Match preview Championship: Preston North End - Barnsley at Deepdale

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Preston North End have their presumed home advantage while Barnsley are ahead 22 points in the Championship table.

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

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Preston are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Barnsley are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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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, 5 draws and 11 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Daniel Iversen not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

Preston North End's last game was hosting Derby County (placed 21st) and winning 3-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Stoke City that finished 0-0.

Preston North End aren't scoring a lot here at Deepdale in the league, with only 19 goals from 22 games. Preston North End have conceded 24 in these home matches.

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Barnsley form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 11 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats.

Barnsley play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Huddersfield Town (placed 20th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Coventry City wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager V. Ismaël when Daryl Dike scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 45th minute.

Barnsley are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 28 away goals from 22 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. 26 goals have been conceded by Barnsley in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Barnsley - Preston North End 2-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Preston, four draws and three wins for Barnsley. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
11 goals
PrestonS. Sinclair
S. Sinclair
9 goals
BarnsleyD. Dike
D. Dike
9 goals

Preston North End missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Barnsley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 22 7 Played P 7 22 43
15 6 0 Won W 2 11 22
7 5 4 Drew D 2 3 8
21 11 3 Lost L 3 8 13
44 19 2 Scored S 7 28 55
55 24 9 Conceded C 11 26 46
93% 91% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 93%
63% 55% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 77% 74%
47% 36% 14% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 50% 49%
16% 9% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 18% 16%
9% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 2%
33% 23% 29% BTTS BTTS 57% 50% 47%
33% 36% 29% Clean Sheets C S 14% 23% 30%
42% 50% 71% Failed to Score F T 29% 32% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.1 1.5 1.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
9.6 10.5 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 10.8 11.2
3.1 2.9 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.9 3.1 3.6
33% 30% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 41% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley 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 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 43 22 8 13 55 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 9 74
7 Reading 43 19 11 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 68
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Luton Town 42 16 9 17 36 46 21 8 7 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 57
13 Stoke City 43 14 14 15 47 49 22 9 5 8 29 26 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 43 15 6 22 42 58 21 7 3 11 15 24 22 8 3 11 27 34 -16 51
16 Coventry City 43 13 12 18 42 58 21 9 7 5 24 20 22 4 5 13 18 38 -16 51
17 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
18 Nottingham Forest 43 12 14 17 35 42 21 6 7 8 19 21 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 50
19 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 33 51 22 6 4 12 18 33 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 49
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 45 63 22 8 6 8 27 22 21 4 5 12 18 41 -18 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 43 9 10 24 34 67 22 6 5 11 16 28 21 3 5 13 18 39 -33 37

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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 Norwich City 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 43 22 8 13 55 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 9 74
7 Reading 43 19 11 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 68
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Luton Town 42 16 9 17 36 46 21 8 7 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 57
13 Stoke City 43 14 14 15 47 49 22 9 5 8 29 26 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 43 15 6 22 42 58 21 7 3 11 15 24 22 8 3 11 27 34 -16 51
16 Coventry City 43 13 12 18 42 58 21 9 7 5 24 20 22 4 5 13 18 38 -16 51
17 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
18 Nottingham Forest 43 12 14 17 35 42 21 6 7 8 19 21 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 50
19 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 33 51 22 6 4 12 18 33 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 49
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 45 63 22 8 6 8 27 22 21 4 5 12 18 41 -18 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 43 9 10 24 34 67 22 6 5 11 16 28 21 3 5 13 18 39 -33 37

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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.