Middlesbrough 1-0 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Friday 19 April 2019

Result

Middlesbrough 1-0 Stoke City

Championship · Friday 19 April 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 1-0 Stoke City: match report

Middlesbrough beat Stoke City 1-0 in the Championship on Friday 19 April 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Britt Assombalonga of Middlesbrough in the 2nd minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 7th on 64 points from 42 and Stoke City 17th on 52 points from 42. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Stoke City 17th with 55.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Stoke City in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Edwards of Stoke City (7.7), level with Sam Clucas (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 2 draws and 2 for Stoke City.

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read W-W-L-L-L and Stoke City's D-L-W-D-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Britt AssombalongaMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Adam ClaytonMiddlesbrough
  • 82'Yellow card · D. BatthStoke City

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Middlesbrough 1, draws 2, Stoke City 2.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-1-1)

Darren Randolph, Paddy McNair, Aden Flint, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Howson, Adam Clayton, John Mikel Obi, M. Bešić, George Saville, Ashley Fletcher, Britt Assombalonga

Stoke City line-up (5-3-2)

Adam Federici, Tom Edwards, Nathan Collins, Danny Batth, Ashley Williams, James McClean, Peter Etebo, Joe Allen, Sam Clucas, Sam Vokes, Benik Afobe