Middlesbrough vs Preston
Championship · 2026 · Regular Season - 25
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Championship · 2026 · Regular Season - 25
Riverside Stadium, MiddlesbroughCapacity 34,988
The Squad
Players with recorded minutes for each club in the most recent season we hold, most minutes first. It is who has played for them, not a prediction of this line-up.
Middlesbrough2026
- Adilson Malanda1080'
- Will Lankshear1051'
- Neto Borges908'
- Luke Ayling713'
- Myles Peart-Harris330'
- Jeremy Sarmiento278'
- Morgan Whittaker249'
- Abdoulaye Kanté63'
- Sam Byram26'
- David Strelec15'
Preston2026
- Daniel Iversen1260'
- Leo Leroy1082'
- Alfie Devine989'
- O. Offiah838'
- Delano Burgzorg729'
- Harry Clarke675'
- Andrew Moran215'
- Caleb Wiley172'
- Milutin Osmajić90'
The Squad
The eleven each club started in its most recent match we hold a team sheet for. It is what they last did, not a prediction of this line-up.
Middlesbrough
Formation 4-2-3-1
We publish a page only for players we can describe properly. Names without a link are in our records but have no page yet.
Preston
Formation 3-4-1-2
We publish a page only for players we can describe properly. Names without a link are in our records but have no page yet.
Line-ups
Line-ups are collected about an hour before kickoff. We do not have them for this match yet.
From the archive
- Middlesbrough have won 8 of their last 12 home matches at Riverside Stadium.
- Their last 10 meetings have produced 35 goals.
- Preston have not won in 9.
- Middlesbrough are unbeaten in 8.
Recent form
Middlesbrough
Championship
| Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
1 Southampton | 14 | +15 | 28 |
| 2Middlesbrough | 13 | +13 | 28 |
3 Birmingham | 14 | +13 | 26 |
4 Stoke City | 14 | +5 | 26 |
5 Swansea | 14 | +5 | 26 |
6 West Brom | 14 | +5 | 25 |
7 Wolves | 13 | +7 | 24 |
8 West Ham | 13 | +15 | 22 |
9 Sheffield Utd | 14 | +3 | 22 |
10 Portsmouth | 14 | +3 | 22 |
11 QPR | 14 | +5 | 21 |
12 Norwich | 14 | +3 | 18 |
13 Millwall | 14 | -1 | 18 |
14 Blackburn | 14 | -2 | 18 |
15 Bristol City | 13 | -2 | 18 |
16 Bolton | 14 | -7 | 17 |
17 Lincoln | 14 | -10 | 15 |
18 Cardiff | 13 | -1 | 14 |
19 Wrexham | 13 | -4 | 14 |
20 Watford | 14 | -10 | 14 |
21 Charlton | 14 | -11 | 14 |
22 Burnley | 14 | -8 | 10 |
23 Derby | 14 | -18 | 7 |
| 24Preston | 14 | -18 | 5 |
Head to head
Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.
- Middlesbrough
- 3
- Drawn
- 2
- Preston
- 5
The record over the 10 meetings listed below.
- MiddlesbroughPrestonFTChampionship
- PrestonMiddlesbroughFTChampionship
- PrestonMiddlesbroughFTChampionship
- MiddlesbroughPrestonFTChampionship
- PrestonMiddlesbroughFTChampionship
- MiddlesbroughPrestonFTChampionship
- MiddlesbroughPrestonFTChampionship
- PrestonMiddlesbroughFTChampionship
- PrestonMiddlesbroughFTChampionship
- MiddlesbroughPrestonFTChampionship
Middlesbrough play Preston in the Championship on Friday 1 January. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.
Times are shown in UTC.