Middlesbrough 1-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 23 November 2021

Result

Middlesbrough 1-2 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 23 November 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 1-2 Preston North End: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Preston North End 1-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 23 November 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Paddy McNair opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Paddy McNair (33'). Preston North End scored through Ched Evans (77') and Emil Riis (81').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 14th on 23 points from 18 and Preston North End 18th on 21 points from 18. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Preston North End 13th with 64.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Preston North End in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Paddy McNair of Middlesbrough (8.4), ahead of Patrick Bauer (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 2 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Paddy McNairMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 75'Yellow card · Ched EvansPreston North End
  • 77'Goal · Ched EvansPreston North End · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Emil RiisPreston North End · 1-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Josh EarlPreston North End
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 4, Preston North End 2.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)

Luke Daniels, Paddy McNair, Sol Bamba, Lee Peltier, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Marcus Tavernier, Jonathan Howson, Marc Bola, Andraz Sporar, Duncan Watmore

Preston North End line-up (3-4-1-2)

Daniel Iversen, Sepp van den Berg, Patrick Bauer, Andrew Hughes, Tom Barkhuizen, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Josh Earl, Alan Browne, Sean Maguire, Emil Riis