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Middlesbrough vs Preston

Middlesbrough
4 - 0
Preston
🕒 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:45 Europe/London 📍 Riverside Stadium 🧑‍⚖️ Andrew Kitchen 🔁 Regular Season - 18 🏁 match finished
Season
2023-2024 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 18
Regular Season Table
Middlesbrough 8 · Preston 10
Referee Stats
Andrew Kitchen
24 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 38%
Draws 29%
Away wins 33%
How the match was won
  • Middlesbrough outshot their opponent (13-6).
  • Middlesbrough controlled possession (58%).
  • Middlesbrough had the sharper finishing (8-1 shots on target).

Team Overview

Middlesbrough (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 10-4-9

Goals For / Against

30 / 26
Avg: 1.30 / 1.13

Points

34
Avg: 1.48

Clean Sheets

8

Failed to Score

6
Preston (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 7-5-11

Goals For / Against

21 / 31
Avg: 0.91 / 1.35

Points

26
Avg: 1.13

Clean Sheets

7

Failed to Score

10

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Championship fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.48
PPG
1.13
1.30
GF
0.91
1.13
GA
1.35
35%
O2.5
43%
43%
BTTS
35%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Middlesbrough rank8th
Preston rank10th
Middlesbrough points69
Preston points63
Middlesbrough: #8 · 69 pts · GD +9
27 pts off the top 2. 5 pts above the play-off edge. 18 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Preston: #10 · 63 pts · GD -11
33 pts off the top 2. 6 pts off the play-off line. 12 pts clear of the relegation zone.
6-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Middlesbrough last 5 home

W L W W D
Points10/15
Weighted index69
Goals10-5
Record3-1-1
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Preston last 5 away

L L L D L
Points1/15
Weighted index4
Goals0-8
Record0-1-4
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Middlesbrough trend breakdown

Over 2.535%
BTTS43%
BTTS + O2.530%
1H Over 0.565%
Also: Over 0.5 96% · Over 1.5 78% · Over 3.5 22% · 1H BTTS 17%

Preston trend breakdown

Over 2.543%
BTTS35%
BTTS + O2.522%
1H Over 0.561%
Also: Over 0.5 91% · Over 1.5 70% · Over 3.5 13% · 1H BTTS 17%

Scoring reliability

Middlesbrough score at home74%
Middlesbrough clean sheet at home35%
Preston score away57%
Preston clean sheet away30%

First-goal patterns

Middlesbrough score first0%
Middlesbrough win after scoring first0%
Preston score first0%
Preston win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Middlesbrough 0% · Preston 0%

Vs league average

Middlesbrough score at home1.30 vs 1.48
Middlesbrough concede at home1.13 vs 1.20
Preston score away0.91 vs 1.20
Preston concede away1.35 vs 1.48
Middlesbrough score 12% below league average, while Preston score 24% below league average.
Defensive side: Middlesbrough are 6% below league average at home, and Preston are 9% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals3.20
BTTS80%
Over 2.580%
At this venue setup: 3.40 goals on average across the last 5.

Middlesbrough goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Preston goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
8
1
Total Shots
13
6
Shots off Goal
1
2
Blocked Shots
4
3
Shots Inside Box
11
2
Shots Outside Box
2
4
Ball Possession
58%
42%
Corner Kicks
7
3
Fouls
15
14
Offsides
2
1
Yellow Cards
0
2
Red Cards
—
—
Goalkeeper Saves
1
4
Total Passes
595
422
Passes Accurate
504
342
Passes %
85%
81%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games20
Home Wins7
Draws6
Away Wins7
Over 2.5 Goals12 (60.0%)
BTTS11 (55.0%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games10
Home Wins5
Draws3
Away Wins2
Over 2.5 Goals5 (50.0%)
BTTS4 (40.0%)

Middlesbrough vs Preston Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season
24 Jan 2026 Middlesbrough vs Preston 4 - 0 13 Sep 2025 Preston vs Middlesbrough 2 - 2
2024-2025 Season
25 Jan 2025 Preston vs Middlesbrough 2 - 1 14 Sep 2024 Middlesbrough vs Preston 1 - 1
2023-2024 Season
14 Feb 2024 Preston vs Middlesbrough 2 - 1 28 Nov 2023 Middlesbrough vs Preston 4 - 0
2022-2023 Season
18 Mar 2023 Middlesbrough vs Preston 4 - 0 29 Oct 2022 Preston vs Middlesbrough 2 - 1
2021-2022 Season
07 May 2022 Preston vs Middlesbrough 4 - 1 23 Nov 2021 Middlesbrough vs Preston 1 - 2
2020-2021 Season
16 Mar 2021 Middlesbrough vs Preston 2 - 0 09 Dec 2020 Preston vs Middlesbrough 3 - 0
2019-2020 Season
01 Jan 2020 Preston vs Middlesbrough 0 - 2 01 Oct 2019 Middlesbrough vs Preston 1 - 1
2018-2019 Season
13 Mar 2019 Middlesbrough vs Preston 1 - 2 27 Nov 2018 Preston vs Middlesbrough 1 - 1
2017-2018 Season
01 Jan 2018 Preston vs Middlesbrough 2 - 3 26 Aug 2017 Middlesbrough vs Preston 0 - 0
2015-2016 Season
09 Apr 2016 Middlesbrough vs Preston 1 - 0 09 Aug 2015 Preston vs Middlesbrough 0 - 0