Preston North End 1-3 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 28 December 2010

Result

Preston North End 1-3 Middlesbrough

Championship · Tuesday 28 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Preston North End 1-3 Middlesbrough: match report

Preston North End lost to Middlesbrough 1-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 28 December 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

Billy Jones opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Billy Jones (27'). Middlesbrough scored through L. Lita (30'), L. Lita (59') and D. Wheater (61').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 24th on 19 points from 21 and Middlesbrough 21st on 21 points from 22. Preston North End went on to finish that season 22nd with 42 points, and Middlesbrough 12th with 62.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Billy JonesPreston North End · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · L. LitaMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 59'Goal · L. LitaMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 61'Goal · D. WheaterMiddlesbrough · 1-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Danny PughPreston North End
  • 90'Yellow card · Joshua KingPreston North End

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Preston North End line-up

Andy Lonergan, Craig Morgan, Billy Jones, Ritchie De Laet, Adam Barton, Darel Russell, Joshua King, Jon Parkin, Wayne Brown, Danny Pugh, Michael Tonge

Middlesbrough expected line-up

Jason Steele, David Wheater, Tony McMahon, Barry Robson, Nicky Bailey, Mickaël Tavares, Kevin Thomson, Scott McDonald, Matthew Bates, Stephen McManus