Match summary
Middlesbrough won 2-0 at home to Stoke. Middlesbrough led 1-0 at half-time.
Ben Gannon-Doak put Middlesbrough ahead in the 34th minute and Hayden Hackney made it 2-0 in the 73rd minute.
The chances backed that up: Middlesbrough created 2.50 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Stoke's 0.72 from 7.
Before kick-off
Middlesbrough win
59%
Avg odds 1.60
Draw
22%
Avg odds 4.32
Stoke win
19%
Avg odds 5.06
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.