Middlesbrough FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2020-21

Middlesbrough FC

2 – 0

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Preston North End FC

Tue 16 Mar 2021 · 19:00 UTC Riverside Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+4'

R 36' Alan Browne

Y 62' Brad Potts

Darnell Fisher 66' Y

Overview

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Middlesbrough FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship at Riverside Stadium.

Middlesbrough FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)
Preston North End FC 15 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Andy Haines
Referee Michael George
Referee Oliver Langford
Referee Jonathan Hunt

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Middlesbrough FC 16 games · Avg 3.1 goals Preston North End FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-03-16 Middlesbrough FC 2–0 Preston North End FC 2020-12-09 Preston North End FC 3–0 Middlesbrough FC 2020-01-01 Preston North End FC 0–2 Middlesbrough FC 2019-10-01 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Preston North End FC 2019-03-13 Middlesbrough FC 1–2 Preston North End FC

Recent Form

Middlesbrough FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Mar	Preston North End FC	H	2–0	W
13 Mar	Stoke City FC	H	3–0	W
06 Mar	Swansea City AFC	A	1–2	L
02 Mar	Coventry City FC	A	2–1	W
27 Feb	Cardiff City FC	H	1–1	D
23 Feb	Bristol City FC	H	1–3	L

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Mar	Middlesbrough FC	A	0–2	L
13 Mar	Wycombe Wanderers FC	A	0–1	L
06 Mar	AFC Bournemouth	H	1–1	D
02 Mar	Millwall FC	A	1–2	L
27 Feb	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	3–0	W
24 Feb	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

Middlesbrough FC		Preston North End FC
#2	Position	#24
29	Points	8
15	Played	15
8 / 5 / 2	W / D / L	2 / 2 / 11
30	Scored	13
19	Conceded	30
+11	GD	-17
1.93	PPG	0.53
53%	Win %	13%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season

7% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

Middlesbrough FC are 2nd (29 pts). Preston North End FC are 24th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Middlesbrough FC

0-15

5/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

4/3

46-60

5/4

61-75

6/4

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Preston North End FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/6

46-60

1/3

61-75

–/4

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Middlesbrough FC

William Lankshear	13 G
Amario Cozier-Duberry	3 G	4 A

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	4 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Middlesbrough FC welcome Preston North End FC for this crunch clash at Riverside Stadium.
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Middlesbrough FC and Preston North End FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Middlesbrough FC and Preston North End FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
22' Jordan Storey makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Preston North End FC are in front.
27' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
32' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Sepp van den Berg made 244 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
36' Alan Browne picks up a Red card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
41' Preston North End FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
46' The Middlesbrough FC manager makes a substitution. Sam Morsy departs to be replaced by Marcus Tavernier.
51' Brilliant from the ! Marcus Tavernier makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 51.
55' Daniel Johnson is replacing Paul Gallagher for the Preston North End FC side.
58' Fresh legs for Middlesbrough FC! George Saville comes on to replace Paddy McNair.
62' Brad Potts is having his name booked by the referee on 62.
62' The whistle greets Yannick Bolasie as he departs to be replaced by Marvin Johnson.
63' The Middlesbrough FC manager makes a substitution. Chuba Akpom departs to be replaced by Ashley Fletcher.
66' The referee has no hesitation. Darnell Fisher is booked for Middlesbrough FC — Yellow card on 66.
68' Fresh legs for Preston North End FC! Ben Whiteman comes on to replace Ched Evans.
73' It’s high time Alex Neil made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
78' The Preston North End FC bench stirs into life. Liam Lindsay is withdrawn and Joe Rafferty gets his opportunity.
83' Time for substitution for Middlesbrough FC. Neeskens Kebano is replaced by Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.
88' Middlesbrough FC have won 498 goals from 398 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Middlesbrough FC players.

Lineups

Middlesbrough FC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Marcus Bettinelli
21
Neeskens Kebano ↓ Nathaniel Mendez-Laing 83'
20
Darnell Fisher
4
Grant Hall
17
Paddy McNair ↓ George Saville 58'
6
Dael Fry
16
Jonathan Howson C
14
Yannick Bolasie ↓ Marvin Johnson 62'
27
Marc Bola
5
Sam Morsy ↓ Marcus Tavernier 46'
10
Chuba Akpom ↓ Ashley Fletcher 63'

Bench

Coach Neil Warnock

Preston North End FC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Liam Lindsay ↓ Joe Rafferty 78'
44
Brad Potts
16
Andrew Hughes
14
Jordan Storey
29
Tom Barkhuizen ↓ Emil Riis Jakobsen 55'
8
Alan Browne C
12
Paul Gallagher ↓ Daniel Johnson 55'
26
Ched Evans ↓ Ben Whiteman 68'
22
Daniel Iversen
2
Sepp van den Berg
31
Scott Sinclair ↓ Jayson Molumby 46'

Bench

11
Daniel Johnson ↑ 55'
24
Sean Maguire
23
Paul Huntington
17
Ben Whiteman ↑ 68'
15
Joe Rafferty ↑ 78'
25
Connor Ripley
21
Jayson Molumby ↑ 46'
42
Anthony Gordon
19
Emil Riis Jakobsen ↑ 55'

Coach Alex Neil

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Emil Riis Jakobsen	7
Marcus Tavernier	3
Alan Browne	2
Isaiah Jones	2
Jordan Storey	2
Ched Evans	2
Chuba Akpom	2
Cameron Archer	2

Head to Head

Middlesbrough FC Form

2021-03-16 Middlesbrough FC 2–0 Preston North End FC W 2021-03-13 Middlesbrough FC 3–0 Stoke City FC W 2021-03-06 Swansea City AFC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC L 2021-03-02 Coventry City FC 1–2 Middlesbrough FC W 2021-02-27 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Cardiff City FC D 2021-02-23 Middlesbrough FC 1–3 Bristol City FC L

Preston North End FC Form

2021-03-16 Middlesbrough FC 2–0 Preston North End FC L 2021-03-13 Wycombe Wanderers FC 1–0 Preston North End FC L 2021-03-06 Preston North End FC 1–1 AFC Bournemouth D 2021-03-02 Millwall FC 2–1 Preston North End FC L 2021-02-27 Preston North End FC 3–0 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2021-02-24 Preston North End FC 0–0 Queens Park Rangers FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.38 Middlesbrough FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.75 Preston North End FC xG

I would bet for: Middlesbrough FC to win 67% + Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Middlesbrough FC67% Draw20% Preston North End FC13%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 3.13

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Middlesbrough FC or Draw

87%

Draw or Preston North End FC

33%

Middlesbrough FC or Preston North End FC

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Middlesbrough FC52% Draw38% Preston North End FC10%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

10.2%

3 – 0

9.5%

2 – 1

1 – 1

8.5%

3 – 1

7.1%

0 – 0

5.9%

4 – 0

5.6%

4 – 1

4.3%

2 – 2

3.3%

1 – 2

2.8%

5 – 0

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Middlesbrough FC

Handicap	Middlesbrough FC covers	Push	Preston North End FC covers
-2.5	29%	—	71%
-2	29%	21%	50%
-1.5	50%	—	50%
-1	50%	22%	28%
-0.5	72%	—	28%
+0.5	91%	—	9%
+1	91%	7%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet

48% ✗

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.