Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 October 2022

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 29 October 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Preston North End · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Preston North End defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 29 October 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Chuba Akpom opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Emil Riis (35') and Jordan Storey (90+1'). Middlesbrough scored through Chuba Akpom (7').

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 14th on 22 points from 17 and Middlesbrough 21st on 17 points from 16. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 76.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-3-3 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chuba Akpom of Middlesbrough (8.1), ahead of Jordan Storey (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Chuba AkpomMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · H. HackneyMiddlesbrough
  • 29'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 34'Yellow card · Jonathan HowsonMiddlesbrough
  • 35'Goal · Emil RiisPreston North End · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End
  • 75'Yellow card · Álvaro FernandezPreston North End
  • 90'Yellow card · Chuba AkpomMiddlesbrough
  • 90+1'Goal · Jordan StoreyPreston North End · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 4, draws 3, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Brad Potts, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Álvaro Carreras, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Alan Browne, Robbie Brady, Emil Riis, Ben Woodburn

Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)

Zack Steffen, Tommy Smith, Dael Fry, Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Giles, Isaiah Jones, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Riley McGree, Chuba Akpom, Rodrigo Muniz