Open game expected at Deepdale: Preston North End vs Queens Park Rangers preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Stats, patterns, recent fixtures, form details, head-2-head, team selections and much more: Get all you should know about Preston North End - Queens Park Rangers!

Insights:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Queens Park Rangers is in the worst form (1-0-5)

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Preston North End and Queens Park Rangers.

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Preston North End form and stats

Preston North End have played 19 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-9-3 (wins-draws-losses). Preston has recorded two wins in a row here at Deepdale, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Preston North End regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Blackpool and win 1-0. Defender Hughes got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.34/10. Hughes hit the woodwork once and won 9 of 11 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Preston lost 0-1 at Derby County's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Preston North End perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Preston North End as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Preston North End has won eight of these, drawn two and lost six.

The Preston North End fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 19 matches. Preston have conceded 21 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

8-2-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Queens Park Rangers in their Championship matches away. It's looking increasingly bleak for Queens Park Rangers who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Luton Town was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Queens Park Rangers are looking to quickly end their 261 minutes long goal drought in the Championship.

Queens Park Rangers lost away at Sheffield United (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. The attacker Chair got a match rating of 7.63 in that game. Chair hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Fulham.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by QPR in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Queens Park Rangers, zero draws and seven defeats.

Queens Park Rangers have scored 26 goals on their travels this season, from 19 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Queens Park Rangers have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. More than 50 percent of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded meeting involving both these squads is the Queens Park Rangers - Preston North End 3-2 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Preston victories, one draw and three Queens Park Rangers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
13 goals
Queens Park RangersI. Chair
I. Chair
8 goals
Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
8 goals

Preston North End missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 19 5 Played P 4 19 40
13 7 3 Won W 1 8 17
15 9 2 Drew D 1 2 8
12 3 0 Lost L 2 9 15
41 25 8 Scored S 4 26 54
45 21 4 Conceded C 6 29 51
82% 84% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 98%
62% 74% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 78%
42% 47% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 68% 52%
20% 26% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 22%
8% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 16% 10%
50% 68% 80% BTTS BTTS 75% 68% 57%
32% 32% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 25%
35% 16% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 21% 20%
 
4.7 4.6 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.9
4.9 4.9 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 5.2 4.9
2 1.8 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.5 12.5 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9.5 11.5
3 3.7 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.7 4.1
34% 35% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 33%
 
11.6 11.7 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16 12.6 12.4
3.4 3.3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 4.6 4.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Queens Park Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Queens Park Rangers is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 38 24 8 6 92 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 19 12 4 3 47 16 60 80
2 AFC Bournemouth 37 21 9 7 62 33 19 11 5 3 38 20 18 10 4 4 24 13 29 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
5 Sheffield United 40 18 10 12 53 41 19 11 4 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 64
6 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
7 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
8 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 40 17 8 15 54 51 21 9 6 6 28 22 19 8 2 9 26 29 3 59
10 Millwall 40 15 13 12 41 39 20 10 6 4 23 14 20 5 7 8 18 25 2 58
11 Coventry City 39 15 11 13 51 48 21 10 5 6 31 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 56
12 West Bromwich Albion 39 14 12 13 42 37 18 9 7 2 24 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 54
13 Preston North End 40 13 15 12 41 45 19 7 9 3 25 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -4 54
14 Swansea City 39 15 9 15 46 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 21 7 4 10 23 32 -6 54
15 Stoke City 40 14 10 16 50 46 20 9 4 7 28 21 20 5 6 9 22 25 4 52
16 Blackpool 39 14 10 15 43 46 21 10 3 8 23 23 18 4 7 7 20 23 -3 52
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Birmingham City 40 11 12 17 43 58 20 7 5 8 22 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -15 45
19 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
20 Hull City 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 40 12 7 21 47 75 20 7 4 9 28 37 20 5 3 12 19 38 -28 37
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 40 6 9 25 33 81 20 4 7 9 20 31 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 27

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 38 24 8 6 92 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 19 12 4 3 47 16 60 80
2 AFC Bournemouth 37 21 9 7 62 33 19 11 5 3 38 20 18 10 4 4 24 13 29 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
5 Sheffield United 40 18 10 12 53 41 19 11 4 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 64
6 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
7 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
8 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 40 17 8 15 54 51 21 9 6 6 28 22 19 8 2 9 26 29 3 59
10 Millwall 40 15 13 12 41 39 20 10 6 4 23 14 20 5 7 8 18 25 2 58
11 Coventry City 39 15 11 13 51 48 21 10 5 6 31 21 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 56
12 West Bromwich Albion 39 14 12 13 42 37 18 9 7 2 24 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 54
13 Preston North End 40 13 15 12 41 45 19 7 9 3 25 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -4 54
14 Swansea City 39 15 9 15 46 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 21 7 4 10 23 32 -6 54
15 Stoke City 40 14 10 16 50 46 20 9 4 7 28 21 20 5 6 9 22 25 4 52
16 Blackpool 39 14 10 15 43 46 21 10 3 8 23 23 18 4 7 7 20 23 -3 52
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Birmingham City 40 11 12 17 43 58 20 7 5 8 22 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -15 45
19 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
20 Hull City 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 40 12 7 21 47 75 20 7 4 9 28 37 20 5 3 12 19 38 -28 37
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 40 6 9 25 33 81 20 4 7 9 20 31 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 27

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