Stoke City 2 Middlesbrough 3

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Match Report

Competition: EFL Championship

Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Venue: bet365 Stadium

Match Identified: Stoke City 2–3 Middlesbrough (most closely matches the provided clues; the fixture was played at Stoke, with Middlesbrough scoring 3 and conceding 2).

After a goalless first half in which Middlesbrough controlled the ball and fashioned the clearer openings, the game exploded into life immediately after the restart. The visitors finally turned their pressure into a breakthrough on 48 minutes when Callum Brittain finished to make it 0–1, with Amario Cozier-Duberry credited with the assist.

Stoke’s response was almost instant. Just two minutes later, Stoke pulled level at 50 minutes via an own goal: Neto Borges diverted the ball into his own net from Junior Tchamadeu’s effort, restoring parity at 1–1.

The match then became stretched, with Middlesbrough continuing to create the more dangerous chances. Stoke goalkeeper Viktor Johansson was called upon repeatedly, but he was at fault for the goal that put Boro back in front: on 73 minutes he spilled a Cozier-Duberry strike from range, allowing Will Lankshear to react quickest and convert from close range for 1–2.

Stoke refused to fold and found a late equaliser on 85 minutes. Substitute Róbert Bozeník finished after a defensive lapse, with George Hirst supplying the assist, to make it 2–2 and seemingly rescue a point.

But Middlesbrough had the final say in stoppage time. In the first minute of added time (90+1), Neto Borges completed a dramatic personal storyline—after his earlier own goal—by turning in from close range to seal a 2–3 away win and a decisive late twist.

Stoke City Line Up

Formation: Unknown (team sheet details not accessible from the available source excerpt).

Note: Full Stoke XI (including all starters, substitutes, and exact positional assignments) is not reliably available from the accessible lines of the sources opened; only the players explicitly referenced in match reporting/stat lines are listed above.

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