Middlesbrough 2-0 Preston North End: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 16 March 2021
Result
Middlesbrough 2-0 Preston North End
Championship · Tuesday 16 March 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Middlesbrough 2-0 Preston North End: match report
Middlesbrough beat Preston North End 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 16 March 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Middlesbrough's goals came from an own goal by Jordan Storey (22') and Marcus Tavernier (51'). Preston North End did not score.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 1 yellow card and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 9th on 53 points from 36 and Preston North End 15th on 44 points from 36. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Preston North End 13th with 61.
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 Grant Hall of Middlesbrough (7.8), level with Neeskens Kebano (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 5 draws and 2 for Preston North End.
Key events
- 22'Own goal · Jordan Storey
- 36'Red card · Alan Browne
- 37'Red card · Alex Neil
- 51'Goal · Marcus Tavernier
- 62'Yellow card · Brad Potts
- 66'Yellow card · Darnell Fisher
Head-to-head
Team news
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Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)
Marcus Bettinelli, Darnell Fisher, Dael Fry, Grant Hall, Marc Bola, Paddy McNair, Jonathan Howson, Sam Morsy, Yannick Bolasie, Chuba Akpom, Neeskens Kebano
Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Iversen, Sepp van den Berg, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Brad Potts, Scott Sinclair, Ched Evans