1 STO

2 MID

STO 1

2 MID

Stoke City
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Middlesbrough

Championship, Round 28
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 8:00 PM
bet365 Stadium

Result

1-2

Match Recap

Tomáš Rigo 15'

A. Browne 48'

Tommy Conway 59'

B. Lawal 77'

Match Events

Second Half 1 - 2

90+2'

Dael Fry

Tommy Conway

79'

S. Nypan

Morgan Whittaker

B. Lawal

Red Card

77'

B. Lawal

Yellow Card

77'

Eric Bocat

Ben Pearson

74'

Tatsuki Seko

Million Manhoef

67'

Ben Pearson

Yellow Card

66'

59'

Tommy Conway

A. Browne

52'

Luke Ayling

Yellow Card

48'

A. Browne

Morgan Whittaker

46'

Leo Castledine

Samuel Silvera

46'

Delano Burgzorg

Alexander Gilbert

First Half 1 - 0

B. Lawal

Yellow Card

45+2'

Tomáš Rigo

Lamine Cissé

15'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

40%

60%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

0.78

1.22

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 28
Date	January 21, 2026
Time	20:00
Venue	bet365 Stadium
Result	1 - 2

Lineups

Stoke City

25. T. Simkin Tommy Simkin

40. M. Talovierov Maksym Talovierov

26. A. Phillips A. Phillips

16. B. Wilmot Ben Wilmot

18. M. O. Lawal Mohammed Olabosun Lawal

19. T. Rigo Tomáš Rigo

4. B. Pearson Ben Pearson

42. M. Manhoef Million Manhoef

10. J. Bae J. Bae

7. S. Thomas S. Thomas

29. L. Cissé Lamine Cissé

9. T. Conway Tommy Conway

14. A. Gilbert Alexander Gilbert

11. M. Whittaker Morgan Whittaker

22. S. Silvera Samuel Silvera

18. A. Morris Aidan Morris

7. H. Hackney Hayden Hackney

3. M. Targett Matthew Targett

29. A. Malanda Adilson Malanda

12. L. Ayling Luke Ayling

16. A. Browne A. Browne

31. S. Brynn Solomon Brynn

Middlesbrough

Substitutes

Stoke City

Middlesbrough

Unused Players

Stoke City

Middlesbrough

Form before the match

Stoke City

Middlesbrough

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

September 30, 2025

Middlesbrough

Stoke City

Championship 2024/25

February 25, 2025

Stoke City

Middlesbrough

September 28, 2024

Middlesbrough

Stoke City

League Cup 2024/25

August 27, 2024

Middlesbrough

Stoke City

Championship 2023/24

March 2, 2024

Stoke City

Middlesbrough

October 28, 2023

Middlesbrough

Stoke City

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	30	17	7	6	63	35	28	58
2	Middlesbrough	30	17	7	6	47	29	18	58
Promotion Playoffs
3	Hull City	30	16	6	8	48	40	8	54
4	Ipswich	29	14	9	6	49	28	21	51
5	Millwall	30	14	8	8	37	36	1	50
6	Wrexham	30	12	11	7	44	37	7	47

7	Derby	30	12	9	9	44	37	7	45
8	Watford	30	11	11	8	39	35	4	44
9	Preston	30	11	11	8	37	34	3	44
10	Bristol City	30	12	7	11	40	36	4	43
11	QPR	30	12	7	11	42	43	-1	43
12	Stoke City	30	12	6	12	34	28	6	42
13	Birmingham	30	11	9	10	41	38	3	42
14	Southampton	30	10	10	10	43	41	2	40
15	Sheffield Utd	30	12	3	15	43	43	0	39
16	Swansea	30	11	6	13	34	37	-3	39
17	Leicester	30	10	8	12	40	45	-5	38
18	Charlton	29	9	8	12	29	38	-9	35
19	Norwich	30	9	6	15	37	42	-5	33
20	Portsmouth	28	8	9	11	27	37	-10	33
21	Blackburn	30	8	8	14	27	38	-11	32
Relegation
22	West Brom	30	9	5	16	32	47	-15	32
23	Oxford United	30	6	9	15	28	41	-13	27
24	Sheffield Wednesday	30	1	8	21	18	58	-40	-7

Updated January 21, 2026 9:57 PM