Middlesbrough 2-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 23 March 2010

Result

Middlesbrough 2-0 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 23 March 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 2-0 Preston North End: match report

Middlesbrough beat Preston North End 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 23 March 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

C. Killen opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from C. Killen (29') and Jonathan Franks (90'). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 11th on 50 points from 38 and Preston North End 16th on 48 points from 38. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Preston North End 18th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 0 for Preston North End.

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read D-D-D-L-W and Preston North End's L-D-W-D-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · C. KillenMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · D. CarterPreston North End
  • 32'Yellow card · Ross WallacePreston North End
  • 40'Yellow card · S. McManusMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Goal · Jonathan FranksMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Neil MellorPreston North End

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Middlesbrough 0, draws 1, Preston North End 0.

Team news

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Brad Jones, David Wheater, Robert Huth, Tony McMahon, Emanuel Pogatetz, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Sanli Tuncay, Marlon King, Matthew Bates