Football betting preview: Brentford vs Preston North End

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sun 05.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Griffin Park (12763 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Championship table so far. Here's the Brentford - Preston North End latest:

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Brentford form and stats

When playing at home, Brentford have managed 13 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 22 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Griffin Park.

Brentford's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Leeds United. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Brentford played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Millwall.

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 Brentford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Brentford can score goals in their home matches. After 22 matches they have found the net 47 times. On the other hand, Brentford have conceded 23 goals.

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Preston North End form and stats

Playing away, Preston North End have won 8 games, drawn 3 and suffered 11 defeats so far this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Preston North End's last three away games as they have all been lost.

There were no winners in Preston North End's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 3-3 vs Sheffield Wednesday. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Wigan Athletic's place.

Preston North End are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Preston North End have scored 26 goals on their travels this season, 22 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Preston North End have conceded 34 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Brentford and Preston North End have met before this season: Preston North End - Brentford 4-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 7 wins for Brentford, 1 draw and 2 wins for Preston North End.

Top Goalscorers

N. Maupay
24 goals / 8 assists
A. Browne
12 goals / 5 assists
C. Robinson
12 goals / 3 assists

Brentford missing players

Preston North End missing players

Brentford Preston North End
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
44 22 6 Played 6 22 45
15 13 5 Won 3 8 16
13 4 0 Drew 1 3 13
16 5 1 Lost 2 11 16
69 47 19 Scored 5 26 67
59 23 8 Conceded 3 34 64
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 96%
82% 82% 100% Over 1.5 33% 77% 78%
45% 50% 83% Over 2.5 0% 50% 51%
30% 36% 67% Over 3.5 0% 23% 36%
20% 27% 50% Over 4.5 0% 18% 22%
59% 55% 83% BTTS 17% 50% 58%
23% 36% 17% Clean Sheets 50% 18% 22%
23% 9% 0% Failed To Score 33% 32% 24%
 
6.2 7 7.2 Corners For (avg) 4.5 5 5.1
4.6 5 3.2 Corners Against (avg) 7.3 6.1 5.6
1.8 2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 1.9 1.6
3 2 0 Red Cards 2 4 7
Key stats this season:
  • Brentford hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Brentford is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Brentford
All Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
12-03-19 CH Sheffield United 2 - 0 Brentford
16-03-19 CH Brentford 0 - 1 West Bromwich Albion
30-03-19 CH Wigan Athletic 0 - 0 Brentford
02-04-19 CH Swansea City 3 - 0 Brentford
06-04-19 CH Brentford 3 - 3 Derby County
10-04-19 CH Brentford 2 - 0 Ipswich Town
13-04-19 CH Reading 2 - 1 Brentford
19-04-19 CH Millwall 1 - 1 Brentford
22-04-19 CH Brentford 2 - 0 Leeds United
05-05-19 CH Brentford 11:30 Preston North End
Preston North End
All Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
13-03-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 2 Preston North End
16-03-19 CH Preston North End 1 - 0 Birmingham City
30-03-19 CH Reading 2 - 1 Preston North End
06-04-19 CH Preston North End 0 - 1 Sheffield United
09-04-19 CH Preston North End 0 - 2 Leeds United
13-04-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 4 - 1 Preston North End
19-04-19 CH Preston North End 4 - 0 Ipswich Town
22-04-19 CH Wigan Athletic 2 - 0 Preston North End
27-04-19 CH Preston North End 3 - 3 Sheffield Wednesday
05-05-19 CH Brentford 11:30 Preston North End

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 45 26 13 6 91 56 23 15 4 4 51 34 22 11 9 2 40 22 35 91
2 Sheffield United 45 26 10 9 76 39 23 15 4 4 42 17 22 11 6 5 34 22 37 88
3 Leeds United 45 25 8 12 71 47 23 14 4 5 38 21 22 11 4 7 33 26 24 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 45 23 11 11 86 59 23 12 7 4 53 31 22 11 4 7 33 28 27 80
5 Aston Villa 45 20 16 9 81 59 22 11 8 3 49 34 23 9 8 6 32 25 22 76
6 Derby County 44 19 13 12 65 52 22 12 7 3 37 19 22 7 6 9 28 33 13 70
7 Middlesbrough 45 19 13 13 47 40 23 10 6 7 23 17 22 9 7 6 24 23 7 70
8 Bristol City 44 18 12 14 56 51 23 8 8 7 28 26 21 10 4 7 28 25 5 66
9 Sheffield Wednesday 45 16 16 13 59 60 22 10 8 4 33 25 23 6 8 9 26 35 -1 64
10 Nottingham Forest 45 16 15 14 60 54 22 12 4 6 33 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 6 63
11 Swansea City 44 18 9 17 62 59 22 12 5 5 41 27 22 6 4 12 21 32 3 63
12 Preston North End 45 16 13 16 67 64 23 8 10 5 41 30 22 8 3 11 26 34 3 61
13 Hull City 45 17 10 18 65 67 22 11 5 6 36 23 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 61
14 Blackburn Rovers 45 16 11 18 62 67 22 10 6 6 30 19 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 59
15 Brentford 44 15 13 16 69 59 22 13 4 5 47 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 10 58
16 Stoke City 45 11 21 13 43 50 22 8 8 6 24 22 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 54
17 Birmingham City 45 14 18 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 22 7 7 8 33 34 6 51
18 Wigan Athletic 45 12 13 20 50 64 22 10 8 4 28 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -14 49
19 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 9 23 51 70 23 9 3 11 33 31 22 4 6 12 18 39 -19 48
20 Reading 45 10 16 19 49 66 22 8 5 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 46
21 Millwall 44 10 14 20 47 61 22 7 9 6 25 25 22 3 5 14 22 36 -14 44
22 Rotherham United 45 8 16 21 51 81 22 7 8 7 31 36 23 1 8 14 20 45 -30 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 44 8 8 28 29 76 22 4 4 14 13 34 22 4 4 14 16 42 -47 32
24 Ipswich Town 45 4 16 25 33 75 22 2 11 9 19 29 23 2 5 16 14 46 -42 28

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