Stoke City 1-3 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 25 February 2025

Result

Stoke City 1-3 Middlesbrough

Championship · Tuesday 25 February 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Stoke City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Stoke City 1-3 Middlesbrough: match report

Stoke City were beaten by Middlesbrough 1-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 25 February 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Marcus Forss opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Stoke City's goal came from Jun-ho Bae (45'). Middlesbrough scored through Marcus Forss (20'), Finn Azaz (52') and Tommy Conway (73').

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

Going into the game Stoke City were 19th on 35 points from 33 and Middlesbrough 13th on 44 points from 33. Stoke City went on to finish that season 18th with 51 points, and Middlesbrough 10th with 64.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Finn Azaz of Middlesbrough (9.0), ahead of Marcus Forss (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Stoke City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Marcus ForssMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 45'Goal · Jun-ho BaeStoke City · 1-1
  • 52'Goal · Finn AzazMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 73'Goal · Tommy ConwayMiddlesbrough · 1-3
  • 75'Yellow card · Neto BorgesMiddlesbrough
  • 78'Yellow cardStoke City
  • 78'Yellow cardMiddlesbrough
  • 83'Yellow card · Andrew MoranStoke City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Stoke City 4, draws 3, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

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

Viktor Johansson, Ben Wilmot, Ashley Phillips, Michael Rose, Enda Stevens, Lewis Baker, Tatsuki Seko, Million Manhoef, A. Moran, Jun-ho Bae, Nathan Lowe

Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mark Travers, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, George Edmundson, Neto Borges, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Marcus Forss, Morgan Whittaker, Finn Azaz, Tommy Conway