Middlesbrough 4–0 Preston North End — Championship 2025/26 Match Stats

Championship · 2025Sat, 24 Jan 2026, 12:30 UTCRiverside

Middlesbrough

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4–0Historical match

Preston North End

LWWLL

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Middlesbrough won 4–0.

Shots: 164
Shots on target: 81
Expected goals: 2.830.4
Possession: 67%33%

Full time

What the match recorded

Middlesbrough beat Preston North End 4–0. Recorded in this match (Middlesbrough – Preston North End): shots 16–4, shots on target 8–1, expected goals 2.83–0.4, possession 67%–33%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Middlesbrough's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Middlesbrough's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.59 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	2.6 goals/match	1.59 goals/match	1.34 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

moderate

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Middlesbrough, Preston North End.

2.69 days ▲Rest daysMiddlesbrough · Preston North End3.7 days

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

Metric	Middlesbrough	Preston North End	Baseline
Rest days	2.69 days	3.7 days	—
Matches last 14 days	2 matches	2 matches	—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

Middlesbrough show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Middlesbrough's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

14.3 shots/match ▲ShotsMiddlesbrough · Preston North End11 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Middlesbrough	Preston North End	Baseline
Shots	14.3 shots/match	11 shots/match	12.3 shots/match
Shots against	10.3 shots/match	13.8 shots/match	12.3 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots16 shots4 shotsMiddlesbrough 16 shots, Preston North End 4 shots
Shots on target8 shots1 shotMiddlesbrough 8 shots, Preston North End 1 shot
Expected goals2.83 xG0.4 xGMiddlesbrough 2.83 xG, Preston North End 0.4 xG
Possession67%33%Middlesbrough 67%, Preston North End 33%
Corners8 corners3 cornersMiddlesbrough 8 corners, Preston North End 3 corners
Fouls11 fouls19 foulsMiddlesbrough 11 fouls, Preston North End 19 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
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Middlesbrough: 16 shots, 8 on target, 2.94 xG. Preston North End: 4 shots, 1 on target, 0.41 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Middlesbrough 2.94 xG · Preston North End 0.41 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Middlesbrough

2Draws

2Preston North End

13 Sept 2025Preston North End — Middlesbrough · Championship2–2

25 Jan 2025Preston North End — Middlesbrough · Championship2–1

14 Sept 2024Middlesbrough — Preston North End · Championship1–1

14 Feb 2024Preston North End — Middlesbrough · Championship2–1

28 Nov 2023Middlesbrough — Preston North End · Championship4–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Middlesbrough favored in 9 of 11 directional metrics · Preston North End in 0 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Middlesbrough29 matchesPreston North End29 matches

1.59 goals/match ▲Goals scored29/291.24 goals/match

1 goal/match ▲Goals allowed29/291.14 goals/match

1.24 xG/match ▲Expected goals29/291.12 xG/match

14.3 shots/match ▲Shots28/2811 shots/match

4.29 shots/match ▲Shots on target28/283.61 shots/match

58.1% ●Possession28/2844.8%

6.29 corners/match ●Corners28/284.11 corners/match

9.54 fouls/matchFouls28/2810.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples29 / 29home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 24 Jan 2026, 16:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Championship

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance

What the match recorded