Middlesbrough 4–0 Preston – England Championship, 18 Mar 2023

Match facts

Middlesbrough Preston

16 Shots 7

5 Shots on target 3

7 Corners 4

11 Fouls 15

4 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 1

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✗ Goals missed ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (444 league matches this season so far).

Result Middlesbrough to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score No fair 1.92

Expected goals 1.54 – 0.95

Home / Draw / Away

51% 26% 23%

MiddlesbroughDrawPreston

Under / Over 2.5 goals

55% 45%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

52% 48%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

8% 0

21% 1

26% 2

21% 3

13% 4

11% 5+

Most likely scores

1–0 12.8% 1–1 12.1% 2–0 9.9%

Statistics 2022/2023, before this match

Middlesbrough before this match, all matches

1.73points / match

1.76scored / match

1.14conceded / match

19 7 11

WonDrawnLost 37 played · 65:42

Preston before this match, all matches

1.43points / match

0.92scored / match

1.05conceded / match

14 11 12

WonDrawnLost 37 played · 34:39

Middlesbrough all matches all matches Preston

Per match

1.76 Goals scored 0.92

1.14 Goals conceded 1.05

2.89 Total goals 1.97

12.49 Shots 10.59

4.32 Shots on target 3.30

10.14 Shots faced 12.89

6.16 Corners 3.95

4.27 Corners against 5.49

10.08 Fouls 11.05

1.97 Yellow cards 2.24

0.68 1st-half goals scored 0.41

0.70 1st-half goals conceded 0.46

How often Full Time

51% Wins 38%

19% Draws 30%

30% Losses 32%

95% Over 0.5 goals 76%

81% Over 1.5 goals 54%

62% Over 2.5 goals 38%

38% Over 3.5 goals 14%

14% Over 4.5 goals 11%

0% Over 5.5 goals 5%

62% Both teams scored 38%

24% Clean sheets 43%

19% Failed to score 43%

How often Half Time

30% Wins 19%

41% Draws 62%

30% Losses 19%

81% Over 0.5 goals 51%

43% Over 1.5 goals 24%

11% Over 2.5 goals 8%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Middlesbrough all matches

2

L

2

W

3

W

3

1

W

3

1

W

3

1

W

2

L

5

W

3

1

W

1

D

Preston all matches

2

1

W

1

2

L

3

L

1

D

2

1

W

D

2

W

2

1

W

Middlesbrough before this match, at home

2.00points / match

1.78scored / match

0.78conceded / match

10 6 2

WonDrawnLost 18 played · 32:14

Preston before this match, away

1.78points / match

1.11scored / match

0.94conceded / match

9 5 4

WonDrawnLost 18 played · 20:17

Middlesbrough at home away Preston

Per match

1.78 Goals scored 1.11

0.78 Goals conceded 0.94

2.56 Total goals 2.06

12.78 Shots 9.17

4.67 Shots on target 3.17

8.61 Shots faced 13.61

6.61 Corners 3.94

4.56 Corners against 6.00

9.89 Fouls 10.72

1.94 Yellow cards 2.72

0.83 1st-half goals scored 0.44

0.50 1st-half goals conceded 0.28

How often Full Time

56% Wins 50%

33% Draws 28%

11% Losses 22%

89% Over 0.5 goals 72%

72% Over 1.5 goals 50%

50% Over 2.5 goals 44%

28% Over 3.5 goals 17%

17% Over 4.5 goals 17%

0% Over 5.5 goals 6%

56% Both teams scored 39%

44% Clean sheets 50%

11% Failed to score 39%

How often Half Time

44% Wins 22%

39% Draws 67%

17% Losses 11%

78% Over 0.5 goals 44%

44% Over 1.5 goals 22%

11% Over 2.5 goals 6%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Middlesbrough at home

