Middlesbrough 1-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 1 October 2019

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 1 October 2019, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough 1-1 Preston North End: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Preston North End 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 1 October 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Josh Harrop opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Britt Assombalonga (42'). Preston North End scored through Josh Harrop (40').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 19th on 9 points from 9 and Preston North End 5th on 17 points from 9. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Preston North End 9th with 66.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Pearson of Preston North End (7.5), level with Anfernee Dijksteel (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 5 draws and 1 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Josh HarropPreston North End · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Britt AssombalongaMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 86'Yellow card · Adam ClaytonMiddlesbrough
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Darnell FisherPreston North End
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Ashley FletcherMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 5, Preston North End 1.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, Anfernee Dijksteel, Yuki Takahashi, Dael Fry, Ryan Shotton, Paddy McNair, Adam Clayton, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Britt Assombalonga, Marcus Browne

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Patrick Bauer, Ben Davies, Joe Rafferty, Ben Pearson, Daniel Johnson, Josh Harrop, Alan Browne, Sean Maguire, Tom Barkhuizen