Preston vs Middlesbrough Predictions

In-form Boro to secure the points

Middlesbrough are in form and look set to make it three straight away wins when they visit Preston at Deepdale on Saturday.

They are top of the league, having won all four of their games so far, while Preston are ninth with two wins, one draw and one defeat. In the ten games between teams in the top half of the Championship this season, five have gone the way of the away team.

Middlesbrough maintained their winning run with a 1-0 victory over bottom club Sheffield United two weeks ago, Tommy Conway scoring the only goal of the game in the 64th minute. Middlesbrough have won all four games in which they’ve scored first this season (100%) and had chances to win by more than one goal.

No Championship side has shipped fewer goals than the one that Middlesbrough have conceded in their four games. They have kept four shutouts in their last six league matches.

Middlesbrough have won all of their four Championship games this season and remain unbeaten.

It has been profitable backing Middlesbrough at odds-on this season. Backing them when they have been favourites would have resulted in a 2.25-unit profit, with two wins from two such games.

Middlesbrough are in form, having won their last four Championship matches and losing just one of their last six.

They have been in goalscoring form, finding the net in their last four league games. They have scored at least twice in two of those matches, including a 3-0 victory over Millwall last month.

There have been under 2.5 goals in three of Preston’s last four Championship games, and a 2-0 win for Middlesbrough looks the most likely correct-score bet.

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Edited by Mark Langdon