In this week 18 match on the 29th of October, Preston North End will play host to Middlesbrough in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 12th placed Preston North End, recorded a 2-4 loss against Blackpool. Jerry Yates struck first for Blackpool in the 30th minute, then Benjamin Whiteman tied it up for Preston North End in the 38th minute , but Blackpool kept scoring and walked away with the win. Preston North End is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 21st placed Middlesbrough is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Huddersfield Town. Neither Middlesbrough nor Huddersfield Town could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Middlesbrough is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Preston North End won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Middlesbrough is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Chuba Akpom and Duncan Watmore each having 2 goals in their last five. Emil Riis has been the most prolific scorer on Preston North End in the last 5 matches with two goals.