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Middlesbrough beat Stoke 3-2 with Borges scoring late winner
Middlesbrough beat Stoke City 3-2 in a Championship match in Stoke.
Callum Brittain put Middlesbrough ahead early in the second half, but Neto Borges accidentally scored an own goal to level the match.
Will Lankshear restored Boro’s lead, then substitute Robert Bozenik equalised for Stoke late in the game.
Borges scored the winner in stoppage time, turning his earlier mistake into the decisive moment.
The result kept Middlesbrough second in the table and extended their unbeaten run to five games.
It also ended Stoke’s six-game unbeaten run, which had brought them 16 points.
The match left Stoke with their first defeat since 29 August.
Middlesbrough beat Stoke City 3-2 after Neto Borges scored a stoppage-time winner.
Borges had earlier scored an own goal when Junior Tchamadeu’s shot deflected off him.
Callum Brittain and Will Lankshear also scored for Middlesbrough.
Robert Bozenik equalised for Stoke with four or five minutes left, according to the reports.
Middlesbrough extended their unbeaten run to five games and remained second in the Championship.
- Who
- Middlesbrough beat Stoke City.
- What
- Middlesbrough won 3-2, with Neto Borges scoring the late winner after an earlier own goal.
- When
- 13 October 2026, the date the reports were published.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Borges scored in stoppage time to give Middlesbrough the win.
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Callum Brittain put Middlesbrough ahead three minutes after the restart.
Junior Tchamadeu’s shot deflected off Borges for Stoke’s equaliser.
Will Lankshear restored Middlesbrough’s lead after goalkeeper Viktor Johansson spilled a shot.
Robert Bozenik equalised for Stoke, before Borges scored the winner in stoppage time.
- Final score
- Stoke City 2-3 Middlesbrough
- Winner
- Neto Borges, in the first of four minutes of stoppage time
- Middlesbrough scorers
- Callum Brittain, Will Lankshear, Neto Borges
- Stoke scorers
- Junior Tchamadeu’s deflected shot, Robert Bozenik
- Middlesbrough league position
- Second in the Championship
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