Middlesbrough 3-1 Stoke City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 30 April 2022
Result
Middlesbrough 3-1 Stoke City
Championship · Saturday 30 April 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Middlesbrough 3-1 Stoke City: match report
Middlesbrough beat Stoke City 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 April 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.
Matt Crooks opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Matt Crooks (21'), an own goal by Lewis Baker (25') and Matt Crooks (72'). Stoke City scored through N. Powell (90+4').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 7th on 67 points from 44 and Stoke City 12th on 61 points from 44. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Stoke City 14th with 62.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Stoke City in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Crooks of Middlesbrough (8.5), ahead of Dael Fry (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 3 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read W-D-L-D-L and Stoke City's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Matt Crooks
- 25'Own goal · Lewis Baker
- 72'Goal · Matt Crooks
- 90+4'Goal · N. Powell
Head-to-head
Team news
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Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)
Luke Daniels, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Lee Peltier, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Riley McGree, Marcus Tavernier, Andraz Sporar, Duncan Watmore
Stoke City line-up (3-1-4-2)
Josef Bursik, Will Forrester, Phil Jagielka, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Joe Allen, Tommy Smith, Lewis Baker, R. Sawyers, Josh Tymon, Jacob Brown, Jaden Philogene