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Middlesbrough v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 24th Jan, 12:30 BST, Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

Preston North End pay Championship rivals Middlesbrough a visit on Saturday lunch time, as Paul Heckingbottom guides his men into an away clash with Rob Edwards & co. at the Riverside Stadium. Our predictions are based on complex statistical analysis of both teams' performance, across seventeen major markets. Data shown and the odds are unique to each market, and head-to-head statistics are included across them all.


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M'Boro
41%
--
Draw
27%
--
Preston
32%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
M'Boro 1-0
11%
--
Preston 1-0
10%
--
M'Boro 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Preston 2-1
7%
--
M'Boro 2-0
7%
--
Preston 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
M'Boro 3-1
4%
--
M'Boro 3-0
3%
--
Preston 3-1
3%
--
M'Boro 3-2
2%
--
Preston 3-0
2%
--
Preston 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
18%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
14%
--
Home/draw
68%
--
Away/draw
59%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
60%
--
Away DNB
51%
--
M'Boro win to nil
23%
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Preston win to nil
18%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

M'Boro have played 26 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below in the table, having won 13, drawn 7 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 7 fixtures. M'Boro have outscored their opponents by 37 goals to 36 goals.

Home League Performance

M'Boro have played 13 games at home winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 20 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Preston are in 4th position in the Championship on 43 points having played 26 matches so far this season. Preston are unbeaten in 3 games against teams above them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 3 games.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 13 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 0 games, drawn 2 and won 1. Preston have conceded 3 goals, scored 4, scored in every game and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
M'Boro
Preston
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry2615742852 
l
 
2-4A
Feb 16
d
 
1-1A
Mar 11
2
M'Boro2613761146 
-
-
d
 
2-2F
Jan 24
3
Ipswich2512851844 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 18
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
4
Preston26111051143 
Jan 24
d
 
2-2A
-
-
5
Millwall261277-443 
Apr 3
w
 
0-3F
Feb 28
d
 
1-1F
6
Watford251186841 
Apr 25
l
 
3-0A
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
7
Hull251258241 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-4F
Jan 20
d
 
2-2F
8
Stoke2612410940 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 21
Mar 21
d
 
0-00-0
9
Wrexham2610106640 
d
 
1-1A
May 2
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
10
Bristol C261169939 
Mar 14
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
11
QPR2611510-138 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 7
Apr 6
d
 
1-1A
12
Leicester261079-137 
Feb 24
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1F
Apr 3
13
Derby26989035 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
Jan 17
w
 
0-1F
14
Birmingham269710-134 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 2
l
 
0-1A
Apr 22
15
Southampton26899033 
w
 
4-0F
d
 
1-1A
May 2
w
 
0-2F
16
Sheff Utd2510213-232 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 9
w
 
3-2A
Apr 25
17
Swansea269512-632 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 6
w
 
2-1F
Feb 24
18
West Brom269413-631 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 16
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
19
Charlton257810-729 
Mar 11
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
Apr 11
20
Blackburn257711-628 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 21
l
 
1-2A
Feb 20
21
Portsmouth246711-1425 
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
Feb 7
l
 
1-0A
22
Norwich266614-1124 
Jan 31
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
Mar 14
23
Oxford Utd255713-1022 
Feb 21
d
 
