About Match
6 points for Stoke City (13th), 10 for Middlesbrough (2nd): a 4-point gap. Per game in the league, Stoke City score 1.6 and conceding 1.8, Middlesbrough 1.6 and 1, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game. Three points here take Stoke City to 9 and up to 7th, assuming other results stand.
GioScore's database holds 19 meetings between the two: 5 for Stoke City, 8 for Middlesbrough and 6 drawn, at 2.21 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 42% of those meetings.
The venue is Bet365 Stadium in Stoke, with room for 30,089 spectators.




