Preston vs Middlesbrough

Final score: Preston 2-2 Middlesbrough in the Championship, September 13, 2025. Head-to-head in the last 10 meetings: 5 wins for Preston, 2 draws, 3 wins for Middlesbrough.

Overview

Football: Championship · Round 5
Venue: Deepdale, Preston
Form: LLWLL Preston
: WDWLW Middlesbrough

8' Morgan Whittaker
11' Alfie Jones
22' L. Dobbin · J. Storey 1-0
HT1-0
46' ▲ D. Strelec ▼ M. K. Sene
58' Andrew Hughes
62' ▲ H. Armstrong ▼ A. Devine
62' ▲ M. Frokjaer-Jensen ▼ L. Dobbin
62' ▲ M. Smith ▼ D. Jebbison
66' ▲ S. Nypan ▼ M. Whittaker
72' 1-1 M. Targett · T. Conway
79' ▲ A. Vukcevic ▼ T. Small
84' ▲ A. Browne ▼ H. Hackney
88' J. Storey · B. Whiteman 2-1
89' ▲ S. Hansen ▼ A. Jones
90'+7 Darragh Lenihan
90' 2-2 S. Hansen
FT2-2

Line-ups

Preston Formation: 3-5-2 · Coach: Paul Heckingbottom

1D. Iversen 6.6
14J. Storey ⚽ ⇢ 9.2
19L. Gibson 6.9
16A. Hughes 6.9
2P. Valentin 6.3
21A. Devine ▼ 62' 7.2
4B. Whiteman ⇢ 8.5
8A. McCann 6.6
26T. Small ▼ 79' 6.5
17L. Dobbin ⚽ ▼ 62' 7.3
9D. Jebbison ▼ 62' 5.6

Substitutes 9

12J. Walton
3A. Vukcevic ▲ 79' 6.2
5H. Armstrong ▲ 62' 6.7
6L. Lindsay
10M. Frokjaer-Jensen ▲ 62' 6.2
20T. Carroll
22S. T. Thordarson
24M. Smith ▲ 62' 6.2
42O. Offiah

Middlesbrough Formation: 3-4-3 · Coach: Kim Hellberg

31S. Brynn 6.6
12L. Ayling 6.9
26D. Lenihan 6.6
5A. Jones ▼ 89' 6.5
2C. Brittain 6.7
18A. Morris 6.9
7H. Hackney ▼ 84' 6.3
3M. Targett ⚽ 8.3
11M. Whittaker ▼ 66' 6.5
9T. Conway ⇢ 6.3
20M. K. Sene ▼ 46' 6.3

Substitutes 9

33J. McLaughlin
13D. Strelec ▲ 46' 6.6
16A. Browne ▲ 84' 6.5
19S. Nypan ▲ 66' 6.9
22S. Silvera
25G. Edmundson
27S. Hansen ⚽ ▲ 89' 7.7
42A. Kante
43R. Patterson-Powell

Statistics

01⚑3

⚑430

39%Possession61%

7Shots14

2Shots on target3

3Shots off target3

5Shots inside box9

2Shots outside box5

2Blocked shots8

3Corners4

0Offsides2

13Fouls7

1Yellow cards3

1Saves0

-0.64Goals prevented-0.64

296Passes476

213Accurate passes395

72%Pass accuracy83%

0.75Expected goals (xG)1.52

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	46	97 - 45	+52	95
2	Ipswich	46	80 - 47	+33	84
3	Millwall	46	64 - 49	+15	83
4	Southampton	46	82 - 56	+26	80
5	Middlesbrough	46	72 - 47	+25	80
6	Hull City	46	70 - 66	+4	73
7	Wrexham	46	69 - 65	+4	71
8	Derby	46	67 - 59	+8	69
9	Norwich	46	63 - 56	+7	65
10	Birmingham	46	57 - 56	+1	64
11	Swansea	46	57 - 59	-2	64
12	Bristol City	46	59 - 59	0	62
13	Sheffield Utd	46	66 - 66	0	60
14	Preston	46	55 - 62	-7	60
15	QPR	46	61 - 73	-12	58
16	Watford	46	53 - 65	-12	57
17	Stoke City	46	51 - 56	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	49 - 64	-15	55
19	Charlton	46	44 - 58	-14	53
20	Blackburn	46	42 - 56	-14	52
21	West Brom	46	48 - 58	-10	51
22	Oxford United	46	45 - 59	-14	47
23	Leicester	46	58 - 68	-10	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	29 - 89	-60	0