Preston North End battle Plymouth Argyle for fame and success.
- Preston North End is in the best form (4-1-0) in Championship
- Plymouth Argyle have yet to win a game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Preston North End form and stats
Perfect Championship season at home so far for Preston North End 2 wins from 2 appearances.
A good away victory last time out for Preston North End, who won 2-0 against Stoke City (placed 16th). Keane, who usually features in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, receiving a rating of 8.25 (out of 10). Keane scored two goals.
Before that, Preston had a home game versus Swansea City which ended with a victory 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Preston North End have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Preston North End, as the Championship home game vs Birmingham City is only three days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Preston North End's 2 home games: {4 goals}, 2 conceded.
Plymouth Argyle form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Championship for Plymouth Argyle with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Azaz, Cundle and Hardie scored in Plymouth Argyle's previous match, the home game against Blackburn Rovers that ended 3-0. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone three league matches without winning. The attacker Hardie got a match rating of 8.14 in that game. Hardie scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
The game before that was the Carabao Cup-duel against Crystal Palace, a home loss (2-4). Plymouth are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Plymouth Argyle have another game that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Championship fixture versus Bristol City. A difficult diary for the guests!
{1 goals} so far away for Plymouth Argyle, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Preston North End-Plymouth Argyle H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Preston North End three wins, Plymouth Argyle two wins, five draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  W. Keane 4 goals |   R. Hardie 4 goals |  A. Hughes 1 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Plymouth Argyle missing players
| Preston North End | Plymouth Argyle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 3.6 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 6.5 | 5.8 |
| 5.4 | 8 | 12 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 10.5 | 9.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 14.5 | 16.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
| 62% | 80% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 8% | 26% |
| 10.8 | 12 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 17 | 17.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
- All of Preston North End's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Plymouth Argyle have yet to win a game away.
- Preston North End have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Preston North End have scored in all their matches so far.
- Preston North End have won all their matches at home so far.
- Preston North End have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Preston North End is in the best form (4-1-0) in Championship
| Preston North End | Last season | Plymouth Argyle | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Won | W | 11 | 31 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 20 | Scored | S | 38 | 82 | ||
| 59 | 28 | Conceded | C | 31 | 47 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 93% | ||
| 63% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 76% | ||
| 43% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 54% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 33% | ||
| 13% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 13% | ||
| 41% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 52% | ||
| 37% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 39% | ||
| 41% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 15% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 12.9 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Preston North End | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Birmingham City | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Hull City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Southampton | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Watford | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 24 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
