Match Centre: Stoke City vs Middlesbrough
Player of the match Finn Azaz 9.0
GolVolt rating 6.1GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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13 → 11
Middlesbrough climb 2 places in the table. Stoke City: 19 → 20.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Azaz scored the winner.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 73′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 5.3 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Azaz scored the winner, Azaz: rated 9.0.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 8.2 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.2 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 6.1 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 6.1more watchable than 61% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
4 goals4 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 20' Goal: Marcus Forssassist: Whittaker0:1
- 45' Goal: Jun-ho Baeassist: Moran1:1
- Half-time · 1:1
- 49' SubstitutionAyling for Edmundson
- 52' Goal: Finn Azazassist: Conway1:2
- 61' SubstitutionGallagher for Lowe
- 62' SubstitutionKoumas for Manhoef
- 68' SubstitutionBurgzorg for Forss
- 70' 2 substitutionsPearson for SekoTchamadeu for Wilmot
- 73' Goal: Tommy Conwayassist: Azaz1:3
- 75' Neto Borgesyellow card
- 76' SubstitutionBocat for Rose
- 78' Stoke Cityyellow card
- 78' Middlesbroughyellow card
- 83' Andrew Moranyellow card
- 87' 2 substitutionsGiles for ConwayIling-Junior for Azaz
- Full-time · 1:3
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Stoke City
Middlesbrough
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Stoke City
- 13 Jack Bonham GK —
- 17 Eric-Junior Bocat DEF on
- 22 Junior Tchamadeu DEF on
- 4 Ben Pearson MID on
- 15 Jordan Andrew Thompson MID —
- 11 Lewis Koumas ATT on
- 20 Sam Gallagher ATT on
- 37 Emre Tezgel ATT —
- 56 Favour Fawunmi ATT —
Middlesbrough
- 23 Tom Glover GK —
- 12 Luke Ayling DEF on
- 28 Ryan Giles DEF on
- 46 Josh Dede DEF —
- 4 Dan Barlaser MID —
- 49 Law McCabe MID —
- 9 Kelechi Iheanacho ATT —
- 10 Delano Burgzorg ATT on
- 29 Samuel Iling-Junior ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Bet365 Stadium, Stoke
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Middlesbrough Finn Azaz
- 2. place · Middlesbrough Marcus Forss
- 3. place · Middlesbrough Tommy Conway
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