Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 March 2023

Result

Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 18 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Middlesbrough · Preston North End · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston North End: match report

Middlesbrough defeated Preston North End 4-0 in the Championship on Saturday 18 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Chuba Akpom opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Chuba Akpom (22'), Cameron Archer (52'), Cameron Archer (58') and Marcus Forss (90+5'). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 3rd on 64 points from 37 and Preston North End 11th on 53 points from 37. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Cameron Archer of Middlesbrough (9.1), ahead of Chuba Akpom (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 5 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Chuba AkpomMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
  • 50'Yellow card · Zack SteffenMiddlesbrough
  • 52'Goal · Cameron ArcherMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 58'Goal · Cameron ArcherMiddlesbrough · 3-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Álvaro FernandezPreston North End
  • 76'Yellow card · Bambo DiabyPreston North End
  • 76'Yellow card · Marcus ForssMiddlesbrough
  • 78'Yellow card · Dael FryMiddlesbrough
  • 88'Second yellow · Bambo DiabyPreston North End
  • 90+4'Yellow card · M. BolaMiddlesbrough
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Liam DelapPreston North End
  • 90+5'Goal · Marcus ForssMiddlesbrough · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 2, Preston North End 5.

Team news

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

Zack Steffen, Tommy Smith, Dael Fry, Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Giles, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Marcus Forss, Chuba Akpom, Riley McGree, Cameron Archer

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Bambo Diaby, G. Cunningham, Ben Whiteman, Brad Potts, Alan Browne, Ryan Ledson, Álvaro Carreras, Daniel Johnson, Tom Cannon