MIDDLESBROUGHVPRESTONNORTHEND

Match insight

Middlesbrough and Preston North End aren't close on the table right now, and that gap shows up everywhere from points to form. Middlesbrough currently sit 22 places and 17 points above Preston North End in the table — 2nd against 24th and inside the automatic promotion places. Middlesbrough have taken 11 points from their last 5, against 1 for Preston North End over the same stretch. Form and table position both point the same way here, but a class gap on paper is still no guarantee on the day for Middlesbrough against a motivated Preston North End.