Middlesbrough vs Preston

Championship ·Matchday 38

Middlesbrough

4-0

Full-time HT 1-0

Preston

C. Akpom 22'
C. Archer 52'
C. Archer 58'
M. Forss 90+5'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Saturday 18 March · 18:00 Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough M. Donohue

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Middlesbrough beat Preston 4-0. Scorers for Middlesbrough: C. Akpom 22', C. Archer 52', C. Archer 58', M. Forss 90+5'. Bambo Diaby of Preston was sent off in minute 88'. Middlesbrough had 70% of possession.

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Full-time 4 - 0
Added time: 5 minutes
90+5'
M. Forss 4-0 Goal · Assist: R. Giles · Middlesbrough Goal! M. Forss scores for Middlesbrough, set up by R. Giles. It is 4-0
90+4'
L. Delap Yellow card · Preston L. Delap of Preston is booked
90+4'
M. Bola Yellow card · Middlesbrough Yellow card for M. Bola (Middlesbrough)
88'
Bambo Diaby Red card · Preston Straight red card for Bambo Diaby. Preston are down a man
88'
Bambo Diaby Yellow card · Preston Yellow card for Bambo Diaby (Preston)
86'
L. Delap Out: D. Johnson · Preston Substitution for Preston: L. Delap comes on for D. Johnson
86'
R. Brady Out: Álvaro Fernández · Preston Substitution for Preston: R. Brady comes on for Álvaro Fernández
85'
B. Woodburn Out: A. Browne · Preston Substitution for Preston: B. Woodburn comes on for A. Browne
82'
D. Barlaser Out: J. Howson · Middlesbrough Substitution for Middlesbrough: D. Barlaser comes on for J. Howson
82'
A. Ramsey Out: C. Archer · Middlesbrough Substitution for Middlesbrough: A. Ramsey comes on for C. Archer
78'
D. Fry Yellow card · Middlesbrough Yellow card for D. Fry (Middlesbrough)
76'
Bambo Diaby Yellow card · Preston Bambo Diaby of Preston is booked
76'
M. Forss Yellow card · Middlesbrough Yellow card for M. Forss (Middlesbrough)
72'
M. Bola Out: Riley McGree · Middlesbrough Substitution for Middlesbrough: M. Bola comes on for Riley McGree
72'
A. Mowatt Out: H. Hackney · Middlesbrough Substitution for Middlesbrough: A. Mowatt comes on for H. Hackney
67'
Álvaro Fernández Yellow card · Preston Álvaro Fernández of Preston is booked
58'
C. Archer 3-0 Goal · Assist: C. Akpom · Middlesbrough Goal for Middlesbrough! C. Archer turns in the pass from C. Akpom (3-0)
52'
C. Archer 2-0 Goal · Assist: R. Giles · Middlesbrough R. Giles provides, C. Archer finishes for Middlesbrough (2-0)
50'
Z. Steffen Yellow card · Middlesbrough Yellow card for Z. Steffen (Middlesbrough)
46'
T. Parrott Out: Ryan Ledson · Preston Substitution for Preston: T. Parrott comes on for Ryan Ledson
Half-time 1 - 0
Added time: 2 minutes
45+2'
A. Hughes Yellow card · Preston Yellow card for A. Hughes (Preston)
28'
A. Hughes Out: G. Cunningham · Preston Substitution for Preston: A. Hughes comes on for G. Cunningham
22'
C. Akpom 1-0 Goal · Assist: C. Archer · Middlesbrough Goal for Middlesbrough! C. Akpom turns in the pass from C. Archer (1-0)
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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WLWWD Last 5 matches WDDWW

4Position12

75Pts63

2.3Goals scored per match0.8

0.9Goals conceded per match1.1

3Clean sheets4

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Burnley	46	29	14	3	87	35	87:35	+52	101	WWWLD
2	Sheffield Utd	46	28	7	11	73	39	73:39	+34	91	WLWWW
3	Luton	46	21	17	8	57	39	57:39	+18	80	DDWDW
4	Middlesbrough	46	22	9	15	84	56	84:56	+28	75	DLLWW
5	Coventry	46	18	16	12	58	46	58:46	+12	70	DWWDW
6	Sunderland	46	18	15	13	68	55	68:55	+13	69	WDWDW
7	Blackburn	46	20	9	17	52	54	52:54	-2	69	WDLDD
8	Millwall	46	19	11	16	57	50	57:50	+7	68	LWLLW
9	West Brom	46	18	12	16	59	53	59:53	+6	66	LWLLW
10	Swansea	46	18	12	16	68	64	68:64	+4	66	WDWWW
11	Watford	46	16	15	15	56	53	56:53	+3	63	WDLLW
12	Preston	46	17	12	17	45	59	45:59	-14	63	LLDLL
13	Norwich	46	17	11	18	57	54	57:54	+3	62	LLLDL
14	Bristol City	46	15	14	17	55	56	55:56	-1	59	WLWLL
15	Hull City	46	14	16	16	51	61	51:61	-10	58	DDWLD
16	Stoke City	46	14	11	21	55	54	55:54	+1	53	LLDLL
17	Birmingham	46	14	11	21	47	58	47:58	-11	53	LLLWL
18	Huddersfield	46	14	11	21	47	62	47:62	-15	53	WWWDL
19	Rotherham	46	11	17	18	49	60	49:60	-11	50	DWLLD
20	QPR	46	13	11	22	44	71	44:71	-27	50	LWWDL
21	Cardiff	46	13	10	23	41	58	41:58	-17	49	LLWDW
22	Reading	46	13	11	22	46	68	46:68	-22	44	LDLDD
23	Blackpool	46	11	11	24	48	72	48:72	-24	44	WLWLW
24	Wigan	46	10	15	21	38	65	38:65	-27	39	DDWWL