The Championship standings tell the truth about these teams to this date, with Preston North End leading Huddersfield Town by 15 points. Get your full match preview:
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (11) in Championship
- Huddersfield Town have the fewest scored goals (19) in Championship
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Preston North End form and stats
Preston North End have collected 13 points from their Championship home games so far after 3-4-5. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Preston North End, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Preston North End crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Queens Park Rangers here at Deepdale.
In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Blackburn Rovers.Preston North End are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at West Bromwich Albion awaits in three days.
Preston aren't scoring a lot here at Deepdale in the league, with only {7 goals} from 12 games.
Huddersfield Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Huddersfield Town so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Huddersfield Town aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 334 league minutes without a goal. Ruffels was the last player to find the net.
Huddersfield failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Watford (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Thomas got a match rating of 7.14 in that game, top player of the team. Thomas hit four key passes.
A 0-1 defeat away at Sheffield United before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Huddersfield Town when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 3 and winning 2 games.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this side's last 11 league matches have contained two or less goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rotherham United in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Huddersfield as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Huddersfield Town's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the contenders played each other earlier this campaign; Huddersfield Town - Preston North End 0-1. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Preston North End won six, Huddersfield Town were winners in two and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Evans 5 goals |  E. Riis Jakobsen 5 goals |   D. Ward 3 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Huddersfield Town missing players
| Preston North End | Huddersfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 22 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 29 |
| 74% | 75% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 91% |
| 43% | 42% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 70% | 59% |
| 30% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | 41% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | 41% |
| 48% | 42% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 23% |
| 43% | 58% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | 45% |
| 4 | 4.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.6 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.1 | 12.2 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.4 | 9.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 26% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | 25% |
| 13 | 11.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.6 | 17 | 14.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
- Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Huddersfield Town have the fewest points (5) away in Championship
- Huddersfield Town have the fewest scored goals (19) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (11) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most matches under the total-line (16) 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 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 39 |
| 4 | Watford | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 37 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | Preston North End | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Millwall | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Reading | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 30 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -4 | 29 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -1 | 27 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 26 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 26 |
| 21 | Hull City | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 26 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -9 | 24 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -11 | 24 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
- Preston North End
- Lancashire Post - (local newspaper)
- Huddersfield Town
- Examiner Live - (local newspaper)
