Championship

Championship | Gameweek 29

Jan 25, 2025 at 3pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
2 - 1
Middlesbrough

Teitur Thordarson (28'), Riis Jakobsen (78')
Greenwood (13'), Meghoma (45+1'), Ledson (85')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Burgzorg (52')
Ayling (42')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Middlesbrough, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Preston North End

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Watford 1-2 Preston
Tuesday, January 21 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Middlesbrough

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Middlesbrough 2-0 West Brom
Tuesday, January 21 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Middlesbrough win with a probability of 51.06%. A draw had a probability of 24.7% and a win for Preston North End had a probability of 24.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.34%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.56%) and 0-2 (9.22%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.76%), while for a Preston North End win it was 1-0 (7.24%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 6.1% likelihood.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Middlesbrough
24.2% ( 0.22)	24.74% ( 0.07)	51.06% ( -0.29)

Both teams to score 51.82% (

0.04)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.68% (

-0.06)

50.32% (

0.06)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.74% (

-0.06)

72.26% (

0.06)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.54% (

0.17)

35.46% (

-0.17)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.77% (

0.17)

72.22% (

-0.17)

Middlesbrough Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80.3% (

-0.14)

19.7% (

0.14)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

48.29% (

-0.23)

51.71% (

0.23)

Score Analysis

Preston North End 24.2%

Middlesbrough 51.05%

Draw 24.73%

Preston North End	Draw	Middlesbrough
1-0 @ 7.24% ( 0.05) 2-1 @ 6.1% ( 0.04) 2-0 @ 3.76% ( 0.04) 3-1 @ 2.11% ( 0.02) 3-2 @ 1.71% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 1.3% ( 0.02) Other @ 1.98% Total : 24.2%	1-1 @ 11.76% ( 0.03) 0-0 @ 6.99% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 4.95% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 0.93% ( 0) Other @ 0.11% Total : 24.73%	0-1 @ 11.34% ( -0.03) 1-2 @ 9.56% ( -0.02) 0-2 @ 9.22% ( -0.06) 1-3 @ 5.18% ( -0.03) 0-3 @ 4.99% ( -0.05) 2-3 @ 2.68% ( -0) 1-4 @ 2.1% ( -0.02) 0-4 @ 2.03% ( -0.03) 2-4 @ 1.09% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.87% Total : 51.05%

How you voted: Preston vs Middlesbrough

Preston North End

33.3%

Draw

41.7%

Middlesbrough

25.0%

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Middlesbrough

1-1

Preston

Conway (16')

Frokjaer-Jensen (43')
Whatmough (33'), Storey (36'), Hughes (60'), Woodman (74'), Brady (86')

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2-1

Middlesbrough

Millar (23'), Riis Jakobsen (60')
Storey (86'), Browne (90+2')

Azaz (57')
McGree (90+6')

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Preston

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Potts (65'), Hughes (82')

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4-0

Preston

Akpom (22'), Archer (52', 58'), Forss (90+5')

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Form Guide

Watford 1-2 Preston

Luton 0-0 Preston

Preston 2-1 Charlton

Preston 1-1 Oxford Utd

West Brom 3-1 Preston

Preston 3-1 Sheff Weds

Middlesbrough 2-0 West Brom

Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn

Middlesbrough 1-1 Cardiff

Hull City 0-1 Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough 0-0 Burnley

Nations League

Spain

International Friendlies

Algeria

International Friendlies

Georgia

Belarus

International Friendlies

Singapore

Tajikistan

Congo DR

World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Australia

Saudi Arabia

Indonesia

South Korea

Palestine

Jordan

Qatar

World Cup Qualifying - North Central America

COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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