English League Championship

FT Sunday, August 9, 2015
Middlesbrough DWWLD 0
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Preston North End WWWLL 0
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Match Report

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Preston North End 0-0 Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough's mission to go one better and achieve promotion from the Championship this term started with a 0-0 stalemate at newly promoted Preston.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
0
56.5
Possession
43.5
7
SHOTS
9
0
ON GOAL
2
0.0
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
387
Accurate Passes
246
489
Passes
373
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.3
85
Long Balls
95
40
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
0
7
Effective Tackles
12
10
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
5
22
Clearances
7

Head to Head

MID leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

PNE · 5-3-2

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 23Paul HuntingtonCD
  3. 6Bailey WrightCD-L
  4. 5Tom ClarkeCD-R
  5. 3Greg CunninghamLB
  6. 2Marnick VermijlRB
  7. 19John WelshCM
  8. 12Paul GallagherCM-L
  9. 11Daniel JohnsonCM-R
  10. 9Will KeaneCF-L
  11. 14Joe GarnerCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Chris HumphreySUB
  2. 26Jamie StevensonSUB
  3. 16Alan BrowneSUB
  4. 15Calum WoodsSUB
  5. 22Josh BrownhillSUB
  6. 25Jordan HugillSUB
  7. 8Neil KilkennySUB

MID · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dimitrios KonstantopoulosG
  2. 22Dael FryCD-L
  3. 4Daniel AyalaCD-R
  4. 3George FriendLB
  5. 26Tomás KalasRB
  6. 19Stewart DowningAM
  7. 7Grant LeadbitterLM
  8. 8Adam ClaytonRM
  9. 9Enrique GarcíaF
  10. 20Adam ReachAM-L
  11. 27Albert AdomahAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Jack StephensSUB
  2. 13Tomás MejíasSUB
  3. 11Mustapha CarayolSUB
  4. 34Adam ForshawSUB
  5. 31Diego FabbriniSUB
  6. 24Emilio NsueSUB
  7. 18Cristhian StuaniSUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Tom Clarke (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 52' Kike (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 60' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Diego Fabbrini replaces Adam Reach.
  4. 70' John Welsh (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 77' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Christian Stuani replaces Kike.
  6. 78' Substitution, Preston North End. Chris Humphrey replaces Marnick Vermijl.
  7. 84' Substitution, Preston North End. Jordan Hugill replaces Will Keane.
  8. 88' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Adam Forshaw replaces Grant Leadbitter.

EFL Championship News

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