Alex Neil is not expecting any pity as he looks to get Preston’s season back on track.

The North End boss has come under fire from fans of late, as results and performances have not been the best.

There have been good results in the mix – a 3-0 win over Huddersfield Town a recent highlight – but Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to bottom-of-the-table Wycombe Wanderers led to calls from fans to see the Scot leave.

The 39-year-old is approaching four years in charge of North End and this is the first season since he took the reins where the Lilywhites have never really looked like challenging for the play-off places.

He said: “What I want to stress is that I’m not looking to sit here and have people feel sorry for me. I’ve had a few axes thrown at me in my time and I can take it on the chin, so don’t worry about me one single bit.”

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North End are unbeaten in their last three meetings at the Riverside, last losing to Aitor Karanka’s side in 2016.

This time it will be Neil Warnock in charge, who is yet to defeat Alex Neil as PNE boss.

North End are looking to secure their first league double of Boro sinc the 1971/72 season, if they can secure all three points this evening.

PNE Starting XI: Iversen, van den Berg, Storey, Lindsay, Hughes, Gallagher, Browne, Barkhuizen, Potts, Sinclair, Evans.

PNE Subs: Ripley, Huntington, Rafferty, Whiteman, Molumby, Johnson, Gordon, Riis, Maguire.

Alex Neil has opted to make four changes after their loss to Wycombe, Lindsay, Gallagher, Potts and Barkhuizen come in for Huntington, Whiteman, Johnson and Maguire.

Darnell Fisher starts against his old side this evening, recovering from an Achilles injury.