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

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 05.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Trying to decrease the distance up to the top sides is the subject when these two mid-table sides duel. Both are aiming to strenghten their league table position, Preston North End in 15th and Blackpool in 14th place.

Insights:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blackpool have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's no vacation for neither Preston North End nor Blackpool as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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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, 9 draws and 3 defeats.

Preston North End are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 271 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Riis).

In their previous game, the manager Lowe led his Preston North End to a defeat away at Derby County. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Deepdale.

Heartbreak before that as Preston lost 0-4 at Luton Town's place.

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

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Queens Park Rangers are coming to town in four days.

Preston North End are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 18 games. On the other hand, Preston have conceded 21 goals.

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Blackpool form and stats

The visitors are W4-D7-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Blackpool might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Nottingham Forest proved too strong as Blackpool slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Bloomfield Road. Stewart got a match rating of 7.1 in that game, top player of the team. Stewart hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 30 successful passes (of 33 total).

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Sheffield United.

Blackpool are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Blackpool have another fixture away in just four sleeps, a Championship fixture against Blackburn Rovers. A rough fixture list for the guests!

Blackpool have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 20 goals have been scored. 22 goals have been conceded by Blackpool in these games.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have fought before this season: Blackpool - Preston 2-0. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - three - three (Preston North End wins - draws - Blackpool wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
13 goals
BlackpoolG. Madine
G. Madine
8 goals
BlackpoolS. Lavery
S. Lavery
8 goals

Preston North End missing players

Blackpool missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Blackpool
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 18 4 Played P 5 17 38
12 6 2 Won W 1 4 14
15 9 2 Drew D 2 7 10
12 3 0 Lost L 2 6 14
40 24 7 Scored S 5 20 43
45 21 4 Conceded C 6 22 45
82% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
64% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 66%
44% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 41% 42%
21% 28% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 18%
8% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
51% 72% 100% BTTS BTTS 80% 76% 55%
31% 28% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 26%
36% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 24%
 
4.7 4.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3 4
4.9 5.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.1 4.8
2 1.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.5 12.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 8.8 10.2
3 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.4
34% 35% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 34%
 
11.7 11.9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 12.2 12.3
3.5 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 3.9 3.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackpool have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 39 18 10 11 58 44 20 10 6 4 34 21 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 64
5 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
7 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
8 Sheffield United 39 17 10 12 52 41 18 10 4 4 31 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 39 17 8 14 54 50 21 9 6 6 28 22 18 8 2 8 26 28 4 59
10 Millwall 39 15 13 11 41 38 19 10 6 3 23 13 20 5 7 8 18 25 3 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 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Stoke City 39 14 10 15 49 44 20 9 4 7 28 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 5 52
14 Blackpool 38 14 10 14 43 45 21 10 3 8 23 23 17 4 7 6 20 22 -2 52
15 Preston North End 39 12 15 12 40 45 18 6 9 3 24 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -5 51
16 Swansea City 38 14 9 15 45 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 20 6 4 10 22 32 -7 51
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
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 39 11 7 21 45 74 19 6 4 9 26 36 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 34
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 39 6 8 25 32 80 19 4 6 9 19 30 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 26

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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 39 18 10 11 58 44 20 10 6 4 34 21 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 64
5 Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 20 6 6 8 23 24 12 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
7 Nottingham Forest 37 17 10 10 57 36 19 9 4 6 30 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 21 61
8 Sheffield United 39 17 10 12 52 41 18 10 4 4 31 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 61
9 Queens Park Rangers 39 17 8 14 54 50 21 9 6 6 28 22 18 8 2 8 26 28 4 59
10 Millwall 39 15 13 11 41 38 19 10 6 3 23 13 20 5 7 8 18 25 3 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 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Stoke City 39 14 10 15 49 44 20 9 4 7 28 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 5 52
14 Blackpool 38 14 10 14 43 45 21 10 3 8 23 23 17 4 7 6 20 22 -2 52
15 Preston North End 39 12 15 12 40 45 18 6 9 3 24 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -5 51
16 Swansea City 38 14 9 15 45 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 20 6 4 10 22 32 -7 51
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
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 39 11 7 21 45 74 19 6 4 9 26 36 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 34
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 39 6 8 25 32 80 19 4 6 9 19 30 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 26

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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.