Championship

Championship | Gameweek 25

Dec 29, 2023 at 7.45pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
0 - 1
Sheff Weds

Lindsay (24'), Potts (69'), Osmajic (75'), Frokjaer-Jensen (90+6')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Johnson (27')
Musaba (63'), Dawson (86')
Byers (85')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Preston North End

All competitions

Last Game: Preston 2-1 Leeds
Tuesday, December 26 at 12.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Sheffield Wednesday

All competitions

Last Game: Coventry 2-0 Sheff Weds
Tuesday, December 26 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Preston North End 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Weakened by Paterson's injury and Diaby's suspension, a Sheffield Wednesday side who were already struggling to make waves on the road are destined to endure another miserable away day on Friday. Despite their recent inconsistency, Preston could also enjoy the belated Christmas gift of a first home clean sheet of the 2023-24 season, and potentially a surge back into the playoff spots if other results go in their favour. 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 Preston North End win with a probability of 40.77%. A win for Sheffield Wednesday had a probability of 32.8% and a draw had a probability of 26.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.45%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.62%) and 2-0 (7.17%). The likeliest Sheffield Wednesday win was 0-1 (9.17%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.57%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 9.2% likelihood.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
40.77% ( 0.03)	26.43% ( -0.01)	32.8% ( -0.02)

Both teams to score 52.2% (

0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.5% (

0.03)

52.5% (

-0.03)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.83% (

0.03)

74.17% (

-0.02)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.63% (

0.03)

25.37% (

-0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.84% (

0.04)

60.16% (

-0.04)

Sheffield Wednesday Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.94% (

30.06% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.81% (

66.19% (

Score Analysis

Preston North End 40.76%

Sheffield Wednesday 32.8%

Draw 26.43%

Preston North End	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
1-0 @ 10.45% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 8.62% ( 0) 2-0 @ 7.17% ( 0) 3-1 @ 3.94% ( 0) 3-0 @ 3.28% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.37% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.35% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.13% ( 0) Other @ 2.45% Total : 40.76%	1-1 @ 12.57% 0-0 @ 7.62% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 5.18% ( 0) 3-3 @ 0.95% ( 0) Other @ 0.1% Total : 26.43%	0-1 @ 9.17% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 7.56% ( -0) 0-2 @ 5.51% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 3.03% ( -0) 0-3 @ 2.21% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.08% ( 0) 1-4 @ 0.91% Other @ 2.34% Total : 32.8%