D

1

D

2

1

W

4

1

W

1

W

2

W

3

W

3

1

W

5

W

1

D

Preston away

2

4

L

2

1

W

4

1

W

2

L

1

W

2

1

W

3

L

D

2

1

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Middlesbrough all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.03.23	Middlesbrough – Stoke	1–1 (1–1)	1.70	3.80	5.00	1.90	1.95
11.03.23	Swansea – Middlesbrough	1–3 (1–0)	3.25	3.60	2.15	1.98	1.88
04.03.23	Middlesbrough – Reading	5–0 (2–0)	1.45	4.50	6.50	1.85	2.00
25.02.23	West Brom – Middlesbrough	2–0 (2–0)	2.30	3.30	3.00	2.02	1.83
18.02.23	Middlesbrough – QPR	3–1 (0–0)	1.55	4.20	5.75	1.88	1.98
15.02.23	Sheffield United – Middlesbrough	1–3 (1–1)	2.05	3.40	3.75	2.10	1.73
11.02.23	Cardiff – Middlesbrough	1–3 (1–2)	3.60	3.40	2.10	2.10	1.73
04.02.23	Middlesbrough – Blackpool	3–0 (1–0)	1.53	4.00	6.50	1.80	2.00
28.01.23	Middlesbrough – Watford	2–0 (2–0)	1.91	3.40	4.33	2.10	1.73
22.01.23	Sunderland – Middlesbrough	2–0 (0–0)	2.88	3.40	2.50	2.02	1.83

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.03.23	Rotherham – Preston	1–2 (1–2)	2.70	3.20	2.75	2.30	1.62
11.03.23	Preston – Cardiff	2–0 (0–0)	2.40	3.30	3.00	2.50	1.53
04.03.23	Watford – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	1.83	3.50	4.50	2.20	1.67
28.02.23	Preston – Coventry	0–0 (0–0)	2.70	3.30	2.63	2.30	1.62
25.02.23	Preston – Wigan	2–1 (0–1)	2.25	3.20	3.30	2.38	1.57
18.02.23	Hull – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.10	3.40	3.50	2.30	1.62
15.02.23	Preston – Luton	1–1 (0–0)	2.88	3.00	2.70	2.38	1.57
11.02.23	Burnley – Preston	3–0 (1–0)	1.55	4.00	6.00	2.10	1.73
04.02.23	Preston – Bristol City	1–2 (0–2)	2.45	3.20	3.00	2.20	1.67
21.01.23	Birmingham – Preston	1–2 (0–2)	2.40	3.10	3.20	2.63	1.50

Middlesbrough at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.03.23	Middlesbrough – Stoke	1–1 (1–1)	1.70	3.80	5.00	1.90	1.95
04.03.23	Middlesbrough – Reading	5–0 (2–0)	1.45	4.50	6.50	1.85	2.00
18.02.23	Middlesbrough – QPR	3–1 (0–0)	1.55	4.20	5.75	1.88	1.98
04.02.23	Middlesbrough – Blackpool	3–0 (1–0)	1.53	4.00	6.50	1.80	2.00
28.01.23	Middlesbrough – Watford	2–0 (2–0)	1.91	3.40	4.33	2.10	1.73
14.01.23	Middlesbrough – Millwall	1–0 (0–0)	1.95	3.50	4.00	2.10	1.73
26.12.22	Middlesbrough – Wigan	4–1 (1–0)	1.67	3.75	5.50	2.02	1.83
10.12.22	Middlesbrough – Luton	2–1 (1–1)	1.83	3.60	4.33	2.02	1.83
05.11.22	Middlesbrough – Bristol City	1–1 (0–1)	1.80	3.60	4.75	1.90	1.95
22.10.22	Middlesbrough – Huddersfield	0–0 (0–0)	1.66	3.75	5.50	2.00	1.85

