Evenly matched teams: Preston North End vs Huddersfield Town match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 27.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Preston North End are in the 14th position while the guesting Huddersfield Town worry at 19th.

Insights:
  • Huddersfield Town has the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Championship

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 and Huddersfield Town.

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Preston North End form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Preston North End have only managed 4 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Deepdale.

L. Lindsay was the last player to score a league goal for Preston North End and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Preston haven't scored in 317 minutes.

The spoils were shared in Preston's previous game, also at home. Visiting Queens Park Rangers (placed 13th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Preston North End lost 0-4 at Cardiff City's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Preston North End have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost eight.

The manager A. Neil will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Millwall in only three days.

Preston North End aren't scoring a lot here at Deepdale in the league, with only 11 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Huddersfield Town so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-10 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Huddersfield Town have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Millwall game.

Huddersfield are travelling again after losing away to Derby County in their previous match (0-2). A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Swansea City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Huddersfield Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were two Huddersfield Town wins, six draws and six defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Birmingham City in just three days.

The attacking power of Huddersfield Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Huddersfield have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Huddersfield Town - Preston 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Preston-Huddersfield Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Preston North End six wins, Huddersfield Town three wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndS. Sinclair
S. Sinclair
8 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Koroma
J. Koroma
6 goals
Huddersfield TownF. Campbell
F. Campbell
6 goals

Preston North End missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 16 32
12 4 2 Won W 1 2 10
4 3 1 Drew D 0 4 6
16 9 2 Lost L 3 10 16
34 11 7 Scored S 8 14 38
42 16 6 Conceded C 8 30 47
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
62% 44% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
50% 31% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 53%
19% 6% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 16%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 16%
34% 19% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 53%
31% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 19% 25%
41% 56% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 28%
 
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 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.9 11.1 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 16.8 10.4 10.8
3.3 2.9 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.1 2.9
32% 23% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 29% 41%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town has the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Huddersfield Town 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 32 20 7 5 45 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 16 10 2 4 23 16 20 67
2 Brentford 32 17 9 6 59 34 16 9 5 2 32 17 16 8 4 4 27 17 25 60
3 Watford 32 17 9 6 43 23 16 12 2 2 32 12 16 5 7 4 11 11 20 60
4 Swansea City 30 17 8 5 38 19 16 10 5 1 20 6 14 7 3 4 18 13 19 59
5 Reading 32 15 6 11 44 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 16 6 6 4 20 17 7 51
6 Cardiff City 32 14 7 11 48 34 16 6 3 7 27 19 16 8 4 4 21 15 14 49
7 AFC Bournemouth 32 13 10 9 46 32 16 9 3 4 27 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 14 49
8 Barnsley 31 14 6 11 36 35 15 8 3 4 20 16 16 6 3 7 16 19 1 48
9 Middlesbrough 32 13 7 12 37 34 16 8 2 6 19 17 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 46
10 Stoke City 32 11 12 9 37 35 16 7 4 5 22 19 16 4 8 4 15 16 2 45
11 Millwall 32 9 16 7 31 28 16 3 10 3 15 13 16 6 6 4 16 15 3 43
12 Bristol City 32 13 3 16 32 43 16 7 2 7 14 16 16 6 1 9 18 27 -11 42
13 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 6 4 5 16 16 15 4 6 5 14 18 -4 40
14 Preston North End 32 12 4 16 34 42 16 4 3 9 11 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -8 40
15 Blackburn Rovers 31 11 6 14 45 37 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 39
16 Nottingham Forest 32 10 9 13 27 31 16 5 6 5 15 14 16 5 3 8 12 17 -4 39
17 Luton Town 31 10 8 13 24 35 15 5 6 4 17 17 16 5 2 9 7 18 -11 38
18 Derby County 31 10 7 14 24 32 16 5 4 7 11 16 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 37
19 Huddersfield Town 32 10 6 16 38 47 16 8 2 6 24 17 16 2 4 10 14 30 -9 36
20 Coventry City 32 8 10 14 29 43 16 6 6 4 17 17 16 2 4 10 12 26 -14 34
21 Birmingham City 32 7 10 15 23 40 16 2 3 11 10 27 16 5 7 4 13 13 -17 31
22 Rotherham United 30 8 5 17 33 41 15 4 3 8 20 21 15 4 2 9 13 20 -8 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 31 9 7 15 21 35 15 6 5 4 12 9 16 3 2 11 9 26 -14 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 31 5 8 18 23 51 16 3 5 8 10 19 15 2 3 10 13 32 -28 23

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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 32 20 7 5 45 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 16 10 2 4 23 16 20 67
2 Brentford 32 17 9 6 59 34 16 9 5 2 32 17 16 8 4 4 27 17 25 60
3 Watford 32 17 9 6 43 23 16 12 2 2 32 12 16 5 7 4 11 11 20 60
4 Swansea City 30 17 8 5 38 19 16 10 5 1 20 6 14 7 3 4 18 13 19 59
5 Reading 32 15 6 11 44 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 16 6 6 4 20 17 7 51
6 Cardiff City 32 14 7 11 48 34 16 6 3 7 27 19 16 8 4 4 21 15 14 49
7 AFC Bournemouth 32 13 10 9 46 32 16 9 3 4 27 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 14 49
8 Barnsley 31 14 6 11 36 35 15 8 3 4 20 16 16 6 3 7 16 19 1 48
9 Middlesbrough 32 13 7 12 37 34 16 8 2 6 19 17 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 46
10 Stoke City 32 11 12 9 37 35 16 7 4 5 22 19 16 4 8 4 15 16 2 45
11 Millwall 32 9 16 7 31 28 16 3 10 3 15 13 16 6 6 4 16 15 3 43
12 Bristol City 32 13 3 16 32 43 16 7 2 7 14 16 16 6 1 9 18 27 -11 42
13 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 6 4 5 16 16 15 4 6 5 14 18 -4 40
14 Preston North End 32 12 4 16 34 42 16 4 3 9 11 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -8 40
15 Blackburn Rovers 31 11 6 14 45 37 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 39
16 Nottingham Forest 32 10 9 13 27 31 16 5 6 5 15 14 16 5 3 8 12 17 -4 39
17 Luton Town 31 10 8 13 24 35 15 5 6 4 17 17 16 5 2 9 7 18 -11 38
18 Derby County 31 10 7 14 24 32 16 5 4 7 11 16 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 37
19 Huddersfield Town 32 10 6 16 38 47 16 8 2 6 24 17 16 2 4 10 14 30 -9 36
20 Coventry City 32 8 10 14 29 43 16 6 6 4 17 17 16 2 4 10 12 26 -14 34
21 Birmingham City 32 7 10 15 23 40 16 2 3 11 10 27 16 5 7 4 13 13 -17 31
22 Rotherham United 30 8 5 17 33 41 15 4 3 8 20 21 15 4 2 9 13 20 -8 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 31 9 7 15 21 35 15 6 5 4 12 9 16 3 2 11 9 26 -14 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 31 5 8 18 23 51 16 3 5 8 10 19 15 2 3 10 13 32 -28 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.