Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 25 Jan 2025

📅25/01/2025 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-1 2nd Score 1-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
31%
3.08
Draw
25%
3.18
Away
44%
2.11
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
52%
1.75
Over 2.5
48%
1.97
Both Teams to Score
Yes
47%
1.76
No
53%
1.95
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
28%
2.94
2-3 Goals
39%
1.74
4-5 Goals
23%
3.71
6+ Goals
10%
16.05
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
13%
5.12
1/2
7%
26.5
1/X
8%
13.4
X/1
10%
6.91
X/2 EV+ ✗
23%
4.9
X/X
10%
4.34
2/1
7%
34.5
2/2
15%
3.01
2/X
7%
12.75
Value flag · X/2 at 4.9 — our 23% vs market 15.9%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
31%
Home Win
29%
+1.7pp
25%
Draw
28%
-2.6pp
44%
Away Win
43%
+1.0pp
52%
Under 2.5
53%
-0.8pp
48%
Over 2.5
47%
+0.8pp
47%
BTTS Yes
53%
-5.9pp
53%
BTTS No
47%
+5.9pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Preston North End EU Bookmakers 32%
Head to Head
AWAY Middlesbrough EU Bookmakers 48%
+5% / +11% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -2% / -2%
1.29/1.27 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.58/1.05
+8% / +2% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +26% / -14%
44% Ball Possession 56%
10 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 6
263 · 70% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 362 · 77%
20.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 25.9
18.2 Crosses 18.6
2.2 Yellow Cards 1.7
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Preston North End
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Middlesbrough
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 2.00
0.84 xG 1.57
42% Ball Possession 58%
9 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 6
304 Passes 438
77% Pass Accuracy 83%
15 Box Touches 30
12 Crosses 18
3 Yellow Cards 2
14.09.2024 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 1-1 HT 1-1 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
14.02.2024 Preston North End Preston North End 2-1 HT 1-0 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough İNCL
28.11.2023 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 4-0 HT 3-0 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
18.03.2023 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 4-0 HT 1-0 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
29.10.2022 Preston North End Preston North End 2-1 HT 1-1 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough İNCL
07.05.2022 Preston North End Preston North End 4-1 HT 2-0 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Preston North End
2-1
AWAY Middlesbrough
0.41 xG 1.33
41% Ball Possession 59%
10 Total Shots 16
4 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 4
261 Passes 412
73% Pass Accuracy 80%
14 Box Touches 31
15 Crosses 14
3 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Preston North End vs Middlesbrough
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Preston North End squeezed past Middlesbrough 2-1. Half-time: 1-0.

Our pre-match lean was Middlesbrough at 44%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 48% and both teams to score was close to even at 47%.

On the day, Preston North End had 41% of the ball to Middlesbrough's 59%, shots finished 10-16, expected goals 0.41 to 1.33 — the balance of chances actually favoured Middlesbrough.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Preston North End had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.50 goals for Preston North End and 2.00 for Middlesbrough.

What was the final score of Preston North End vs Middlesbrough?

Preston North End 2-1 Middlesbrough in the England - Championship on 25/01/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Preston North End vs Middlesbrough?

Before kick-off our model rated an Middlesbrough win the most likely single outcome at about 44%, with the full match-result split Preston North End 31%, draw 25%, Middlesbrough 44%. The final score 2-1 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Middlesbrough) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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