1-1A
Mar 7
w
 
1-2F
24
Sheff Wed251816-33-7 
Apr 21
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-3A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
M'Boro 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
M'Boro4 - 0Southampton
M'Boro0 - 1Hull
M'Boro0 - 0Blackburn
M'Boro3 - 1QPR
M'Boro2 - 1Derby
M'Boro2 - 4Coventry
M'Boro2 - 1Birmingham
M'Boro1 - 1Wrexham
M'Boro2 - 1Ipswich
M'Boro0 - 0Stoke
M'Boro2 - 1West Brom
M'Boro1 - 0Sheff Utd
M'Boro1 - 0Swansea
M'Boro0 - 0Norwich
M'Boro2 - 1Plymouth
M'Boro0 - 1Leeds
M'Boro2 - 1Oxford Utd
M'Boro2 - 1QPR
M'Boro1 - 0Derby
M'Boro0 - 1Watford
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HM'Boro4 - 0Southampton
AM'Boro0 - 1Derby
HM'Boro0 - 1Hull
HM'Boro0 - 0Blackburn
AM'Boro0 - 2Bristol C
HM'Boro3 - 1QPR
AM'Boro2 - 1Charlton
AM'Boro4 - 1Hull
HM'Boro2 - 1Derby
HM'Boro2 - 4Coventry
AM'Boro1 - 1Oxford Utd
HM'Boro2 - 1Birmingham
AM'Boro1 - 1Leicester
AM'Boro0 - 3Watford
HM'Boro1 - 1Wrexham
AM'Boro1 - 0Sheff Wed
HM'Boro2 - 1Ipswich
AM'Boro0 - 1Portsmouth
HM'Boro0 - 0Stoke
AM'Boro1 - 1Southampton
Preston 7TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol C0 - 2Preston
Wrexham2 - 1Preston
Stoke0 - 0Preston
Oxford Utd1 - 2Preston
Sheff Wed2 - 3Preston
Watford1 - 1Preston
Millwall1 - 1Preston
Southampton0 - 2Preston
West Brom2 - 1Preston
Hull2 - 2Preston
Derby0 - 1Preston
Portsmouth1 - 0Preston
QPR1 - 1Preston
Bristol C2 - 2Preston
Hull2 - 1Preston
Leeds2 - 1Preston
Derby2 - 0Preston
Sunderland1 - 1Preston
Sheff Utd1 - 0Preston
Coventry2 - 1Preston
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APreston2 - 0Bristol C
HPreston3 - 0Sheff Wed
APreston1 - 2Wrexham
APreston0 - 0Stoke
HPreston1 - 1Norwich
APreston2 - 1Oxford Utd
HPreston1 - 1Coventry
HPreston1 - 1Wrexham
APreston3 - 2Sheff Wed
APreston1 - 1Watford
HPreston1 - 2Blackburn
APreston1 - 1Millwall
HPreston2 - 1Swansea
APreston2 - 0Southampton
HPreston3 - 2Sheff Utd
HPreston0 - 1Birmingham
APreston1 - 2West Brom
HPreston2 - 0Charlton
APreston2 - 2Hull
HPreston0 - 0Bristol C
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at M'Boro since 2010
M'Boro
Preston
Goals: Scored
18
7
Games: Scored
10 / 11
5 / 11
Clean sheets
6 / 11
1 / 11
MID
5
D
4
PNE
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT M'Boro
Draw1 - 1Draw
M'Boro4 - 0
M'Boro4 - 0
1 - 2Preston
M'Boro2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Preston
Draw0 - 0Draw
M'Boro1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
M'Boro2 - 0
League games at Preston since 2009
Preston
M'Boro
Goals: Scored
21
17
Games: Scored
10 / 12
10 / 12
Clean sheets
2 / 12
2 / 12
MID
3
D
4
PNE
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
Draw2 - 2Draw
Preston2 - 1
Preston2 - 1
Preston2 - 1
Preston4 - 1
Preston3 - 0
0 - 2M'Boro
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 3M'Boro
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 3M'Boro
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics
M'Boro 2nd Preston 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 61% probability that M'Boro will score no more than 1 goal
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-11
M'Boro have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted
+9
Preston’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
M'Boro
PG (predicted goals)
Preston
1.3
1.2
Attack rating
MID
PNE
11%
better
view stats
Games scored19
22
Failed to score7
4
Scored first12
14
Goals scored37
36
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.4
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
17
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
MID
PNE
9%
better
view stats
Games conceded19
18
Clean sheets7
8
Conceded first12
10
Goals conceded26
25
Avg. goals conceded1
1
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
9
Conversion rate against15%
11%
Avg. XG against1
1.3
KickOff rating
+9%

M'Boro v Preston Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

M'Boro Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
261055
S BrynnM WhittakerH HackneyL Ayling
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Brynn GLK261
-
H Hackney MID2635
4
-
T Conway FWD2632
3
-
M Whittaker FWD25103
3
-
C Brittain DEF244
3
-
L Ayling DEF2413
5
-
M Targett DEF2322
3
-
A Jones DEF2211
3
1
D Burgzorg FWD2212
1
-
K Sène FWD212
2
-
A Browne MID201
1
-
A Morris MID202
-
S Nypan MID19
2
-
S Silvera FWD161
3
-
D Strelec FWD153
1
-
D Fry DEF122
-
S Hansen FWD121
1
-
R McGree MID1021
1
-
A Bangura DEF81
-
A Gilbert MID811
3
-
G Edmundson DEF6
1
-
A. Raslan Kanté MID4
-
M. Hamilton FWD4
-
D Lenihan DEF2
1
-
Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26658
D IversenL DobbinL DobbinA Hughes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Iversen GLK261
1
-
J Storey DEF2622
6
-
T Small DEF2532
4
-
A Devine MID2552
3
-
B Whiteman MID2513
7
-
M Smith FWD2531
2
-
A Hughes DEF24
8
-
O Offiah DEF24
3
-
L Dobbin FWD2065
-
D Jebbison FWD1952
2
-
L Lindsay DEF17
4
1
P Valentín DEF172
2
-
H. Armstrong MID1711
3
-
A McCann MID1611
2
-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID162
-
S Thórdarson MID151
3
-
A Vukcevic DEF141
-
M Osmajic FWD135
3
-
L Gibson DEF12
-
J Thompson MID72
1
-
B Potts DEF31
-
W Keane FWD21
-
N Mawene MID1
-