EFL Championship · Matchday 10

Stoke City v Middlesbrough

Stoke City
FULL TIME2 – 3
Middlesbrough
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:00:00 UTCbet365 StadiumMatchday 10

Pre-match win probability — Pulse estimate

Stoke City 39%Draw 21%Middlesbrough 39%

Pulse model at kickoff, scaled by each side's scoring rate in this competition's own table. An estimate, not a betting market.

Match stats

Stoke CityMiddlesbrough
34Possession66
0.74Expected goals (xG)2.63
8Shots20
1Shots on target9
5Shots off target5
2Blocked shots6
5Shots inside box16
3Shots outside box4
4Corners3
1Offsides1
9Fouls11
1Yellow cards1
0Red cards0
7Saves0
297Passes592
224Accurate passes521

Match events

  • 48′Callum Brittain (assist Amario Cozier-Duberry)
  • 50′Neto Borges · own goal
  • 51′Sebastian Berhalter
  • 64′Sebastian Berhalter ← Riley McGree
  • 64′Jeremy Sarmiento ← Tommy Conway
  • 67′Lamine Cissé → George Hirst
  • 67′Jun-ho Bae → Justin Devenny
  • 68′Luke Graham
  • 73′Will Lankshear
  • 77′Will Lankshear ← Kyle Joseph
  • 78′Amario Cozier-Duberry ← Maximilian Arfsten
  • 79′Junior Tchamadeu
  • 79′Djibril Soumaré → Róbert Boženík
  • 79′Eric Bocat → Luca Bombino
  • 85′Róbert Boženík (assist George Hirst)
  • 90′Neto Borges

Stoke City · Middlesbrough

Starting XI · as it played — Ratings are a Pulse estimate

Stoke City5-4-1
26.3Johnson
166.3Wilmot
15.9Johansson
176.3↓79'Bocat
76.3McGlynn
226.3↓79'Tchamadeu
106.3↓67'Bae
86.3Galbraith
56.0Graham
116.3↓67'Cissé
276.3↓79'Soumaré
Middlesbrough5-4-1
126.8Ayling
27.8Brittain
106.8Morris
66.5↓64'Berhalter
306.6Borges
166.8↓64'Sarmiento
46.8Phillips
296.8Malanda
16.5Vítek
77.8↓77'Lankshear
117.5↓78'Cozier-Duberry

Lineups — ratings are a Pulse estimate

Stoke City

  • 2Ben Johnson6.3
  • 16Ben Wilmot6.3
  • 1Viktor Johansson5.9
  • 17Eric Bocat6.3
  • 7Jack McGlynn6.3
  • 22Junior Tchamadeu6.3
  • 10Jun-ho Bae6.3
  • 8Ethan Galbraith6.3
  • 5Luke Graham6.0
  • 11Lamine Cissé6.3
  • 27Djibril Soumaré6.3

Middlesbrough

  • 12Luke Ayling6.8
  • 2Callum Brittain7.8
  • 10Aidan Morris6.8
  • 6Sebastian Berhalter6.5
  • 30Neto Borges6.6
  • 16Jeremy Sarmiento6.8
  • 4Ashley Phillips6.8
  • 29Adilson Malanda6.8
  • 1Radek Vítek6.5
  • 7Will Lankshear7.8
  • 11Amario Cozier-Duberry7.5
Stoke CityTale of the tapeMiddlesbrough
5-4-1Formation5-4-1
19 ptsTable22 pts
+2Goal difference+6
WWWDWFormWDDWW
0Head-to-head wins1
39%Win chance39%

Head to head — 2 previous meetings

Stoke City 0W1D1W Middlesbrough

Goals 1–2

  • 2026-01-21Stoke City1–2Middlesbrough
  • 2025-09-30Middlesbrough0–0Stoke City

Seasons searched: 2025-2026, 2026-2027.

Recent form — Last five, before this fixture

Stoke City

WWWDW
  • @Bolton Wanderers2-1
  • vsSheffield United2-1
  • @Watford2-1
  • @Cardiff City1-1
  • vsCharlton Athletic4-0

Middlesbrough

WDDWW
  • vsWolverhampton Wanderers1-0
  • @Birmingham City2-2
  • vsMillwall2-2
  • vsNorwich City4-3
  • @Queens Park Rangers1-0

This season — other meeting

Where they stand — In a 24-team table

TeamPWDLGDPts
Stoke City11614+219
Middlesbrough11641+622