Stoke City vs Middlesbrough 2-3

Middlesbrough came from behind to beat Stoke City 3-2 at bet365 Stadium, with Callum Brittain’s opener, an own goal and a late goal from Neto Borges doing the damage.

The first half brought no goals, so it was 0-0 at the break.

Brittain opened the scoring in the 48th minute from Amario Cozier-Duberry’s assist, and Neto Borges then made it 2-0 two minutes later with an own goal credited to Middlesbrough. Will Lankshear extended the lead in the 73rd minute before Stoke answered through Róbert Boženík in the 85th minute. He had come on in the 79th minute and converted George Hirst’s assist, with Hirst having arrived in the 67th minute. Neto Borges then sealed it for Middlesbrough three minutes into stoppage time. Middlesbrough made two changes in the 64th minute, Stoke made two in the 67th minute and then three more in the 79th minute as they tried to get back into the game.

Middlesbrough had 66% of the ball, made 561 passes to Stoke’s 269 and had 19 shots to 7, with 9 on target against 1. They also finished on 2.63 expected goals to Stoke’s 0.74, while Stoke had more corners, 4-3, and more saves, 7-0. Both sides were caught offside once, and Middlesbrough committed 11 fouls to Stoke’s 8.

Sebastian Berhalter was booked for Middlesbrough in the 51st minute, while Luke Graham was booked for Stoke in the 68th minute. There were no red cards.