Middlesbrough vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on September 14th, 2024

Middlesbrough and Preston North End will on Saturday, September 14th, 2024 at 14:00h (UTC), play in a Championship football game in England, check the Middlesbrough vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Middlesbrough vs Preston North End will occur

The game is set to be played in the Riverside Stadium stadium, in the city of Middlesbrough, with a capacity for 34988 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Middlesbrough vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Championship has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.71 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.67 goals per game of the last championship.

Middlesbrough last match

Middlesbrough in its last official match won (0-2) against Cardiff City, in a match valid for Championship. Coach M. Carrick's lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.00.

With a fantastic performance, Finn Azaz was the big name in the team's victory. Responsible for his best moments, the midfield was a real executioner of the rival in the duel, including, with assistance for goal.

Preston North End last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Championship, Preston North End, who used a 3-1-4-2 formation, faced the Oxford United team with a final score of 3-1.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 2.70, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

Middlesbrough vs Preston North End h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Championship, where Preston North End was at 10th place while Middlesbrough occupied 13th place. Preston North End went in with a 3-4-1-2 formation while Middlesbrough opened their game with a 4-2-3-1 tactic.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2023/2024 season of the Championship. The meeting took place on 14-02-2024 and ended with a 2-1 win for Preston North End.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

The performance of the Preston North End team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Middlesbrough team.

This game will have T. Nield fully in charge on the pitch while R. Wild alongside J. Hunt will be supporting from the sideline.

Middlesbrough

Championship leaderboard now

Considering the home team Middlesbrough, standing in 7th place with 7 points in the Championship competition in England. Their performance statistics have been such as 2 wins, 1 loss and, 1 draw.

Saddled with the same points against Burnley in position 6, in the 5th round.

Middlesbrough analysis

Currently, Middlesbrough has a tally of 5 goals scored and 3 goals against, at the end of round 4 of Championship.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they had ball possession above 50%. Thus, the Middlesbrough team usually tries for an average ball possession of 56.25% to control the game.

Middlesbrough has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 5 times with 445 attacks, while Preston North End has only scored 2 times with 254 attacks.

Increasingly prominent within the team, Luke Ayling, a defender who arrived for this season, did another fine performance in the last duel of the club. In the match against Cardiff City, he was a fundamental piece, providing great security for the whole team and showing he is already fully adapted to the new club.

Best goalscorer from Middlesbrough

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Matthew Clarke. The Defender has scored 2 times in this competition and helped Middlesbrough avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Historical data Middlesbrough

The Middlesbrough team is one of the leading names in the sport, with 4 titles won in the history of the tournament. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

Preston North End

Championship leaderboard now

Preston North End arrives in this game with 3 points, and in 21st place in the Championship, having won once in total and lost 3 times, making a total of 0 draws.

In the 5th round, the team has no difference in point as opposed to the Sheffield Wednesday team who places just above in 20th place.

Preston North End analysis

Preston North End counted 2 goals scored and 8 conceded at the end of Championship day number 4.

It seems that Preston North End is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This implies that their attacking play needs improvement, with a focus on creating better chances and converting them into goals.

The team starts as an underdog in their next match, both because they will be playing on a field that is by no means easy and because they are not showing very good finalization skills, averaging 0.5 scored per game.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Taking into consideration that Preston North End scores an average of 0.5 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 5.88 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.

Middlesbrough is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 8.5 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Middlesbrough in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.25 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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