Preston away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.03.23	Rotherham – Preston	1–2 (1–2)	2.70	3.20	2.75	2.30	1.62
04.03.23	Watford – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	1.83	3.50	4.50	2.20	1.67
18.02.23	Hull – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.10	3.40	3.50	2.30	1.62
11.02.23	Burnley – Preston	3–0 (1–0)	1.55	4.00	6.00	2.10	1.73
21.01.23	Birmingham – Preston	1–2 (0–2)	2.40	3.10	3.20	2.63	1.50
02.01.23	Stoke – Preston	0–1 (0–0)	2.10	3.40	3.60	2.20	1.67
29.12.22	West Brom – Preston	2–0 (1–0)	1.75	3.50	5.00	2.10	1.73
10.12.22	Blackburn – Preston	1–4 (0–1)	2.25	3.20	3.40	2.30	1.62
04.11.22	Reading – Preston	1–2 (0–0)	2.30	3.10	3.30	2.50	1.53
22.10.22	Blackpool – Preston	4–2 (1–1)	2.62	3.20	2.80	2.20	1.66

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

3

Middlesbrough winsDrawsPreston wins

3matches

3.67goals / match

100%over 2.5

100%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
29.10.22E1	Preston – Middlesbrough	2–1 (1–1)	2.80	3.00	2.75	2.30	1.61
07.05.22E1	Preston – Middlesbrough	4–1 (2–0)	5.00	3.80	1.70	1.72	2.10
23.11.21E1	Middlesbrough – Preston	1–2 (1–0)	2.00	3.30	3.80	2.30	1.61

England Championship table 2022/2023, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	37	24	11	2	74	29	+45	83
2	Sheffield United	37	21	7	9	58	33	+25	70
3	Middlesbrough	37	19	7	11	65	42	+23	64
4	Luton	37	17	12	8	45	34	+11	63
5	Blackburn	37	19	4	14	43	42	+1	61
6	Millwall	37	17	9	11	48	39	+9	60
7	Norwich	37	16	8	13	52	41	+11	56
8	West Brom	37	15	10	12	47	39	+8	55
9	Coventry	37	14	12	11	43	36	+7	54
10	Watford	37	14	12	11	44	39	+5	54
11	Preston	37	14	11	12	34	39	-5	53
12	Sunderland	37	14	10	13	52	45	+7	52
13	Bristol City	37	12	12	13	45	44	+1	48
14	Stoke	37	13	8	16	48	45	+3	47
15	Hull	37	12	10	15	42	52	-10	46
16	Reading	37	13	5	19	39	57	-18	44
17	Swansea	37	11	10	16	49	57	-8	43
18	Birmingham	37	11	9	17	41	50	-9	42
19	QPR	37	11	9	17	38	58	-20	42
20	Rotherham	37	9	13	15	41	51	-10	40
21	Cardiff	37	10	9	18	28	41	-13	39
22	Blackpool	37	8	11	18	39	54	-15	35
23	Huddersfield	37	8	9	20	31	53	-22	33
24	Wigan	37	7	12	18	32	58	-26	33

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	19	14	5	0	43	13	+30	47
2	Blackburn	18	13	1	4	25	14	+11	40
3	Sheffield United	18	11	3	4	35	17	+18	36
4	Middlesbrough	18	10	6	2	32	14	+18	36
5	Millwall	18	10	5	3	29	16	+13	35
6	West Brom	19	10	5	4	26	15	+11	35
7	Reading	18	10	3	5	27	20	+7	33
8	Coventry	19	9	6	4	24	17	+7	33
9	Watford	18	9	5	4	27	16	+11	32
10	Bristol City	19	8	5	6	24	18	+6	29
11	Luton	19	7	8	4	24	19	+5	29
12	Norwich	19	8	4	7	27	22	+5	28
13	Rotherham	18	7	5	6	30	23	+7	26
14	Hull	19	7	4	8	21	26	-5	25
15	Swansea	18	7	3	8	28	28	0	24
16	Cardiff	19	6	6	7	16	17	-1	24
17	Birmingham	19	6	5	8	22	21	+1	23
18	Sunderland	18	6	5	7	23	24	-1	23
19	Huddersfield	19	6	5	8	17	21	-4	23
20	Stoke	18	6	4	8	23	21	+2	22
21	QPR	18	6	4	8	20	26	-6	22
22	Blackpool	18	5	6	7	23	22	+1	21
23	Preston	19	5	6	8	14	22	-8	21
24	Wigan	19	3	6	10	14	32	-18	15

