Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Preston North End welcomes Ipswich Town

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England Championship
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale Stadium (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 12th position while the guests worry at 24th.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

L L L L W

Preston North End form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Preston North End are 7-9-5 (wins-draw-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Preston North End with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Birmingham City game, 33 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Preston North End, their manager A. Neil and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The fans are hoping that Preston North End will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Championship game against West Bromwich Albion. Ahead of that match, Preston North End lost 0-2 at home to Leeds United.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Preston North End as they are travelling to their away game against Wigan Athletic in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

The Preston North End fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 34 goals in 21 matches. Preston North End's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 27 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

D L W L D

Ipswich Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ipswich Town, who have the fewest scored goals (14) away in Championship, so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-14 (win-draw-lose).

Ipswich Town delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Birmingham City in their previous match; a Championship game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Brentford wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

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

The attacking power of Ipswich Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored in 21 matches. Ipswich Town have conceded 40 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Ipswich Town - Preston North End 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Preston North End won 1 game, 4 matches ended with a draw and Ipswich Town has 5 wins.

Top Goalscorers

A. Browne
11 goals / 4 assists
C. Robinson
9 goals / 2 assists
T. Barkhuizen
6 goals / 1 assists

Preston North End missing players

Ipswich Town missing players

Preston North End Ipswich Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
60 34 Scored 14 33
59 27 Conceded 40 68
95% 90% Over 0.5 100% 98%
76% 76% Over 1.5 95% 88%
50% 48% Over 2.5 43% 33%
33% 43% Over 3.5 14% 14%
21% 24% Over 4.5 5% 7%
60% 67% Both teams to score 43% 55%
21% 24% Clean Sheet 0% 7%
24% 19% Failed To Score 57% 40%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Ipswich Town hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ipswich Town is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Ipswich Town has failed to keep a clean sheet in 21 away matches.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 42 25 11 6 85 51 21 14 3 4 47 31 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 86
2 Leeds United 42 25 7 10 69 42 21 14 3 4 36 18 21 11 4 6 33 24 27 82
3 Sheffield United 42 23 10 9 69 39 21 13 4 4 38 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 30 79
4 West Bromwich Albion 42 21 10 11 81 56 21 10 7 4 48 28 21 11 3 7 33 28 25 73
5 Aston Villa 42 18 15 9 77 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 21 8 7 6 29 24 19 69
6 Bristol City 41 18 11 12 55 46 21 8 7 6 27 23 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 65
7 Middlesbrough 42 17 13 12 44 36 21 8 6 7 20 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 8 64
8 Derby County 41 17 12 12 59 50 21 11 7 3 35 19 20 6 5 9 24 31 9 63
9 Hull City 42 17 9 16 61 59 21 11 5 5 36 20 21 6 4 11 25 39 2 60
10 Sheffield Wednesday 42 15 14 13 52 55 21 9 8 4 31 25 21 6 6 9 21 30 -3 59
11 Nottingham Forest 42 14 15 13 56 52 21 11 4 6 30 21 21 3 11 7 26 31 4 57
12 Preston North End 42 15 12 15 60 59 21 7 9 5 34 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 1 57
13 Swansea City 41 16 8 17 55 54 20 11 4 5 35 22 21 5 4 12 20 32 1 56
14 Brentford 42 14 12 16 66 58 21 12 4 5 45 23 21 2 8 11 21 35 8 54
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 14 11 17 57 64 21 9 6 6 28 19 21 5 5 11 29 45 -7 53
16 Stoke City 42 11 19 12 41 47 21 8 7 6 22 20 21 3 12 6 19 27 -6 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 9 20 50 65 21 9 3 9 32 28 21 4 6 11 18 37 -15 48
18 Birmingham City 42 13 16 13 58 54 21 7 9 5 28 21 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 46
19 Reading 42 10 14 18 47 63 21 8 4 9 29 31 21 2 10 9 18 32 -16 44
20 Millwall 41 10 12 19 46 59 20 7 7 6 24 24 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 42
21 Wigan Athletic 42 10 12 20 45 62 21 9 8 4 26 20 21 1 4 16 19 42 -17 42
22 Rotherham United 42 8 16 18 46 72 21 7 8 6 30 33 21 1 8 12 16 39 -26 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 42 8 8 26 29 72 21 4 4 13 13 32 21 4 4 13 16 40 -43 32
24 Ipswich Town 42 4 16 22 33 68 21 2 11 8 19 28 21 2 5 14 14 40 -35 28

Editor’s Pick

More from England - Championship