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
- W. Lankshear680'
- A. Malanda630'
- L. Ayling558'
- Neto Borges485'
- M. Peart-Harris269'
- M. Whittaker249'
- J. Sarmiento180'
- A. Kanté63'
- D. Strelec8'
Preston2026
- D. Iversen720'
- A. Devine688'
- H. Clarke630'
- L. Leroy542'
- D. Burgzorg458'
- O. Offiah298'
- C. Wiley127'
- M. Osmajić90'
- A. Moran8'
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 3-4-2-1
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 5-3-2
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
- Their last 10 meetings have produced 35 goals.
- Preston have taken 4 points from their last 6.
Recent form
Middlesbrough
Championship
| Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
1 Swansea | 8 | +7 | 17 |
2 West Ham | 8 | +11 | 15 |
| 3Middlesbrough | 8 | +4 | 15 |
4 Southampton | 8 | +9 | 14 |
5 Wolves | 7 | +5 | 14 |
6 West Brom | 8 | +2 | 14 |
7 QPR | 8 | +3 | 13 |
8 Stoke City | 8 | +1 | 13 |
9 Bristol City | 8 | -1 | 13 |
10 Charlton | 8 | -3 | 12 |
11 Birmingham | 8 | +1 | 11 |
12 Millwall | 8 | 0 | 11 |
13 Lincoln | 8 | -1 | 11 |
14 Wrexham | 8 | -3 | 10 |
15 Bolton | 8 | -4 | 10 |
16 Blackburn | 8 | 0 | 9 |
17 Norwich | 8 | -1 | 9 |
18 Sheffield Utd | 8 | -2 | 9 |
19 Portsmouth | 7 | -1 | 8 |
20 Watford | 8 | -3 | 8 |
21 Cardiff | 8 | -2 | 7 |
22 Derby | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 23Preston | 8 | -7 | 4 |
24 Burnley | 8 | -8 | 4 |
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.