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Stoke City, Recent FormThe 2-1 away defeat to Cardiff City will not have sat easily with the Stoke City squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. During that encounter they had 60% possession and had 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target, while their opponents hit 5 of their 11 shots on goal.
Whilst they have scored a reasonable 4 goals in their last 6 games, they are struggling to pick up points due to their defence, who have shipped 14 goals in the same period. They have been unable to score at home in 4 of their last 6 games, and they have also failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
Having clocked up 5 defeats from their previous 6 matches, recent form is something they will certainly be looking to change.
Middlesbrough, Recent FormThe Middlesbrough players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Plymouth Argyle recently, that ended in a 2-0 defeat. Their share of possession in that meeting was 69%, while racking up 11 shots along the way, 0 of which were on target. Plymouth Argyle had 22 shots on goal with 11 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 6 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 9, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have failed to record a clean sheet in their last 10 games; however, playing away from home this season, they have scored in 14 of their 16 games.
They have had a good run of form away from home recently, having won 4 out of their last 6 games on the road.
Goalscorer Emmanuel Latte Lath will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 3 goals in his last 6 league matches for Middlesbrough.
In the last league encounter between these sides, it was Middlesbrough who ended up empty-handed, losing 0-2 to Stoke City.
The stats show that in the last 4 meetings between The Boro and their rivals, Stoke, the former have conceded at least one goal.
This fixture has produced a draw on the last 2 occasions that these 2 sides have met at Bet365 Stadium in the league, but Stoke will take some small comfort in being unbeaten in their last 3 meetings there.
With no real injury worries, Stoke manager Steven Schumacher will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
With both Darragh Lenihan (Achilles tendon) and Tommy Smith (Achilles tendon) being out for the rest of the season and Alex Bangura (Leg), Josh Coburn (Groin), Dael Fry (Groin), Hayden Hackney (Knee), Jonny Howson (Knee), Isaiah Jones (Hamstring) and Emmanuel Latte Lath (Hamstring) all unavailable in the shorter term, Middlesboro manager Michael Carrick will be hoping none of his other players pick up a knock going into this clash.
Stoke City Playing at home | Middlesbrough Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.7 | Goals scored | 1.9 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 51' | Time first goal scored | 38' |
| 41' | Time first goal conceded | 40' |
| 2.6 | Yellow cards | 2.1 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.4 | Subs used | 4.1 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| 5-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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