Middlesbrough vs Stoke City

What it means

• Stoke has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Sep 13

Toure nets again but loses English battle of Socceroos

ESPN · Aug 31

Stoke City near deal for USMNT's McGlynn from Dynamo - sources

ESPN · Aug 15

Will Lankshear scores brace as Middlesbrough come back to survive scare and beat Lincoln

Recap · Aug 7

Middlesbrough edge Wrexham in Carabao Cup 1st round

ESPN · Jul 28

USMNT's Berhalter joins Middlesbrough from Vancouver Whitecaps

ESPN · Jun 30

Everton set to sign midfielder Hayden Hackney from Middlesbrough - sources

ESPN · Jun 2

Tonda Eckert: 'I am responsible' for 'Spygate' but Southampton vow not to sack him

Recap · Apr 18

Wrexham rekindle Championship playoff hopes with 2-0 win over Stoke

Lineups

Stoke4th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1. 1Viktor JohanssonG
2. 2Ben WilmotCD-L
3. 3Ashley PhillipsCD-R
4. 4Eric BocatLB
5. 5Bosun LawalRB
6. 6Bae Jun-HoAM
7. 7Tatsuki SekoLM
8. 8Ben PearsonRM
9. 9Róbert BozeníkF
10. 10Lamine CisseAM-L
11. 11Sorba ThomasAM-R

Boro2nd in English League Championship

Lineup (4-3-3)

1. 1Solomon BrynnG
2. 2Alfie JonesCD-L
3. 3Sam EdmundsonCD-R
4. 4Matt TargettLB
5. 5Luke AylingRB
6. 6Alan BrowneCM
7. 7Aidan MorrisLM
8. 8Hayden HackneyRM
9. 9David StrelecF
10. 10Tommy ConwayLF
11. 11Sverre NypanRF

Head to head

Last 5

STK

• Tvs NOR1-1
• L@ QPR0-1
• Wvs BIR1-0
• Lvs WBA0-1
• Lvs BRD0-3

MID

• T@ SOU1-1
• Wvs WBA2-1
• T@ PNE2-2
• Wvs SHU1-0
• W@ NOR2-1

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, England · Attendance 24,707

Officials

David Webb