Middlesbrough vs Preston North End Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough will play in this fixture following a 1-1 Championship stalemate vs Stoke City.

In that game, Middlesbrough managed 49% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Middlesbrough was Chuba Akpom (23'). On the other side, Stoke City got 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Ki-Jana Hoever (45') was the scorer for Stoke City.

Matches featuring Middlesbrough have tended to be entertaining encounters of late with plenty of scoring anticipated. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, the sum total of 21 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 15 of those accredited to Middlesbrough. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, though.

Their prior results show that Middlesbrough:

• have left without a victory over Preston North End in their previous 3 league matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 10 home league matches. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Preston North End

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Preston North End come into this clash following a 1-2 Championship win in the defeat of Rotherham United in their last game.

In that match, Preston North End managed 54% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Preston North End, the scorers were Tom Cannon (23') and Ched Evans (45'). For their opponents, Rotherham United had 6 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Hakeem Odoffin (35') was the scorer for Rotherham United.

A series of accomplished displays from the Preston North End defence has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 2 from their last 6 fixtures overall. During the same time, their own attack force has managed to score 6.

Going into this contest, Preston North End are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 01/01/2020 shows us that Middlesbrough have won 2 of these games & Preston North End 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 0.

A combined sum of 18 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for The Boro and 11 belonging to The Lilywhites. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Championship match day 18 on 29/10/2022 which ended up with the score at Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough.

In that game, Preston North End had 51% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The goals were scored by Emil Riis (35') and Jordan Storey (91').

At the other end, Middlesbrough had 9 shots on goal with 1 on target. Chuba Akpom (7') scored.

The match was refereed by Gavin Ward.

📰 Team News: Middlesbrough

The Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick has no fitness worries to speak of before this clash owing to a fully healthy group available for selection.

In our view, The Boro may well kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for this one with Zack Steffen, Tom Smith, Patrick Mcnair, Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Giles, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Marcus Forss, Chuba Akpom, Aaron Ramsey and Cameron Archer.

🗞️ Team News: Preston North End

With a completely injury-free squad to choose from, the Preston North End boss Ryan Lowe does not have any fitness concerns at all before this clash.

We believe The Lilywhites seem most likely to utilise a 3-5-2 lineup with a starting lineup of Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Bambo Diaby, Greg Cunningham, Brad Potts, Alan Browne, Ben Whiteman, Daniel Johnson, Álvaro Fernandez, Thomas Cannon and Ched Evans.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Middlesbrough will most probably see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

At the same time, Preston North End will not find it easy to score although we do think it’s probable that they will be being dangerous at times, too.

Our selection here is for a fairly comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Middlesbrough come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 02:27 14/03/2023