Stoke Metropolis and Middlesbrough will search to reply again to their promotion rivals after they play the ultimate match of the spherical on Wednesday (20:00 GMT).
Relying how Coventry and Ipswich fare the earlier evening, Boro may very well be as many as 9 factors off the highest and down to 3rd by the point they kick-off on the Bet365, searching for a 3rd straight win after scoring seven throughout their previous two victories.
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The Potters have saved 5 clear sheets of their previous six video games however are searching for a primary win in 4 at house, however a defeat might see them drop out of the top-10, relying on outcomes elsewhere.
Stoke have solely loved three wins of their previous 15 league conferences with Middlesbrough (D5 L7), successful none of their final three in opposition to Boro (D1 L2).
After their 3-1 win final season, Middlesbrough might win on back-to-back league visits to Stoke for under the second time of their historical past, beforehand doing so in March 1956.
Stoke have received every of their previous 5 house league matches performed on a Wednesday, their greatest successful streak on today of the week since December 1996 (6).
Middlesbrough have solely misplaced two of their previous 13 away league matches on a Wednesday (W8 D3), defeats at Preston in February 2024 (1-2) and Sheffield United in February 2025 (1-3).
Mark Robins has received six of his 9 earlier Championship house video games in opposition to Middlesbrough as a supervisor (D1 L2), though did lose his just one as Stoke boss final season (1-3).
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