Our prediction for this EFL Cup match:
Preston North End
Match Time & Date:
25/09/2018
02:45 PM
Prediction: 1-0
Middlesbrough
Deepdale Stadium will host Tuesday’s football game between Preston and Middlesbrough, who face each other in the third round of the EFL Cup. Preston made a very slow start to the season, with the team sitting in the ultimate position in the Championship standings after nine rounds. The Lilywhites are low on confidence ahead of the visit of Middlesbrough, but the League Cup clash could be the turning point for the out-of-form hosts. The Boro, on the other hand, are eager to secure promotion to the Premier League and seeing that they are fully focused on the Championship this season, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the underdogs. In their last meeting in the Championship Middlesbrough recorded a 3-2 win over Preston, meaning that the Lilywhites are hungry for revenge. Taking everything into account, home win should be considered.
Highlighted Player (Chris Maxwell):
Chris Maxwell is a Welsh goalkeeper who was born in St Asaph on July 30, 1990. Maxwell began his youth career at Penrhyn Bay (1998-2000) and in 2000 he moved to Wrexham. The 188-cm-tall shoot-stopper made his first-team debut for Wrexham at the age of 18 and he played 76 league games for the club from 2008 to 2012.
During the 2008/2009 season he spent six months on loan at Welsh club Connah’s Quay Nomads and in 2012 he joined Fleetwood Town. Chris Maxwell made 110 appearances in the league for the Trawlermen and on May 16, 2016 he signed a three-year deal with Championship side Preston North End. You should know that he managed to keep clean sheets in 38 appearances for the Lilywhites in the 2016/2017 Championship campaign.
Due to his dual citizenship, Maxwell is capable of representing both Wales and Scotland at senior level, but he played for the Dragons at youth level, being capped for the U21 team 16 times.
Highlighted Team (Middlesbrough):
Middlesbrough is a professional football club that have been balancing between the top two divisions of England’s league system in the modern history. Boro have been playing their home games at the Riverside Stadium since 1995 and their shirt colour is red. The capacity of the Riverside Stadium is 34,742. Middlesbrough impressed in the 2015/2016 Championship campaign and they did really well to secure promotion to the English top flight. Newcastle United and Sunderland are regarded as the club’s main rivals, but there is a rivalry with Leeds United as well.
Middlesbrough made it to the FA Cup final in 1997, but Chelsea proved to be a big catch for the Boro in the title game (0-2). However, the Riverside Stadium outfit did remarkably well to win the League Cup trophy in 2004, with the team beating Bolton Wanderers in the final. George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Juninho Paulista, Gareth Southgate, Jonathan Woodgate, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Tuncay Sanli and Hamilton Ricard are the star footballers who left their mark at Middlesbrough.
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