Preston North End 2-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 September 2025

Result

Preston North End 2-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 13 September 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Preston North End · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Preston North End 2-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Preston North End drew with Middlesbrough 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 September 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lewis Dobbin opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Preston North End's goals came from Lewis Dobbin (22') and Jordan Storey (88'). Middlesbrough scored through Matt Targett (72') and Sontje Hansen (90+2').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 9th on 7 points from 4 and Middlesbrough 1st on 12 points from 4. Preston North End went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Middlesbrough 5th with 82.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Middlesbrough in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Storey of Preston North End (8.6), ahead of Ben Whiteman (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Preston North End wins, 1 draw and 3 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Morgan WhittakerMiddlesbrough
  • 11'Yellow card · Alfie JonesMiddlesbrough
  • 22'Goal · Lewis DobbinPreston North End · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
  • 72'Goal · Matt TargettMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 88'Goal · Jordan StoreyPreston North End · 2-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Sontje HansenMiddlesbrough · 2-2
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 6, draws 1, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson, Andrew Hughes, Pol Valentín, Alfie Devine, Ben Whiteman, Ali McCann, Thierry Small, Lewis Dobbin, Daniel Jebbison

Middlesbrough line-up (3-4-3)

Sol Brynn, Luke Ayling, Darragh Lenihan, Alfie Jones, Callum Brittain, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Matt Targett, Morgan Whittaker, Tommy Conway, Kaly Sène