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	18	10	6	2	31	16	+15	36
2	Sheffield United	19	10	4	5	23	16	+7	34
3	Luton	18	10	4	4	21	15	+6	34
4	Preston	18	9	5	4	20	17	+3	32
5	Sunderland	19	8	5	6	29	21	+8	29
6	Norwich	18	8	4	6	25	19	+6	28
7	Middlesbrough	19	9	1	9	33	28	+5	28
8	Stoke	19	7	4	8	25	24	+1	25
9	Millwall	19	7	4	8	19	23	-4	25
10	Watford	19	5	7	7	17	23	-6	22
11	Coventry	18	5	6	7	19	19	0	21
12	Hull	18	5	6	7	21	26	-5	21
13	Blackburn	19	6	3	10	18	28	-10	21
14	West Brom	18	5	5	8	21	24	-3	20
15	QPR	19	5	5	9	18	32	-14	20
16	Bristol City	18	4	7	7	21	26	-5	19
17	Swansea	19	4	7	8	21	29	-8	19
18	Birmingham	18	5	4	9	19	29	-10	19
19	Wigan	18	4	6	8	18	26	-8	18
20	Cardiff	18	4	3	11	12	24	-12	15
21	Blackpool	19	3	5	11	16	32	-16	14
22	Rotherham	19	2	8	9	11	28	-17	14
23	Reading	19	3	2	14	12	37	-25	11
24	Huddersfield	18	2	4	12	14	32	-18	10

Middlesbrough Preston

Under / Over goals 2022/2023, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	3	Middlesbrough	37	14	23	1.8	1.1	19	7	11	65	42	64
2	17	Swansea	37	15	22	1.3	1.5	11	10	16	49	57	43
3	16	Reading	37	16	21	1.1	1.5	13	5	19	39	57	44
4	12	Sunderland	37	17	20	1.4	1.2	14	10	13	52	45	52
5	19	QPR	37	17	20	1.0	1.6	11	9	17	38	58	42
6	1	Burnley	37	18	19	2.0	0.8	24	11	2	74	29	83
7	7	Norwich	37	19	18	1.4	1.1	16	8	13	52	41	56
8	20	Rotherham	37	19	18	1.1	1.4	9	13	15	41	51	40
9	5	Blackburn	37	20	17	1.2	1.1	19	4	14	43	42	61
10	14	Stoke	37	20	17	1.3	1.2	13	8	16	48	45	47
11	15	Hull	37	20	17	1.1	1.4	12	10	15	42	52	46
12	18	Birmingham	37	20	17	1.1	1.4	11	9	17	41	50	42
13	22	Blackpool	37	20	17	1.1	1.5	8	11	18	39	54	35
14	2	Sheffield United	37	21	16	1.6	0.9	21	7	9	58	33	70
15	23	Huddersfield	37	21	16	0.8	1.4	8	9	20	31	53	33
16	24	Wigan	37	21	16	0.9	1.6	7	12	18	32	58	33
17	6	Millwall	37	22	15	1.3	1.1	17	9	11	48	39	60
18	10	Watford	37	23	14	1.2	1.1	14	12	11	44	39	54
19	11	Preston	37	23	14	0.9	1.1	14	11	12	34	39	53
20	13	Bristol City	37	23	14	1.2	1.2	12	12	13	45	44	48
21	4	Luton	37	25	12	1.2	0.9	17	12	8	45	34	63
22	8	West Brom	37	26	11	1.3	1.1	15	10	12	47	39	55
23	9	Coventry	37	26	11	1.2	1.0	14	12	11	43	36	54
24	21	Cardiff	37	28	9	0.8	1.1	10	9	18	28	41	39

