 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 December 2020

Result

Stoke City 1-0 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 5 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Stoke City 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Stoke City beat Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 5 December 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Nathan Collins of Stoke City in the 19th minute.

Discipline: Stoke City received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 8th on 25 points from 15 and Middlesbrough 10th on 24 points from 15. Stoke City went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Middlesbrough 10th with 64.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathan Collins of Stoke City (8.2), ahead of James Chester (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Nathan CollinsStoke City · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Dael FryMiddlesbrough
  • 69'Yellow card · T. CampbellStoke City
  • 70'Yellow card · George SavilleMiddlesbrough
  • 79'Yellow card · Jacob BrownStoke City
  • 90+5'Yellow card · M. BolaMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Stoke City 2, draws 2, Middlesbrough 4.

Team news

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

Josef Bursik, Nathan Collins, James Chester, Danny Batth, Morgan Fox, Jordan Cousins, Sam Clucas, Tyrese Campbell, Nick Powell, James McClean, Jacob Brown

Middlesbrough line-up (4-1-4-1)

Marcus Bettinelli, Djed Spence, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Marc Bola, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Sam Morsy, George Saville, Marvin Johnson, Chuba Akpom