Balanced ball game between Middlesbrough and Preston North End expected

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Tue 01.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

Struggling Middlesbrough will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Preston North End in the upcoming league round. It's 18th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Middlesbrough and Preston North End.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

Middlesbrough have played 5 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Middlesbrough crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Sheffield Wednesday here at Riverside Stadium in a Championship match. Prior to that, an away loss at Cardiff City.

This is expected to be a close game, with Middlesbrough perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Middlesbrough as a small favourite), we find eight games. Middlesbrough has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 6.

Middlesbrough are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Birmingham City awaits in three days.

Middlesbrough aren't scoring a lot here at Riverside Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Preston North End form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Preston North End have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.

Preston North End delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Bristol City (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Championship game. A 0-3 loss hosting Manchester City before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Preston North End, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

After this away game Preston North End return home for a Championship game against Barnsley. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Preston North End have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Preston North End have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 5 - 1 (Middlesbrough wins - draws - Preston North End wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Johnson
5 goals / 3 assists
B. Assombalonga
3 goals
S. Maguire
3 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Preston North End missing players

Middlesbrough Preston North End
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
9 5 1 Played P 1 4 9
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 2 1 Lost L 1 2 2
9 4 1 Scored S 0 4 17
13 6 4 Conceded C 1 5 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
44% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 78%
33% 20% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 56%
33% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 33%
22% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 22%
44% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 56%
22% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 11%
 
6.3 5.2 5 Corners For (avg) C F 7 4 4.6
6.3 6.2 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 6 6.4
1.1 0.4 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 1.2 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Middlesbrough have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Middlesbrough
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Millwall
31-08-19 CH Bristol City 2 - 2 Middlesbrough
14-09-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Reading
21-09-19 CH Cardiff City 1 - 0 Middlesbrough
28-09-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 4 Sheffield Wednesday
01-10-19 CH Middlesbrough 18:45 Preston North End
04-10-19 CH Birmingham City 18:45 Middlesbrough
19-10-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 West Bromwich Albion
23-10-19 CH Huddersfield Town 18:45 Middlesbrough
26-10-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 Fulham
Preston North End
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 1 Preston North End
14-09-19 CH Preston North End 2 - 0 Brentford
21-09-19 CH Birmingham City 0 - 1 Preston North End
24-09-19 CC Preston North End 0 - 3 Manchester City
28-09-19 CH Preston North End 3 - 3 Bristol City
01-10-19 CH Middlesbrough 18:45 Preston North End
05-10-19 CH Preston North End 14:00 Barnsley
19-10-19 CH Reading 14:00 Preston North End
22-10-19 CH Preston North End 18:45 Leeds United
26-10-19 CH Preston North End 14:00 Blackburn Rovers

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 9 5 4 0 17 10 4 2 2 0 9 6 5 3 2 0 8 4 7 19
2 Swansea City 9 5 3 1 13 6 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 2 2 0 4 1 7 18
3 Nottingham Forest 9 5 3 1 14 8 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 3 2 0 8 5 6 18
4 Leeds United 9 5 2 2 13 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 4 0 1 10 2 8 17
5 Preston North End 9 5 2 2 17 10 5 4 1 0 13 5 4 1 1 2 4 5 7 17
6 Charlton Athletic 9 5 2 2 12 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 17
7 Sheffield Wednesday 9 5 1 3 15 8 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 3 0 2 10 5 7 16
8 Bristol City 9 4 4 1 16 12 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 3 2 0 11 7 4 16
9 Queens Park Rangers 9 5 1 3 14 14 5 2 1 2 8 9 4 3 0 1 6 5 0 16
10 Fulham 9 4 3 2 14 7 5 3 1 1 10 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 7 15
11 Blackburn Rovers 9 4 1 4 10 10 5 2 1 2 5 4 4 2 0 2 5 6 0 13
12 Cardiff City 9 3 4 2 11 12 4 3 1 0 6 3 5 0 3 2 5 9 -1 13
13 Birmingham City 9 4 1 4 9 12 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 2 0 3 4 9 -3 13
14 Brentford 9 3 2 4 8 7 4 1 2 1 4 2 5 2 0 3 4 5 1 11
15 Derby County 9 2 5 2 11 13 5 1 3 1 6 6 4 1 2 1 5 7 -2 11
16 Hull City 9 2 4 3 13 13 5 1 2 2 7 9 4 1 2 1 6 4 0 10
17 Luton Town 9 3 1 5 14 17 4 1 1 2 6 9 5 2 0 3 8 8 -3 10
18 Millwall 9 2 4 3 7 12 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 0 3 2 3 9 -5 10
19 Middlesbrough 9 2 3 4 9 13 5 2 1 2 4 6 4 0 2 2 5 7 -4 9
20 Reading 9 2 2 5 10 12 4 1 0 3 5 7 5 1 2 2 5 5 -2 8
21 Wigan Athletic 9 2 2 5 8 15 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 0 1 4 3 11 -7 8
22 Barnsley 9 1 2 6 5 15 5 1 1 3 5 10 4 0 1 3 0 5 -10 5
23 Huddersfield Town 9 0 2 7 8 18 5 0 1 4 3 9 4 0 1 3 5 9 -10 2
24 Stoke City 9 0 2 7 9 20 5 0 1 4 6 12 4 0 1 3 3 8 -11 2

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