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Commentary
HOWSON worked the ball to FRY, IMMOBILE latched onto his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of FLEKKEN.
ELSNIK's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
19¹An exceptional effort from IMMOBILE scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
21¹The hapless Middlesbrough 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from COOK fell just wide.
25¹A looping shot from MAVIDIDI was clawed past the post by the 'keeper.
29¹A mix up in the Preston North End defence enabled VAN DE VEN to fire the ball over the bar.
30¹GOAL!! Some steady work by CROOKS on the left, left McNAIR yards clear, and he stepped inside the 'keeper and stroked the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
34¹IMMOBILE waltzed round MATHEUS PEREIRA and rifled a weak shot wide.
35¹A pin-point pass bobbled toward ROMÁRIO BARÓ and his looping effort went narrowly over.
37¹HOWSON made space on the right and dragged the ball to MAVIDIDI who rasped the ball wide.
38¹ROMÁRIO BARÓ shot over.
43¹The Middlesbrough 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from MATHEUS PEREIRA.
A free-kick from ZAGADOU flew inches wide.
A strike from RIIS held no problem for LOPES.
ELSNIK whacked a deadly shot inches wide from twenty-five yards out.
11²SAVILLE snapped at a simple chance.
12²A wonderful save prevented ROMÁRIO BARÓ from scoring a great goal.
13²VAN DE VEN stroked a simple chance past the righthand post.
20²A shot from ELSNIK was smothered by the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
30²A poor shot from MATHEUS PEREIRA trickled agonisingly wide.
34²The referee books SANSONE for an off-the-ball incident against ELSNIK.
38²MAVIDIDI knocked the ball to VAN DE VEN who headed it wide.
41²GOAL!! A shot from McNAIR was booted off the line only for VAN DE VEN to crack the ball home. (2-0 Middlesbrough)
45²MAVIDIDI headed the ball wide from just outside the area.

 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 4
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WLWWWWWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Anthony LOPES1Mark FLEKKEN(c)
Marc BOLA2Wout FAES
Mickey VAN DE VEN3Milos KERKEZ
Lewis COOK4Orel MANGALA
Patrick McNAIR5Dan-Axel ZAGADOU
Dael FRY6Jordan STOREY
Jonny HOWSON7JEONG Sang-bin
Stephy MAVIDIDI8MATHEUS Fellipe PEREIRA
(c,p)Ciro IMMOBILE9Emil RIIS(p)
(f)Matt CROOKS10ROMÁRIO Manuel BARÓ(f)
Nicola SANSONE11Timi ELSNIK
Manager
Hayden HACKNEY  12  Óscar MELENDO
Arijanet MURIC  13  ALTAY Bayindir
Ryan GILES  14  Daniel JOHNSON
Duncan WATMORE15  Luis BINKS
George SAVILLE16  Ben DAVIES
 
Preston North End
 
League position: 23
Away league form: LLXL
Overall league form: LLLWOXLO
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Middlesbrough 2 Preston North End 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 35,015, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Graham Laws 7½)

McNair 30¹, van de Ven 41²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
CookóSaville 0², HowsonóWatmore 4² 
  
Sansone 34² 
34
121
22
45
86
1211
23
61%39%
Man of the match: George Saville