Preston North End FC vs Middlesbrough FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

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Sat 13 Sep 2025 · 11:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Preston North End FC vs Middlesbrough FC — Championship .

Preston North End FC 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Middlesbrough FC 8 games · 15 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Thomas Kirk (England)

3 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 5.3 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2025-09-13 Preston North End FC 2–2 Middlesbrough FC 2025-01-25 Preston North End FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC 2024-09-14 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Preston North End FC 2024-02-14 Preston North End FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC 2023-11-28 Middlesbrough FC 4–0 Preston North End FC

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Sep	Middlesbrough FC	H	2–2	D
30 Aug	Portsmouth FC	A	0–1	L
23 Aug	Ipswich Town FC	H	1–0	W
16 Aug	Leicester City FC	H	2–1	W
09 Aug	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	1–1	D
03 May	Bristol City FC	A	2–2	D

Middlesbrough FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Sep	Preston North End FC	A	2–2	D
30 Aug	Sheffield United FC	H	1–0	W
23 Aug	Norwich City FC	A	2–1	W
16 Aug	Millwall FC	A	3–0	W
09 Aug	Swansea City AFC	H	1–0	W
03 May	Coventry City FC	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

Preston North End FC		Middlesbrough FC
#23	Position	#3
4	Points	15
8	Played	8
1 / 1 / 6	W / D / L	4 / 3 / 1
8	Scored	16
15	Conceded	12
-7	GD	+4
0.50	PPG	1.88
13%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season

Preston North End FC are 23rd (4 pts). Middlesbrough FC are 3rd (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Preston North End FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Middlesbrough FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/–

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/4

61-75

3/3

76+

4/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	3 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Middlesbrough FC

William Lankshear

6 G

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between Preston North End FC and Middlesbrough FC.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

Middlesbrough FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2025-09-13 Preston North End FC 2–2 Middlesbrough FC D 2025-08-30 Portsmouth FC 1–0 Preston North End FC L 2025-08-23 Preston North End FC 1–0 Ipswich Town FC W 2025-08-16 Preston North End FC 2–1 Leicester City FC W 2025-08-09 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–1 Preston North End FC D 2025-05-03 Bristol City FC 2–2 Preston North End FC D

Middlesbrough FC Form

2025-09-13 Preston North End FC 2–2 Middlesbrough FC D 2025-08-30 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Sheffield United FC W 2025-08-23 Norwich City FC 1–2 Middlesbrough FC W 2025-08-16 Millwall FC 0–3 Middlesbrough FC W 2025-08-09 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC W 2025-05-03 Coventry City FC 2–0 Middlesbrough FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.35 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.07 Middlesbrough FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC30% Draw24% Middlesbrough FC46%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.42

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

54%

Draw or Middlesbrough FC

70%

Preston North End FC or Middlesbrough FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC20% Draw40% Middlesbrough FC40%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 2

1 – 3

6.3%

0 – 1

6.2%

2 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

0 – 3

4.7%

0 – 0

4.7%

2 – 3

4.3%

1 – 0

3.8%

1 – 4

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Middlesbrough FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	13%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	47%	—	53%
+1	47%	21%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	16%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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