Middlesbrough welcome Stoke City to the Riverside Stadium this weekend as they look to pick up just a third win of the season.
Michael Carrick’s side will be hoping to recover from last weekend’s derby day defeat to Sunderland against a Stoke side who recently appointed Narcis Pelach as their new manager.
The Staffordshire club lost their first game under his management as they were beaten 3-1 by Hull City.
Both sides have met each other once already this season, when Stoke thumped the Teessiders 5-0 in the Carabao Cup.
Middlesbrough vs Stoke City kick-off time and date
Middlesbrough host Stoke at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday 28 September 2024. Kick-off gets underway at 3 PM BST.
- Date: Saturday 28 September 2024
- Kick-off time: 3 PM (BST)
- Stadium: Riverside Stadium
- Saturday 28th September Championship
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How to watch Middlesbrough vs Stoke City
The game won’t be available to watch as part of the UK’s 3 PM blackout rule when it comes to televising fixtures on a Saturday.
Highlights will be available to watch on Sky Sports and the club’s social media channels after the match.
Alternatively, Boro fans can listen to live audio commentary on BBC Radio Tees.
Middlesbrough team news
Carrick will have several first-teamers out with injury ahead of this weekend’s game.
Jonny Howson (hamstring), Darragh Lenihan (ankle), Dael Fry (leg), Alex Bangura (achilles), Marcus Forss (hamstring), and Tommy Smith (achilles), are all out injured.
Alex Gilbert missed the Sunderland defeat after picking up an injury during training and is also unlikely to be available.
Emmanuel Latte Lath will be fine to play despite being on the end of a challenge that Boro boss Carrick felt was a red card.
Stoke City team news
On-loan Tottenham Hotspur defender Ashley Phillips is still out injured after he missed the defeat against Hull.
Lynden Gooch (knee), Bosun Lawal (back), and Sam Gallagher (calf) will also be missing for the trip to the north East.
Middlesbrough vs Stoke City predictions
Both teams have had poor starts to the season however if Boro can exploit Stoke’s biggest weakness, as outlined by Perlach, then they stand a good chance of picking up a third league win of the season.
Many are predicting the game to be a scrappy affair, including EFL pundit Sam Parkin, who believes the game will be a low-scoring contest.
Speaking on the Championship Check-in podcast, he said: “Really difficult because I think in the first 45 minutes [vs Hull City] there was obviously real signs that Stoke could be onto something good.
“As it is, really tough, I’m going to go for Middlesbrough to grind out, like they did on the opening day, 1-0 Middlesbrough.”