Stoke City 1-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Stoke City 1-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Wednesday 21 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Stoke City were beaten by Middlesbrough 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 21 January 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Tomas Rigo opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Stoke City's goal came from Tomas Rigo (15'). Middlesbrough scored through Alan Browne (48') and Tommy Conway (59').

Discipline: Stoke City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 8th on 41 points from 27 and Middlesbrough 3rd on 49 points from 27. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Middlesbrough 5th with 82.

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 Alan Browne of Middlesbrough (9.1), ahead of Tommy Conway (7.5).

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