Preston North End 2-3 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Monday 1 January 2018

Result

Preston North End 2-3 Middlesbrough

Championship · Monday 1 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Preston North End 2-3 Middlesbrough: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Middlesbrough 2-3 in the Championship on Monday 1 January 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Daniel Ayala opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Callum Robinson (14') and Jordan Hugill (40'). Middlesbrough scored through Daniel Ayala (13'), Jonathan Howson (65') and Daniel Ayala (73').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 8th on 40 points from 25 and Middlesbrough 9th on 38 points from 25. Preston North End went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Yuki Takahashi of Middlesbrough (8.8), ahead of Ben Pearson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Preston North End wins, 4 draws and 5 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 14'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 1-1
  • 40'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Cyrus ChristieMiddlesbrough
  • 63'Yellow card · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End
  • 65'Goal · Jonathan HowsonMiddlesbrough · 2-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Josh HarropPreston North End
  • 72'Yellow card · George FriendMiddlesbrough
  • 73'Goal · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough · 2-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Rudy GestedeMiddlesbrough
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Darren RandolphMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Preston North End 0, draws 4, Middlesbrough 5.

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Tom Clarke, Calum Woods, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Ben Pearson, Josh Harrop, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Cyrus Christie, Grant Leadbitter, Jonathan Howson, Adlène Guédioura, Britt Assombalonga, Stewart Downing, Adama Traoré