Let's get ready for Preston North End - Middlesbrough! Even with their varied results, this fixture should be immense!
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (11) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have scored at least twice as many goals away as Preston North End have scored home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Preston North End form and stats
Preston North End's results here at Deepdale in the Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Preston lost their last game at Blackpool (placed 18th) after a 2-4 scoreline. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfield player Whiteman got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Whiteman scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).
Before that match, a win away at Huddersfield Town.This is expected to be a close game, with Preston North End perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Preston North End as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Preston North End has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
It should be noted that a glance at the 17 most recent league fixtures reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Swansea City are coming to town in three days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Preston means that they have only scored {2 goals} in 8 league home games, less than half a goal per match. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Preston North End have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Middlesbrough form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Middlesbrough so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
Middlesbrough's last game was the home draw against Huddersfield Town (0-0). Steffen (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.12. Steffen topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Wigan Athletic.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Middlesbrough in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Middlesbrough, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Middlesbrough manager Percovich as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Hull City.
Middlesbrough have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Middlesbrough have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Preston wins - draws - Middlesbrough wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Riis Jakobsen 4 goals |   D. Watmore 4 goals |  C. Akpom 4 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Preston North End | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 56% |
| 59% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 53% | 75% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 12.2 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.7 | 11.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 18% | 7% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| 13.8 | 12.1 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10 | 8.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.6 |
- Middlesbrough have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Middlesbrough have scored at least twice as many goals away as Preston North End have scored home.
- Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Preston North End have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Preston North End have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (11) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (10) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Burnley | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Millwall | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Norwich City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Reading | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Swansea City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Watford | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Hull City | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
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- Teesside Live - (local newspaper)
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