Middlesbrough 0-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2017

Result

Middlesbrough 0-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Middlesbrough · Preston North End · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 0-0 Preston North End: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Preston North End 0-0 in the Championship on Saturday 26 August 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 11th on 6 points from 4 and Preston North End 8th on 7 points from 4. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Preston North End 7th with 73.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Preston North End in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dael Fry of Middlesbrough (7.8), level with Cyrus Christie (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 0 for Preston North End.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 63'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 65'Yellow card · Adam ClaytonMiddlesbrough
  • 89'Yellow card · Josh HarropPreston North End

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 3, Preston North End 0.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)

Darren Randolph, George Friend, Ben Gibson, Dael Fry, Fábio, Adam Clayton, Jonathan Howson, Cyrus Christie, Lewis Baker, Britt Assombalonga, Rudy Gestede

Preston North End line-up (4-1-4-1)

Chris Maxwell, Darnell Fisher, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Josh Earl, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, Sean Maguire, Tom Barkhuizen, Jordan Hugill