Preston North End 3-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 9 December 2020

Result

Preston North End 3-0 Middlesbrough

Championship · Wednesday 9 December 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Preston North End · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Preston North End 3-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Preston North End defeated Middlesbrough 3-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 9 December 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

Brad Potts opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Preston North End's goals came from Brad Potts (62'), Scott Sinclair (81') and Emil Riis (83'). Middlesbrough did not score.

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 15th on 20 points from 16 and Middlesbrough 11th on 24 points from 16. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Middlesbrough 10th with 64.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Emil Riis of Preston North End (8.2), ahead of Declan Rudd (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Jonathan HowsonMiddlesbrough
  • 62'Goal · Brad PottsPreston North End · 1-0
  • 81'Goal · Scott SinclairPreston North End · 2-0
  • 83'Goal · Emil RiisPreston North End · 3-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Ryan Ledson, Tom Barkhuizen, Brad Potts, Scott Sinclair, Jayden Stockley

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

Marcus Bettinelli, Djed Spence, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Marc Bola, Jonathan Howson, Duncan Watmore, Sam Morsy, George Saville, Marvin Johnson, Britt Assombalonga