| Team | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough W | W2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10/15 | 12-6 |
| Stoke City W | D1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10/15 | 9-6 |
Computed over each team's last 15 finished games before kickoff.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-21 | Stoke City W | 2-0 | Middlesbrough W |
| 2022-03-06 | Stoke City W | 2-6 | Middlesbrough W |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough W | 5 | 22 | 31 | -1 | WDDWD | 3 | +2 |
| Stoke City W | 4 | 22 | 33 | 5 | WLLLL | 9 | -5 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2026-02-22
The table read 5th (Middlesbrough W, 31 pts) against 4th (Stoke City W, 33 pts), 2 points apart. Stoke City W had been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 4th in the table.
Possession: Middlesbrough W 48% · Stoke City W 52% · Total shots: 10-10 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 5-4
