Middlesbrough vs Stoke City

Middlesbrough completed a league double over Stoke City last season, and could win three in a row against the Potters for only the second time since WWII, after June 2020.

Stoke have won just one of their last nine league visits to Middlesbrough (D2 L6), a 2-0 victory in October 2023.

Middlesbrough have won all three of their Championship home games this season, and could win each of their opening four home matches of a second tier campaign for the sixth time, after 1925-26, 1969-70, 1971-72, 1991-92, and 2018-19.

Stoke have won three of their last six away league games (D1 L2), as many as their previous 20 beforehand (W3 D5 L12).

Middlesbrough’s Rob Edwards has won both of his previous managerial games against Stoke in the Championship, each with Luton in February 2023 (1-0) and December 2024 (2-1).