Preston vs Middlesbrough Summary & Highlights Season 2025/2026

Championship

11:30 AMSeptember 13, 2025

Regular Season – 5

2 – 2

HT: (1 – 0)

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How did Preston and Middlesbrough perform?

Home Voted: 0

Away Voted: 0

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

Preston and Middlesbrough Match Stats

BALL POSSESSION

39%61%

ATTACK

7

Total shots

14

2

Shots on target

3

3

Shots off target

3

2

Blocked shots

8

5

Shots inside box

9

2

Shots outside box

5

3

Corner kicks

4

0

Offsides

2

48

Dangerous attacks

54

PASSING

293

Total passes

467

214 (73%)

Accurate passes

389 (83%)

DISCIPLINE

13

Fouls

7

1

Yellow cards

3

1

Goalkeeper saves

0

Preston and Middlesbrough Lineups

Preston

3-5-2

1G

Daniel Iversen

5.9

14D

Jordan Storey ⚽88′

9.2

19D

Lewis Gibson

6.9

16D

Andrew Hughes 58′

7.3

2M

Pol Valentín

6.7

21M

Alfie Devine 🔺62′

7

4M

Benjamin WhitemanC

8.9

8M

Alistair McCann

6.6

26M

Thierry Small 🔺79′

6.2

17F

Lewis Dobbin ⚽22′ 🔺62′

7.5

9F

Daniel Jebbison 🔺62′

5.6

Substitutes

5M

Harrison Armstrong 🔻62′

6.7

10M

Mads Frøkjær-Jensen 🔻62′

6.5

24F

Michael Smith 🔻62′

6.2

3D

Andrija Vukčević 🔻79′

6.3

12G

Jack Walton

–

6D

Liam Lindsay

–

42D

Odeluga Offiah

–

20M

Theo Carrol

–

22M

Stefán Teitur Þórðarson

–

Coach of Preston

👔 Paul Heckingbottom

Middlesbrough

3-4-3

31G

Solomon Brynn

6.9

12D

Luke AylingC

7

26D

Darragh Lenihan 90+7′

6.9

5D

Alfie Jones 11′ 🔺89′

6.5

2M

Callum Brittain

6.7

18M

Aidan Morris

6.9

7M

Hayden Hackney 🔺84′

6.2

3M

Matt Targett ⚽72′

8.3

11F

Morgan Whittaker 8′ 🔺66′

6.5

9F

Tommy Conway

6.2

20F

Mamadou Kaly Sene 🔺46′

6.3

Substitutes

13F

David Strelec 🔻46′

5.9

19M

Sverre Nypan 🔻66′

6.9

16M

Alan Browne 🔻84′

6.5

27F

Sontje Hansen 🔻89′

7.7

33G

Jon McLaughlin

–

25D

George Edmundson

–

22F

Samuel Silvera

–

43M

Rio Patterson-Powell

–

42M

Abdoulaye Kanté

–

Coach of Middlesbrough

👔 Robert Owen Edwards

Preston and Middlesbrough Head to Head

3WINS

1DRAWS

2WINS

Over 1.5 Goals100%

Over 2.5 Goals83%

Both Teams Scored67%

Past H2H Matches & Results

25 Jan 2025 Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough

14 Sep 2024 Middlesbrough 1-1 Preston North End

14 Feb 2024 Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough

28 Nov 2023 Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston North End

18 Mar 2023 Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston North End

29 Oct 2022 Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough

Championship Standings Season 2025/2026

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	26	15	7	4	57-29	28	52
2	Middlesbrough	26	13	7	6	37-26	11	46
3	Ipswich	25	12	8	5	42-24	18	44
4	Preston	26	11	10	5	36-25	11	43
5	Millwall	26	12	7	7	29-33	-4	43
6	Watford	25	11	8	6	37-29	8	41
7	Hull	25	12	5	8	40-38	2	41
8	Stoke	26	12	4	10	32-23	9	40
9	Wrexham	26	10	10	6	38-32	6	40
10	Bristol City	26	11	6	9	38-29	9	39
11	QPR	26	11	5	10	38-39	-1	38
12	Leicester	26	10	7	9	37-38	-1	37
13	Derby	26	9	8	9	35-35	0	35
14	Birmingham	26	9	7	10	35-36	-1	34
15	Southampton	26	8	9	9	38-38	0	33
16	Sheffield Utd	25	10	2	13	36-38	-2	32
17	Swansea	26	9	5	12	27-33	-6	32
18	West Brom	26	9	4	13	29-35	-6	31
19	Charlton	25	7	8	10	25-32	-7	29
20	Blackburn	25	7	7	11	24-30	-6	28
21	Portsmouth	24	6	7	11	21-35	-14	25
22	Norwich	26	6	6	14	28-39	-11	24
23	Oxford Utd	25	5	7	13	25-35	-10	22
24	Sheffield Wed	25	1	8	16	18-51	-33	-7

