Preston North End 2-2 Middlesbrough: Sontje Hansen maintains Boro's unbeaten start

Preston North End are unbeaten in each of their last three league matches against Middlesbrough (W2 D1), while they’ve won six of their previous 10 league games against them (D1 L3).

Middlesbrough have lost each of their last five away league games against Preston North End; they last lost six successive away league games to side in May 2017 against Chelsea.

Preston have won both of their home league games so far this season; they last won three in a row in the league at Deepdale in February 2024, with the third win in that run coming against Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough remain the only side in the Championship with a 100% record, winning all four of their games so far and conceding only once. They’ve never won their opening five league games of a Football League campaign before.

Middlesbrough’s Tommy Conway has scored in his last two league games, with both strikes ultimately acting as the winning goal. He last scored in three consecutive matches in August 2022 with Bristol City.

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