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Burnley	19	7	12	2.3	0.7	14	5	0	43	13	47
2	17	Swansea	18	6	12	1.6	1.6	7	3	8	28	28	24
3	16	Reading	18	7	11	1.5	1.1	10	3	5	27	20	33
4	19	QPR	18	7	11	1.1	1.4	6	4	8	20	26	22
5	20	Rotherham	18	7	11	1.7	1.3	7	5	6	30	23	26
6	2	Sheffield United	18	8	10	1.9	0.9	11	3	4	35	17	36
7	12	Sunderland	18	8	10	1.3	1.3	6	5	7	23	24	23
8	3	Middlesbrough	18	9	9	1.8	0.8	10	6	2	32	14	36
9	7	Norwich	19	10	9	1.4	1.2	8	4	7	27	22	28
10	15	Hull	19	10	9	1.1	1.4	7	4	8	21	26	25
11	5	Blackburn	18	10	8	1.4	0.8	13	1	4	25	14	40
12	6	Millwall	18	10	8	1.6	0.9	10	5	3	29	16	35
13	10	Watford	18	10	8	1.5	0.9	9	5	4	27	16	32
14	14	Stoke	18	10	8	1.3	1.2	6	4	8	23	21	22
15	18	Birmingham	19	11	8	1.2	1.1	6	5	8	22	21	23
16	22	Blackpool	18	10	8	1.3	1.2	5	6	7	23	22	21
17	4	Luton	19	12	7	1.3	1.0	7	8	4	24	19	29
18	24	Wigan	19	12	7	0.7	1.7	3	6	10	14	32	15
19	11	Preston	19	13	6	0.7	1.2	5	6	8	14	22	21
20	13	Bristol City	19	13	6	1.3	0.9	8	5	6	24	18	29
21	23	Huddersfield	19	13	6	0.9	1.1	6	5	8	17	21	23
22	9	Coventry	19	14	5	1.3	0.9	9	6	4	24	17	33
23	8	West Brom	19	15	4	1.4	0.8	10	5	4	26	15	35
24	21	Cardiff	19	15	4	0.8	0.9	6	6	7	16	17	24

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	3	Middlesbrough	19	5	14	1.7	1.5	9	1	9	33	28	28
2	12	Sunderland	19	9	10	1.5	1.1	8	5	6	29	21	29
3	16	Reading	19	9	10	0.6	1.9	3	2	14	12	37	11
4	17	Swansea	19	9	10	1.1	1.5	4	7	8	21	29	19
5	23	Huddersfield	18	8	10	0.8	1.8	2	4	12	14	32	10
6	5	Blackburn	19	10	9	0.9	1.5	6	3	10	18	28	21
7	7	Norwich	18	9	9	1.4	1.1	8	4	6	25	19	28
8	14	Stoke	19	10	9	1.3	1.3	7	4	8	25	24	25
9	18	Birmingham	18	9	9	1.1	1.6	5	4	9	19	29	19
10	19	QPR	19	10	9	0.9	1.7	5	5	9	18	32	20
11	22	Blackpool	19	10	9	0.8	1.7	3	5	11	16	32	14
12	24	Wigan	18	9	9	1.0	1.4	4	6	8	18	26	18
13	11	Preston	18	10	8	1.1	0.9	9	5	4	20	17	32
14	13	Bristol City	18	10	8	1.2	1.4	4	7	7	21	26	19
15	15	Hull	18	10	8	1.2	1.4	5	6	7	21	26	21
16	1	Burnley	18	11	7	1.7	0.9	10	6	2	31	16	36
17	6	Millwall	19	12	7	1.0	1.2	7	4	8	19	23	25
18	8	West Brom	18	11	7	1.2	1.3	5	5	8	21	24	20
19	20	Rotherham	19	12	7	0.6	1.5	2	8	9	11	28	14
20	2	Sheffield United	19	13	6	1.2	0.8	10	4	5	23	16	34
21	9	Coventry	18	12	6	1.1	1.1	5	6	7	19	19	21
22	10	Watford	19	13	6	0.9	1.2	5	7	7	17	23	22
23	4	Luton	18	13	5	1.2	0.8	10	4	4	21	15	34
24	21	Cardiff	18	13	5	0.7	1.3	4	3	11	12	24	15

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.