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	33	19	8	6	68	36	32	65
2	Middlesbrough	34	18	9	7	51	34	17	63
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	32	16	9	7	56	34	22	57
4	Hull City	33	17	6	10	55	48	7	57
5	Millwall	33	16	8	9	42	40	2	56
6	Wrexham	34	14	12	8	53	45	8	54

7	Southampton	34	13	11	10	54	45	9	50
8	Bristol City	34	14	8	12	47	42	5	50
9	Birmingham	33	13	10	10	45	40	5	49
10	Preston	34	12	13	9	41	38	3	49
11	Derby	34	13	9	12	49	45	4	48
12	Watford	34	12	12	10	43	40	3	48
13	QPR	34	13	8	13	46	52	-6	47
14	Swansea	34	13	7	14	40	40	0	46
15	Sheffield Utd	33	14	3	16	47	46	1	45
16	Stoke City	33	12	8	13	36	31	5	44
17	Charlton	34	10	11	13	33	43	-10	41
18	Norwich	33	11	6	16	43	44	-1	39
19	Portsmouth	33	10	9	14	34	43	-9	39
20	Blackburn	34	10	8	16	32	43	-11	38
21	West Brom	34	9	8	17	33	50	-17	35
Relegation
22	Leicester	34	10	10	14	47	54	-7	34
23	Oxford United	33	6	11	16	28	44	-16	29
24	Sheffield Wednesday	33	1	8	24	20	66	-46	-7

Updated January 21, 2026 9:57 PM