Middlesbrough 1-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 13 March 2019

Result

Middlesbrough 1-2 Preston North End

Championship · Wednesday 13 March 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 1-2 Preston North End: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Preston North End 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 13 March 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ashley Fletcher opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Ashley Fletcher (32'). Preston North End scored through Paul Gallagher (63') and Jayden Stockley (81').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 5th on 58 points from 35 and Preston North End 11th on 51 points from 36. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Preston North End 15th with 61.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Wing of Middlesbrough (8.1), ahead of Ashley Fletcher (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 5 draws and 0 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Ashley FletcherMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 61'Red card · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough
  • 63'Goal · Paul GallagherPreston North End · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Jayden StockleyPreston North End · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 5, Preston North End 0.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (3-4-2-1)

Darren Randolph, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Aden Flint, John Mikel Obi, George Friend, Jonathan Howson, M. Bešić, Britt Assombalonga, Ashley Fletcher, Lewis Wing

Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Declan Rudd, Ben Davies, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, Josh Earl, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, Paul Gallagher, Sean Maguire, Lukas Nmecha