Middlesbrough v Preston North End
Championship | Riverside Stadium
Tuesday, 28 November 2023 @ 7.45pm
Preston North End travel to Middlesbrough on late Tuesday in the Championship.
The visitors come into the game on the back of a defeat in their last match, having lost to Cardiff City 2-1 at home, with a goal from Milutin Osmajić.
The Boro also lost their last match, 3-2 against Bristol City, with their goals scored by Matty Crooks and Zak Vyner.
In the last 10 years, Middlesbrough and Preston have played each other on 16 occasions. Middlesbrough won six of them, Preston five, and they drew five times.
On average, the Boro scored 1.4 goals and the Lilywhites 1.2 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on March 18, when Middlesbrough won 4-0 at home.
With 25 goals in 17 games so far this season, Middlesbrough are scoring more than average in the league with 1.5 goals per game. But they are conceding more than average too, letting in 26 goals at a rate of 1.5 per game.
Preston, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game. They have conceded 1.5 goals per game.
North End are sixth in the table after 17 games, of which they have won eight and drawn four, earning 28 points.
The Boro are six places behind the Lilywhites in 12th, with seven wins and three draws putting them on 24 points.
The hosts are in mixed form in the Championship, with three wins and a draw from their last six games.
With two wins and two draws over that period, the away side's form is slightly worse – they have taken eight points from 18, compared to Middlesbrough's 10.