Middlesbrough 2-1 Stoke City: result and report

Middlesbrough 2-1 Stoke City

Championship · Friday 20 December 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Middlesbrough defeated Stoke City 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 20 December 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.

S. Clucas opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Ashley Fletcher (57') and Lewis Wing (71'). Stoke City scored through S. Clucas (53').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 20th on 21 points from 22 and Stoke City 22nd on 18 points from 22. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Stoke City 16th with 56.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Stoke City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Wing of Middlesbrough (7.7), ahead of Jonathan Howson (7.5).

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

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