Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 24 January 2026

Result

Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 24 January 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

Middlesbrough · Preston North End · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston North End: match report

Middlesbrough beat Preston North End 4-0 in the Championship on Saturday 24 January 2026. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Alan Browne opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Alan Browne (9'), Tommy Conway (28'), Morgan Whittaker (42') and Tommy Conway (54'). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 52 points from 28 and Preston North End 6th on 43 points from 28. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommy Conway of Middlesbrough (8.4), ahead of Morgan Whittaker (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 5 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Alan BrowneMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 28'Goal · Tommy ConwayMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 42'Goal · Morgan WhittakerMiddlesbrough · 3-0
  • 50'Red card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
  • 54'Goal · Tommy ConwayMiddlesbrough · 4-0
  • 82'Yellow card · Jordan Andrew ThompsonPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 2, Preston North End 5.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Sol Brynn, Luke Ayling, Dael Fry, Adilson Malanda, Matt Targett, Alan Browne, Hayden Hackney, Aidan Morris, Morgan Whittaker, Tommy Conway, Leo Castledine

Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Jack Walton, O. Offiah, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson, Pol Valentín, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Alfie Devine, Jamal Lewis, Lewis Dobbin, Daniel Jebbison