Match preview Championship: Preston North End - AFC Bournemouth at Deepdale

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Preston North End will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind AFC Bournemouth.

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 AFC Bournemouth.

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Preston North End form and stats

Preston North End have played 17 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-9 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Preston will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Championship game against Millwall (placed 10th). Before that, Preston had a home game versus Huddersfield Town which ended with a victory 3-0.

Preston have scored 14 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. Preston have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

The visitors are W5-D7-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Watford.

Bournemouth have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 21 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Bournemouth have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Preston North End and AFC Bournemouth have met before this season: AFC Bournemouth - Preston North End 2-3. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Preston, two draws and two wins for AFC Bournemouth. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
10 goals
Preston North EndS. Sinclair
S. Sinclair
9 goals
AFC BournemouthJ. Stanislas
J. Stanislas
9 goals

Preston North End missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 5 17 34
13 5 0 Won W 2 5 15
4 3 1 Drew D 3 7 10
17 9 3 Lost L 0 5 9
38 14 0 Scored S 4 21 49
44 16 3 Conceded C 2 17 33
94% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 82% 88%
65% 47% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 65% 62%
53% 35% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 47% 44%
18% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 29%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
35% 18% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 59% 53%
32% 41% 25% Clean Sheets C S 60% 29% 38%
38% 53% 100% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.5
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.9 11.1 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 12.6 12
3.3 3.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 4.3
34% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 34 22 7 5 48 25 17 11 5 1 23 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 23 73
2 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
3 Watford 34 18 9 7 45 24 17 13 2 2 34 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 21 63
4 Swansea City 32 18 8 6 41 23 17 10 5 2 21 9 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 62
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 AFC Bournemouth 34 15 10 9 49 33 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 7 5 21 17 16 55
7 Barnsley 33 16 6 11 41 37 16 9 3 4 22 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 4 54
8 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 34 11 12 11 39 39 17 7 4 6 23 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 0 45
12 Bristol City 34 14 3 17 36 46 17 7 2 8 15 18 17 7 1 9 21 28 -10 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 10 12 32 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 16 4 6 6 15 20 -7 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 33 9 7 17 24 40 16 6 5 5 13 11 17 3 2 12 11 29 -16 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 33 5 8 20 23 55 17 3 5 9 10 21 16 2 3 11 13 34 -32 23

Preston North End:
AFC Bournemouth:
Championship:
England:
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 Norwich City 34 22 7 5 48 25 17 11 5 1 23 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 23 73
2 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
3 Watford 34 18 9 7 45 24 17 13 2 2 34 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 21 63
4 Swansea City 32 18 8 6 41 23 17 10 5 2 21 9 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 62
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 AFC Bournemouth 34 15 10 9 49 33 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 7 5 21 17 16 55
7 Barnsley 33 16 6 11 41 37 16 9 3 4 22 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 4 54
8 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 34 11 12 11 39 39 17 7 4 6 23 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 0 45
12 Bristol City 34 14 3 17 36 46 17 7 2 8 15 18 17 7 1 9 21 28 -10 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 10 12 32 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 16 4 6 6 15 20 -7 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 33 9 7 17 24 40 16 6 5 5 13 11 17 3 2 12 11 29 -16 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 33 5 8 20 23 55 17 3 5 9 10 21 16 2 3 11 13 34 -32 23

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.