Our model scores this match once both teams have enough recent form to work from, predictions publish in the days before kickoff. Form, head-to-head and season stats are available in the tabs above now.
How this scoreline is calculated
Middlesbrough
Form comparisonPreston North End
Where those opponents sat in the table: strong means they averaged roughly the top 40%, weak roughly the bottom 40%, mixed in between.
Opposition faced: Middlesbrough mixed, Preston North End mixedThe form score weights every result and every goal by where the opponent sat in the table, so five wins over the bottom of the table score below five over the top.
- 24 Jan 2026Middlesbrough4-0Preston
- 13 Sept 2025Preston2-2Middlesbrough
- 25 Jan 2025Preston2-1Middlesbrough
- 14 Sept 2024Middlesbrough1-1Preston
- 14 Feb 2024Preston2-1Middlesbrough
- 28 Nov 2023Middlesbrough4-0Preston
- 18 Mar 2023Middlesbrough4-0Preston
- 29 Oct 2022Preston2-1Middlesbrough
- 07 May 2022Preston4-1Middlesbrough
- 23 Nov 2021Middlesbrough1-2Preston
- 07 Nov 2026vsWatford0-0D
- 04 Nov 2026vsWrexham2-0L
- 31 Oct 2026vsCharlton3-0W
- 23 Oct 2026vsBolton1-5W
- 17 Oct 2026vsCardiff2-2D
- 07 Nov 2026vsSouthampton1-0W
- 03 Nov 2026vsSheffield Utd2-3L
- 31 Oct 2026vsStoke City2-0L
- 24 Oct 2026vsWest Brom1-1D
- 17 Oct 2026vsWrexham4-1L
The rows around these two clubs. Dots mark the clubs in between.
Middlesbrough vs Preston North End: form and season numbers
Middlesbrough take a form score of 7.1 out of 10 into this Championship fixture, against 2.8 for Preston North End. Middlesbrough have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5, while Preston North End have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in theirs. Across the season Middlesbrough average 2.2 goals scored and 1.4 conceded per game, Preston North End 0.8 and 2.0. Middlesbrough have kept a clean sheet in 30% of their matches this season, Preston North End in 10%. In their last 10 meetings Middlesbrough have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 5. Middlesbrough sit 2nd on 29 points, Preston North End 24th on 8.
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