2 PRE

2 MID

PRE 2

2 MID

Preston - Middlesbrough

Result

2-2

L. Dobbin 22'

Matthew Targett 72'

Jordan Storey 88'

Sontje Hansen 90+2'

Match Events

Second Half 2 - 2

90+7'

Darragh Lenihan

Yellow Card

90+2'

Sontje Hansen

Goal

89'

Sontje Hansen

Alfie Jones

Jordan Storey

Benjamin Whiteman

88'

84'

A. Browne

Hayden Hackney

Andrija Vukčević

T. Small

79'

72'

Matthew Targett

Tommy Conway

66'

S. Nypan

Morgan Whittaker

Harrison Armstrong

A. Devine

62'

Mads Frøkjær-Jensen

L. Dobbin

62'

Michael Smith

Daniel Jebbison

62'

Andrew Hughes

Yellow Card

58'

46'

David Strelec

Mamadou Kaly Sene

First Half 1 - 0

L. Dobbin

Jordan Storey

22'

11'

Alfie Jones

Yellow Card

Morgan Whittaker

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

39%

61%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

0.75

1.18

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 5
Date	September 13, 2025
Time	12:30
Venue	Deepdale
Result	2 - 2

Lineups

Preston

1. D. Iversen Daniel Iversen

14. J. Storey Jordan Storey

19. L. Gibson Lewis Gibson

16. A. Hughes Andrew Hughes

2. P. Valentín Pol Valentín

21. A. Devine A. Devine

4. B. Whiteman Benjamin Whiteman

8. A. McCann Alistair McCann

26. T. Small T. Small

17. L. Dobbin L. Dobbin

9. D. Jebbison Daniel Jebbison

20. M. K. Sene Mamadou Kaly Sene

9. T. Conway Tommy Conway

11. M. Whittaker Morgan Whittaker

3. M. Targett Matthew Targett

7. H. Hackney Hayden Hackney

18. A. Morris Aidan Morris

2. C. Brittain Callum Brittain

5. A. Jones Alfie Jones

26. D. Lenihan Darragh Lenihan

12. L. Ayling Luke Ayling

31. S. Brynn Solomon Brynn

Middlesbrough

Substitutes

Preston

Middlesbrough

Unused Players

Preston

Middlesbrough

Form before the match

Preston

Middlesbrough

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2024/25

January 25, 2025

Preston

Middlesbrough

September 14, 2024

Middlesbrough

Preston

Championship 2023/24

February 14, 2024

Preston

Middlesbrough

November 28, 2023

Middlesbrough

Preston

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

January 24, 2026

Middlesbrough

Preston

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	97	45	52	95
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80	47	33	84
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64	49	15	83
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82	56	26	80
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72	47	25	80
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70	66	4	73

7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69	65	4	71
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	67	59	8	69
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	63	56	7	65
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57	56	1	64
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	57	59	-2	64
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59	59	0	62
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	66	66	0	60
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	55	62	-7	60
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	61	73	-12	58
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53	65	-12	57
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49	64	-15	55
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	44	58	-14	53
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42	56	-14	52
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	48	58	-10	51
Relegation
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45	59	-14	47
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	58	68	-10	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29	89	-60	0

Updated May 20, 2026 3:32 PM