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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

Home advantage makes a difference in the Championship, and Rob Edwards’s Middlesbrough will have the blessing of it on Saturday lunch time. Paul Heckingbottom’s Preston North End are their opponents at the Riverside Stadium. We've got the best odds for 17 different betting markets plus predictions, stats and head-to-head data for these two clubs. Simply click through the tabs below to explore.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest there's no obvious winner for this clash, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that M'Boro and Preston will score at least a couple of goals between them. We've seen goals when they've gone head-to-head in the past, and neither Rob Edwards or Paul Heckingbottom has subjected their supporters to too many 0-0s lately either. The bookies predict over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.30 equating to about a 74% probability.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think M'Boro are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
M'Boro
45%
13/207/10
Draw
26%
5/213/5
Preston
29%
17/417/4
Draw 1-1
12%
6/111/2
M'Boro 1-0
11%
11/25/1
M'Boro 2-1
9%
15/27/1
Preston 1-0
8%
12/110/1
M'Boro 2-0
8%
13/26/1
Draw 0-0
7%
17/27/1
Preston 2-1
7%
16/114/1
Draw 2-2
5%
16/112/1
Preston 2-0
5%
25/120/1
M'Boro 3-1
5%
14/111/1
M'Boro 3-0
4%
11/110/1
Preston 3-1
3%
40/133/1
M'Boro 3-2
3%
28/122/1
Preston 3-2
2%
40/133/1
Preston 3-0
2%
50/140/1
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
1/119/20
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
4/53/4
Home 1st Goal
51%
8/158/15
Away 1st Goal
44%
7/42/1
No 1st Goal
5%
17/27/1
BTTS - Yes
52%
10/1119/20
BTTS - No
48%
4/53/4
BTTS - Home Win
20%
11/411/4
BTTS - Draw
19%
4/119/5
BTTS - Away Win
14%
10/18/1
Home/draw
71%
1/62/13
Away/draw
55%
6/511/10
Home/away
74%
2/72/7
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
3/103/10
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
5/211/5
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
5/223/10
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
3/103/10
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
11/211/2
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/91/10
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
14/111/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/331/40
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/161/16
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
17/27/1
Home DNB
63%
1/41/4
Away DNB
47%
11/427/10
M'Boro win to nil
25%
13/8-
Preston win to nil
15%
8/1-
M'Boro / M'Boro
32%
8/56/4
M'Boro / Preston
2%
40/133/1
M'Boro / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / M'Boro
18%
7/217/5
Draw / Preston
8%
9/19/1
Draw / Draw
16%
9/219/5
Preston / M'Boro
4%
22/118/1
Preston / Preston
10%
15/27/1
Preston / Draw
5%
16/112/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

M'Boro have played 27 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd 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 40 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 6th position in the Championship on 43 points having played 28 matches so far this season.

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

6 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Preston have conceded 9 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 1 fixture 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
Coventry2817743058 
l
 
2-4A
Feb 16
d
 
1-1A
Mar 11
2
Ipswich2714852350 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 18
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
3
M'Boro2714761249 
-
-
d
 
2-2F
Jan 24
4
Hull271458647 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-4F
l
 
0-3A
d
 
2-2F
5
Millwall281378-346 
Apr 3
w
 
0-3F
Feb 28
d
 
1-1F
6
Preston2811107743 
Jan 24
d
 
2-2A
-
-
7
Stoke2712510941 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 21
Mar 21
d
 
0-00-0
8
Watford261187641 
Apr 25
l
 
3-0A
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
9
Wrexham2810117541 
d
 
1-1A
May 2
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
10
Derby281189241 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
11
Bristol C2811710740 
Mar 14
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
12
QPR2811710-140 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 7
Apr 6
d
 
1-1A
13
Birmingham2810810138 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 2
l
 
0-1A
Apr 22
14
Leicester2810810-238 
Feb 24
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1F
Apr 3
15
Swansea2810612-436 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 6
w
 
2-1F
Feb 24
16
Southampton278910-133 
w
 
4-0F
d
 
1-1A
May 2
w
 
0-2F
17
Sheff Utd2610214-332 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 9
w
 
3-2A
Apr 25
18
Charlton278811-732 
Mar 11
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
Apr 11
19
West Brom289415-1231 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
2-3F
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
20
Norwich288614-530 
Jan 31
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
Mar 14
21
Blackburn277713-1128 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 21
l
 
1-2A
Feb 20
22
Portsmouth257711-1328 
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
Feb 7
l
 
1-0A
23
Oxford Utd275913-1024 
Feb 21
d
 
1-1A
Mar 7
w
 
1-2F
24
Sheff Wed271818-36-7 
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
28
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AM'Boro3 - 2West Brom
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
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
27
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HPreston0 - 3Hull
HPreston0 - 1Derby
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
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
1.5
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that M'Boro will score 1 or more goals
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% 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
1.5
1.1
Attack rating
MID
PNE
3%
better
view stats
Games scored20
22
Failed to score7
5
Scored first13
14
Goals scored40
36
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.3
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
16
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+3%
Defence rating
MID
PNE
9%
better
view stats
Games conceded20
19
Clean sheets7
8
Conceded first12
11
Goals conceded28
26
Avg. goals conceded1
0.9
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
271055
S BrynnM WhittakerH HackneyL Ayling
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Brynn GLK271
-
H Hackney MID2735
4
-
T Conway FWD2732
3
-
M Whittaker FWD26104
3
-
L Ayling DEF2513
5
-
M Targett DEF2422
3
-
C Brittain DEF244
3
-
D Burgzorg FWD2322
1
-
A Jones DEF2211
3
1
A Browne MID211
1
-
A Morris MID212
-
K Sène FWD212
2
-
S Nypan MID19
2
-
S Silvera FWD1721
3
-
D Strelec FWD153
1
-
D Fry DEF132
-
S Hansen FWD121
1
-
R McGree MID1021
1
-
A Gilbert MID911
3
-
A Bangura DEF81
-
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
28658
J StoreyL DobbinL DobbinA Hughes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Storey DEF2822
6
-
T Small DEF2732
4
-
A Devine MID2752
3
-
B Whiteman MID2713
7
-
M Smith FWD2731
2
-
D Iversen GLK261
1
-
O Offiah DEF26
4
-
A Hughes DEF24
8
-
L Dobbin FWD2265
1
-
D Jebbison FWD2152
2
-
P Valentín DEF192
2
-
A McCann MID1811
2
-
L Lindsay DEF17
4
1
H. Armstrong MID1711
3
-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID162
-
S Thórdarson MID151
3
-
M Osmajic FWD155
3
1
A Vukcevic DEF141
-
L Gibson DEF14
-
J Thompson MID92
1
-
B Potts DEF51
-
J Walton GLK2
-
W Keane FWD21
-
N Mawene MID1
-