Match summary
Stoke won 2-0 at home to Middlesbrough. Stoke led 1-0 at half-time.
Jun-Ho Bae put Stoke ahead in the 40th minute and Lewis Baker made it 2-0 from a corner in the 71st minute.
The chances backed that up: Stoke created 1.25 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Middlesbrough's 0.63 from 10.
Before kick-off
Stoke win
40%
Avg odds 2.40
Draw
27%
Avg odds 3.46
Middlesbrough win
33%
Avg odds 2.89
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.