Middlesbrough 0-2 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 28 October 2023

Result

Middlesbrough 0-2 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 28 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Middlesbrough · Stoke City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 0-2 Stoke City: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Stoke City 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 28 October 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.

Michael Rose opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Middlesbrough did not score. Stoke City scored through Michael Rose (8') and Mehdi Léris (37').

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 9th on 20 points from 13 and Stoke City 17th on 16 points from 13. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Stoke City 17th with 56.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ki-Jana Hoever of Stoke City (7.8), level with Luke McNally (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 1 for Stoke City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Michael RoseStoke City · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Mehdi LérisStoke City · 0-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Paddy McNairMiddlesbrough
  • 57'Yellow card · Rav van den BergMiddlesbrough
  • 69'Yellow card · Jordan ThompsonStoke City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Enda StevensStoke City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 4, Stoke City 1.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Seny Dieng, Rav van den Berg, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Lukas Engel, Jonathan Howson, Dan Barlaser, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Sam Greenwood, Josh Coburn

Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jack Bonham, Ki-Jana Hoever, Luke McNally, Michael Rose, Enda Stevens, Josh Laurent, Ben Pearson, Mehdi Léris, Daniel Johnson, Sead Haksabanovic, Dwight Gayle