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Championship | Gameweek 2
Aug 17, 2024 at 3pm UK
Swansea.com Stadium
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Swansea
3 - 0
Preston

Grimes (40' pen.), Abdulai (61'), Vipotnik (83')
Abdulai (59')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Frokjaer-Jensen (34'), Ledson (43'), Whiteman (63')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Swansea City and Preston North End, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Swansea 3-1 Gillingham
Tuesday, August 13 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

We said: Swansea City 2-1 Preston North End

Having gotten the better of Sunderland, Preston will believe that they can build on that success. However, Swansea's greater stability under Williams could prove key here, leading us to predict a home win. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Swansea City win with a probability of 53.86%. A draw had a probability of 25.2% and a win for Preston North End had a probability of 20.98%.

The most likely scoreline for a Swansea City win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.36%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.61%) and 2-1 (9.42%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.85%), while for a Preston North End win it was 0-1 (7.46%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 5.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Swansea City would win this match.

Result
Swansea CityDrawPreston North End
53.86% (-0.475 -0.48) 25.15% (0.335 0.34) 20.98% (0.136 0.14)
Both teams to score 46.8% (-0.755 -0.76)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
44.99% (-1.095 -1.1)55.01% (1.093 1.09)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
23.72% (-0.913 -0.91)76.28% (0.911 0.91)
Swansea City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
79.58% (-0.623 -0.62)20.42% (0.62 0.62)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
47.14% (-0.995 -1)52.86% (0.992 0.99)
Preston North End Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
58.81% (-0.485 -0.48)41.19% (0.483 0.48)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
22.27% (-0.433 -0.43)77.73% (0.42899999999999 0.43)
Score Analysis
    Swansea City 53.86%
    Preston North End 20.98%
    Draw 25.15%
Swansea CityDrawPreston North End
1-0 @ 13.36% (0.31 0.31)
2-0 @ 10.61% (0.039999999999999 0.04)
2-1 @ 9.42% (-0.085000000000001 -0.09)
3-0 @ 5.62% (-0.085 -0.09)
3-1 @ 4.99% (-0.143 -0.14)
4-0 @ 2.23% (-0.078 -0.08)
3-2 @ 2.21% (-0.093 -0.09)
4-1 @ 1.98% (-0.097 -0.1)
Other @ 3.44%
Total : 53.86%
1-1 @ 11.85% (0.12 0.12)
0-0 @ 8.41% (0.351 0.35)
2-2 @ 4.18% (-0.094 -0.09)
Other @ 0.72%
Total : 25.15%
0-1 @ 7.46% (0.216 0.22)
1-2 @ 5.26% (-0.016 -0.02)
0-2 @ 3.31% (0.053 0.05)
1-3 @ 1.55% (-0.025 -0.02)
2-3 @ 1.23% (-0.045 -0.04)
0-3 @ 0.98% (0.003 0)
Other @ 1.2%
Total : 20.98%

How you voted: Swansea vs Preston

Swansea City
86.2%
Draw
3.4%
Preston North End
10.3%
29
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Dec 22, 2023 7.45pm
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2-1
Preston
Paterson (60', 90+5')
Grimes (30'), Lowe (32'), Lowe (32'), Cabango (38'), Paterson (42')
Millar (67')
McCann (45+5'), Holmes (74')
Aug 26, 2023 3pm
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Preston
2-1
Swansea
Hughes (67'), Holmes (79')
Ledson (11'), Browne (48')
Ashby (33')
N (48')
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Swansea
4-2
Preston
Piroe (2', 90+4'), Allen (35'), Darling (44')
Cannon (48'), Parrott (71')
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Preston
1-0
Swansea
Potts (30')
Jan 22, 2022 3pm
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Swansea
1-0
Preston
Manning (51')
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