Preston North End manager Lowe looking for three points in Reading showdown

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 10.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Preston North End are prepared for Reading with expectations of acquiring all three points. Can they? Read our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Preston North End have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Championship
  • Reading have the fewest clean sheets (7) in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Preston North End form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Preston North End at their home stadium (Deepdale) is 6 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Preston after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Happy days for Preston North End in their previous game, a fixture away at Queens Park Rangers (placed 21st) that ended with a 2-0 victory. The gifted forward Cannon edged out all the other footballers in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.35 out of 10. Cannon scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Blackpool in a game that was won 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Preston handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Preston North End here at Deepdale in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (17 from 20 games). Preston North End have conceded 23 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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Reading form and stats

Reading have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Championship, after 3-3-14 (20 played). With three draws in a row for Reading the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

Reading delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Birmingham City (placed 16th) in their previous match. Strange, but true: this team has played three consecutive league games with the result 1-1! The attacker Carroll got a match rating of 7.53 in that game. Carroll scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Bristol City that ended 1-1.

Reading 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 12 defeats. From a total of 19 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Reading as they have only managed to score 13 times from 20 away games in the league. As for defending, Reading rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 38 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Preston North End and Reading have faced each other previously this season: Reading - Preston North End 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Preston victories, one draw and seven Reading wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndC. Evans
C. Evans
9 goals
ReadingT. Ince
T. Ince
9 goals
ReadingA. Carroll
A. Carroll
8 goals

Preston North End missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 20 7 Played P 7 20 40
16 6 3 Won W 1 3 13
11 6 2 Drew D 2 3 8
13 8 2 Lost L 4 14 19
39 17 8 Scored S 4 13 42
44 23 5 Conceded C 14 38 60
78% 80% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 95% 98%
57% 60% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 65% 72%
40% 35% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 50% 52%
18% 15% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 30% 25%
10% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 15% 8%
38% 40% 43% BTTS BTTS 43% 40% 50%
42% 35% 43% Clean Sheets C S 29% 15% 18%
42% 45% 43% Failed to Score F T 43% 50% 35%
 
4 4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.7 4.3
5.6 5.2 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.1 5.4 5
2.3 1.9 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.4 11.6 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 8.8 9.6
3.5 3.5 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.6 3
28% 24% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 35%
 
13.1 12.3 11.1 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.2 11.9
3.7 3.6 3.1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.5 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Championship
  • Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Reading have the fewest clean sheets (7) in Championship
  • Reading have the fewest points (12) away in Championship
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (38) away in Championship
  • Reading have the the worst goal difference (-25) away in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 39 25 12 2 76 30 20 14 6 0 43 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 46 87
2 Sheffield United 39 23 7 9 60 33 19 12 3 4 36 17 20 11 4 5 24 16 27 76
3 Luton Town 40 18 14 8 48 35 20 8 8 4 26 19 20 10 6 4 22 16 13 68
4 Middlesbrough 40 20 7 13 72 48 20 11 6 3 37 16 20 9 1 10 35 32 24 67
5 Millwall 40 17 11 12 48 40 20 10 6 4 29 17 20 7 5 8 19 23 8 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 19 4 16 43 45 19 13 1 5 25 16 20 6 3 11 18 29 -2 61
7 Norwich City 40 17 9 14 54 42 20 8 4 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 60
8 Preston North End 40 16 11 13 39 44 20 6 6 8 17 23 20 10 5 5 22 21 -5 59
9 Coventry City 40 15 13 12 47 41 20 9 6 5 24 21 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 58
10 West Bromwich Albion 39 15 11 13 48 42 20 10 6 4 26 15 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 56
11 Sunderland 40 14 13 13 57 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 20 8 6 6 29 21 7 55
12 Watford 40 14 13 13 47 45 20 9 6 5 30 20 20 5 7 8 17 25 2 55
13 Bristol City 40 13 13 14 48 48 20 8 6 6 25 19 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 52
14 Stoke City 40 14 9 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 20 8 4 8 29 24 6 51
15 Swansea City 40 13 11 16 54 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 20 5 7 8 24 31 -5 50
16 Birmingham City 40 13 10 17 44 51 20 7 5 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 49
17 Hull City 40 12 13 15 47 57 20 7 5 8 21 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -10 49
18 Rotherham United 39 10 14 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 20 2 9 9 11 28 -8 44
19 Cardiff City 39 11 9 19 33 45 20 6 6 8 18 20 19 5 3 11 15 25 -12 42
20 Huddersfield Town 40 11 9 20 39 57 20 7 5 8 21 23 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 42
21 Queens Park Rangers 40 11 9 20 38 62 20 6 4 10 20 29 20 5 5 10 18 33 -24 42
22 Reading 40 13 8 19 42 60 20 10 5 5 29 22 20 3 3 14 13 38 -18 41
23 Blackpool 40 8 11 21 42 64 20 5 6 9 25 29 20 3 5 12 17 35 -22 35
24 Wigan Athletic 40 8 13 19 34 60 20 4 6 10 15 32 20 4 7 9 19 28 -26 34

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 39 25 12 2 76 30 20 14 6 0 43 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 46 87
2 Sheffield United 39 23 7 9 60 33 19 12 3 4 36 17 20 11 4 5 24 16 27 76
3 Luton Town 40 18 14 8 48 35 20 8 8 4 26 19 20 10 6 4 22 16 13 68
4 Middlesbrough 40 20 7 13 72 48 20 11 6 3 37 16 20 9 1 10 35 32 24 67
5 Millwall 40 17 11 12 48 40 20 10 6 4 29 17 20 7 5 8 19 23 8 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 19 4 16 43 45 19 13 1 5 25 16 20 6 3 11 18 29 -2 61
7 Norwich City 40 17 9 14 54 42 20 8 4 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 60
8 Preston North End 40 16 11 13 39 44 20 6 6 8 17 23 20 10 5 5 22 21 -5 59
9 Coventry City 40 15 13 12 47 41 20 9 6 5 24 21 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 58
10 West Bromwich Albion 39 15 11 13 48 42 20 10 6 4 26 15 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 56
11 Sunderland 40 14 13 13 57 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 20 8 6 6 29 21 7 55
12 Watford 40 14 13 13 47 45 20 9 6 5 30 20 20 5 7 8 17 25 2 55
13 Bristol City 40 13 13 14 48 48 20 8 6 6 25 19 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 52
14 Stoke City 40 14 9 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 20 8 4 8 29 24 6 51
15 Swansea City 40 13 11 16 54 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 20 5 7 8 24 31 -5 50
16 Birmingham City 40 13 10 17 44 51 20 7 5 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 49
17 Hull City 40 12 13 15 47 57 20 7 5 8 21 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -10 49
18 Rotherham United 39 10 14 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 20 2 9 9 11 28 -8 44
19 Cardiff City 39 11 9 19 33 45 20 6 6 8 18 20 19 5 3 11 15 25 -12 42
20 Huddersfield Town 40 11 9 20 39 57 20 7 5 8 21 23 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 42
21 Queens Park Rangers 40 11 9 20 38 62 20 6 4 10 20 29 20 5 5 10 18 33 -24 42
22 Reading 40 13 8 19 42 60 20 10 5 5 29 22 20 3 3 14 13 38 -18 41
23 Blackpool 40 8 11 21 42 64 20 5 6 9 25 29 20 3 5 12 17 35 -22 35
24 Wigan Athletic 40 8 13 19 34 60 20 4 6 10 15 32 20 4 7 9 19 28 -26 34

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