Preston North End 2-2 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 October 2009
Result
Preston North End 2-2 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 24 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Preston North End · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions
Preston North End 2-2 Middlesbrough: match report
Preston North End drew with Middlesbrough 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 24 October 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
Gary O'Neil opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Preston North End's goals came from Paul Parry (60') and Billy Jones (90'). Middlesbrough scored through Gary O'Neil (43') and Adam Johnson (67').
Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Preston North End were 6th on 22 points from 13 and Middlesbrough 4th on 23 points from 13. Preston North End went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Middlesbrough 11th with 62.
Going into the match Preston North End's last five read W-L-D-L-W and Middlesbrough's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Gary O'Neil
- 60'Goal · Paul Parry
- 63'Yellow card · Joe Bennett
- 67'Goal · Adam Johnson
- 82'Yellow card · Ross Wallace
- 87'Yellow card · D. Digard
- 90'Goal · Billy Jones
- 90'Yellow card · Adam Johnson
Team news
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Brad Jones, David Wheater, Robert Huth, Tony McMahon, Emanuel Pogatetz, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Sanli Tuncay, Marlon King, Matthew Bates