Championship Β· ENG Β· Round 46

Preston North End
4 - 1 Full time
Middlesbrough

Deepdale Β· Preston

Lineups

Preston North End3-1-4-2
DI12Iversen
SV2van den Berg
BD41↓80'Diaby
LL6Lindsay
BP44Potts
AB8⚽Browne
BW4↓86'Whiteman
AM13McCann
DJ11Johnson
ER19βš½Γ—2↓82'Jakobsen
CA21Archer
LD28Daniels
AD2↓66'Dijksteel
DF6⚽Fry
PM17McNair
IJ35Jones
MC25Crooks
JH16Howson
RM48McGree
MT7⚽Tavernier
DW18↓62'Watmore
AS11↓62'Sporar
Middlesbrough3-5-2

Preston North End substitutes

23 Paul Huntington 6.1 ↑80'
39 Mikey O'Neill ↑82'
18 Ryan Ledson ↑86'
9 Ched Evans
25 Connor Ripley
3 Gregory Cunningham
24 Sean Maguire

Coach: Ryan Lowe

Middlesbrough substitutes

47 Folarin Balogun 6.1 ↑62'
37 Josh Coburn 6.0 ↑62'
26 Aaron Connolly 5.9 ↑66'
1 Joe Lumley
14 Lee Peltier
27 Marc Bola
22 Souleymane Bamba

Coach: Chris Wilder

Match events

24'Alan Browne assist: Brad Potts 1 - 0⚽
35'Dael Fry (own goal) 2 - 0⚽
45'Luke Daniels
45'Sepp van den Berg
45'Patrick McNair
45'Daniel Johnson
Second half
48'Marcus Tavernier assist: Anfernee Dijksteel 2 - 1⚽
53'Emil Riis Jakobsen assist: Cameron Archer 3 - 1⚽
56'Alistair McCann
58'Anfernee Dijksteel
62'↑ Josh Coburn ↓ Duncan Watmore⇄
62'↑ Folarin Balogun ↓ Andraz Sporar⇄
66'↑ Aaron Connolly ↓ Anfernee Dijksteel⇄
66'Dael Fry
72'Isaiah Jones
73'Patrick McNair
74'Emil Riis Jakobsen (penalty) 4 - 1⚽
80'↑ Paul Huntington ↓ Bambo Diaby⇄
82'↑ Mikey O'Neill ↓ Emil Riis Jakobsen⇄
84'Matt Crooks
86'↑ Ryan Ledson ↓ Ben Whiteman⇄

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Match details

CompetitionChampionship
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 7 May 2022, 11:30 UTC β€” shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

4Preston North End wins6Draws8Middlesbrough wins

18 past meetings on record. Biggest Preston North End win: Middlesbrough 4–0 Preston North End (2023). Biggest Middlesbrough win: Preston North End 0–2 Middlesbrough (2020).

18 Mar 2023Middlesbrough 4 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship
29 Oct 2022Preston North End 2 - 1 MiddlesbroughChampionship
23 Nov 2021Middlesbrough 1 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
16 Mar 2021Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship
9 Dec 2020Preston North End 3 - 0 MiddlesbroughChampionship
1 Jan 2020Preston North End 0 - 2 MiddlesbroughChampionship
1 Oct 2019Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
13 Mar 2019Middlesbrough 1 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
27 Nov 2018Preston North End 1 - 1 MiddlesbroughChampionship
25 Sep 2018Preston North End 2 - 2 MiddlesbroughEFL Cup
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1 Jan 2018Preston North End 2 - 3 MiddlesbroughChampionship
26 Aug 2017Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship
9 Apr 2016Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship
9 Aug 2015Preston North End 0 - 0 MiddlesbroughChampionship
26 Aug 2014Middlesbrough 3 - 1 Preston North EndLeague Cup
25 Sep 2012Preston North End 1 - 3 MiddlesbroughLeague Cup
22 Jan 2011Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
28 Dec 2010Preston North End 1 - 3 MiddlesbroughChampionship