Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 14 February 2024

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Wednesday 14 February 2024, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Preston North End · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Preston North End beat Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 14 February 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Liam Millar opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Preston North End's goals came from Liam Millar (23') and Emil Riis (60'). Middlesbrough scored through Finn Azaz (57').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 10th on 45 points from 31 and Middlesbrough 13th on 41 points from 30. Preston North End went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Middlesbrough 8th with 69.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Finn Azaz of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Liam Millar (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Liam MillarPreston North End · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · Finn AzazMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 60'Goal · Emil RiisPreston North End · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Riley McGreeMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Andrew Hughes, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Liam Millar, Alan Browne, Ben Whiteman, Robbie Brady, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Will Keane, Emil Riis

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

Tom Glover, Luke Ayling, Rav van den Berg, Matt Clarke, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Marcus Forss, Riley McGree, Finn Azaz, Sam Greenwood