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	12	9	2	1	27-9	18	29
2	Ipswich	13	8	4	1	24-11	13	28
3	Watford	13	8	4	1	23-12	11	28
4	Middlesbrough	13	8	3	2	20-11	9	27
5	Birmingham	13	7	5	1	27-13	14	26
6	Millwall	14	8	2	4	17-17	0	26
7	QPR	13	7	2	4	24-17	7	23
8	Preston	13	6	5	2	19-12	7	23
9	Wrexham	13	6	5	2	24-19	5	23
10	Hull	13	7	2	4	19-19	0	23
11	West Brom	12	6	4	2	16-11	5	22
12	Leicester	13	6	4	3	19-15	4	22
13	Bristol City	14	6	3	5	23-15	8	21
14	Swansea	13	6	3	4	16-16	0	21
15	Stoke	12	6	2	4	18-10	8	20
16	Southampton	12	5	5	2	17-11	6	20
17	Charlton	11	5	3	3	13-12	1	18
18	Portsmouth	13	5	3	5	14-14	0	18
19	Sheffield Utd	12	5	2	5	18-13	5	17
20	Derby	14	4	5	5	17-20	-3	17
21	Oxford Utd	12	3	4	5	13-17	-4	13
22	Blackburn	13	2	4	7	13-20	-7	10
23	Norwich	13	3	1	9	12-19	-7	10
24	Sheffield Wed	13	0	4	9	7-29	-22	4

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	14	6	5	3	30-20	10	23
2	Preston	13	5	5	3	17-13	4	20
3	Stoke	14	6	2	6	14-13	1	20
4	Middlesbrough	13	5	4	4	17-15	2	19
5	Derby	12	5	3	4	18-15	3	18
6	Hull	12	5	3	4	21-19	2	18
7	Bristol City	12	5	3	4	15-14	1	18
8	Blackburn	12	5	3	4	11-10	1	18
9	Wrexham	13	4	5	4	14-13	1	17
10	Millwall	12	4	5	3	12-16	-4	17
11	Ipswich	12	4	4	4	18-13	5	16
12	Leicester	13	4	3	6	18-23	-5	15
13	Sheffield Utd	13	5	0	8	18-25	-7	15
14	QPR	13	4	3	6	14-22	-8	15
15	Norwich	13	3	5	5	16-20	-4	14
16	Watford	12	3	4	5	14-17	-3	13
17	Southampton	14	3	4	7	21-27	-6	13
18	Swansea	13	3	2	8	11-17	-6	11
19	Charlton	14	2	5	7	12-20	-8	11
20	Oxford Utd	13	2	3	8	12-18	-6	9
21	West Brom	14	3	0	11	13-24	-11	9
22	Birmingham	13	2	2	9	8-23	-15	8
23	Sheffield Wed	12	1	4	7	11-22	-11	7
24	Portsmouth	11	1	4	6	7-21	-14	7

Qualification/Relegation

Relegation – League One

Promotion – Premier League

Promotion – Championship (Play Offs: Semi-finals)

Preston vs Middlesbrough Video Highlights & Match Recap – 2025-09-13

Preston welcomed Middlesbrough to Deepdale for a highly anticipated Championship fixture on September 13, 2025. The encounter was a test of character and tactical flexibility for both managers.

Possession statistics told only half the story, as the game was punctuated by intense pressing and rapid transitions. Both teams had their spells of dominance, but clinical finishing was the difference-maker on the day.

Table & Points Breakdown

Currently, Preston finds itself in 4th place with 43 points. Their record shows 11 wins, balanced against 10 draws and 5 losses.

Visitors Middlesbrough are positioned at 2nd. Despite gathering 46 points and securing 13 wins, consistency has been their challenge away from home.

H2H Record Breakdown

In the context of Championship, these teams have met 7 times. Preston has the upper hand with 3 victories.

However, Middlesbrough has been resilient, winning 2 matches, with 2 ending level. High scoring games are common, with Over 2.5 goals occurring in 6 of these fixtures.

Pre-Match Form

Analyzing the trajectory of both teams prior to this clash:

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Complete Match Coverage

Watch the full replay of Preston vs Middlesbrough. Our highlights package covers all the pivotal moments from this Championship encounter.

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