Middlesbrough favourites for feisty fight facing Preston North End

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 16.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

Middlesbrough and Preston North End have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Championship.

Insights:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Middlesbrough nor Preston North End as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Middlesbrough have managed 9 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 18 games.

The Middlesbrough supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Stoke City in Championship and win 3-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Swansea City.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Middlesbrough have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won eight times, drawn three and lost three.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Middlesbrough as they are travelling to their away game against Millwall in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.

Middlesbrough are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 18 games. Middlesbrough have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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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 8-1-9 so far. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Preston North End's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Preston are travelling again after losing away to Wycombe Wanderers in their previous match (0-1). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting AFC Bournemouth.

We have checked recent matches where Preston have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were one victory, one draw and five defeats.

After this away game Preston return home for a Championship game against Luton Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Preston North End are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 18 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Preston have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Preston North End - Middlesbrough 3-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Middlesbrough won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Preston North End has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndS. Sinclair
S. Sinclair
9 goals
MiddlesbroughD. Watmore
D. Watmore
6 goals
MiddlesbroughG. Saville
G. Saville
5 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Middlesbrough Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
15 9 3 Won W 2 8 13
8 3 0 Drew D 0 1 5
13 6 2 Lost L 3 9 18
44 23 8 Scored S 5 24 39
38 18 4 Conceded C 8 29 46
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 64%
50% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 50%
14% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 17%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
47% 39% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 36%
33% 39% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 22% 31%
31% 28% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 28% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.3 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.4 11.7 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.4 9.6
3 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.4 3.2
41% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 39% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

Middlesbrough:
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Championship:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.