Stoke City 2-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 March 2017
Result
Stoke City 2-0 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Saturday 4 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Stoke City 2-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Stoke City defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 March 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Marko Arnautovic opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Marko Arnautovic (29') and Marko Arnautovic (42'). Middlesbrough did not score.
Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stoke City were 10th on 32 points from 26 and Middlesbrough 17th on 22 points from 26. Stoke City went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 28.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Glenn Whelan of Stoke City (8.4), ahead of Marko Arnautovic (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Stoke City win, 1 draw and 1 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Middlesbrough's L-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Ryan Shawcross
- 29'Goal · Marko Arnautovic
- 42'Goal · Marko Arnautovic
- 45+2'Yellow card · George Friend
- 78'Yellow card · Marten de Roon
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lee Grant, Glen Johnson, Ryan Shawcross, Bruno Martins Indi, Erik Pieters, Geoff Cameron, Glenn Whelan, Marko Arnautovic, Joe Allen, Ramadan Sobhi, Peter Crouch
Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Fábio, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, George Friend, Grant Leadbitter, Marten de Roon, Adam Clayton, Gastón Ramírez, Rudy Gestede, Adama Traoré