Preston North End vs Millwall match guide

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Preston North End have performed well so far this season, proven by 3rd spot in the table. Millwall have an outlook both up and down the table from the 15th spot.

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

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 D W

Preston North End form and stats

4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Preston North End so far this season. Preston has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Lowe and the players.

The fans are hoping that Preston North End will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the match against Ipswich Town (placed 2nd). A goal frenzy last time out for Preston, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Ipswich Town. Fun stuff to watch! Preston North End's goalkeeper Woodman was extremely busy against Ipswich Town, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Whiteman (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Whiteman scored one goal and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).

Heartbreak before that as Preston lost 0-3 at Leicester 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 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 4.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Preston North End as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Southampton are visiting.

Preston have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Deepdale with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.

D W L D W

Millwall form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Millwall playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Millwall's last game was the home draw against Hull City (2-2). Defender Bryan was the best team player with a rating of 8.6. Bryan scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 6 of 12 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Plymouth Argyle at their stadium, the result 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Millwall in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Millwall, 8 draws and 5 defeats.

After this away game Millwall return home for a Championship game against Blackburn Rovers. That game is only three sleeps after this.

It's not easy to score on Millwall as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Millwall have won at least one point in the last 8 fixtures (6-2-0) versus Preston North End.

Top Goalscorers

PrestonW. Keane
W. Keane
4 goals
Preston North EndL. Lindsay
L. Lindsay
2 goals
Preston North EndM. Frøkjær-Jensen
M. Frøkjær-Jensen
2 goals

Preston North End missing players

Millwall missing players

Preston North End Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 5 11
6 4 1 Won W 0 2 4
2 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 1 1 Lost L 1 1 4
15 8 2 Scored S 2 5 11
17 8 5 Conceded C 4 4 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 64%
64% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 45%
18% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 18%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 80% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 27%
18% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 45%
18% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 36%
 
3.9 4.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 4.8
5.6 7.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 6.6 5.1
2.4 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.6 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.8 9.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.4 12.9
2.8 2.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.4 3.7
48% 57% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 42% 27%
 
12.2 15.2 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 18 17.8 14.2
3.9 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Preston North End's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Preston North End have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leicester City 11 10 0 1 23 6 6 5 0 1 10 3 5 5 0 0 13 3 17 30
2 Ipswich Town 11 9 1 1 25 13 6 5 0 1 19 11 5 4 1 0 6 2 12 28
3 Preston North End 11 6 2 3 15 17 5 4 0 1 8 8 6 2 2 2 7 9 -2 20
4 Sunderland 11 6 1 4 20 12 6 3 0 3 10 8 5 3 1 1 10 4 8 19
5 Leeds United 11 5 4 2 17 11 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 2 1 2 8 7 6 19
6 Birmingham City 11 5 3 3 15 11 6 4 2 0 11 4 5 1 1 3 4 7 4 18
7 Norwich City 11 5 2 4 21 19 5 4 0 1 8 4 6 1 2 3 13 15 2 17
8 Cardiff City 11 5 2 4 17 15 6 4 1 1 11 6 5 1 1 3 6 9 2 17
9 Hull City 11 4 5 2 16 14 5 1 4 0 7 5 6 3 1 2 9 9 2 17
10 Southampton 11 5 2 4 17 21 6 2 2 2 11 12 5 3 0 2 6 9 -4 17
11 West Bromwich Albion 11 4 4 3 18 14 5 3 1 1 9 6 6 1 3 2 9 8 4 16
12 Swansea City 11 4 3 4 18 14 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 2 1 3 10 9 4 15
13 Coventry City 11 3 6 2 17 13 6 2 4 0 9 5 5 1 2 2 8 8 4 15
14 Bristol City 11 4 3 4 14 13 5 1 2 2 7 7 6 3 1 2 7 6 1 15
15 Millwall 11 4 3 4 11 13 6 2 1 3 6 9 5 2 2 1 5 4 -2 15
16 Middlesbrough 11 4 2 5 16 17 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 2 1 3 11 12 -1 14
17 Blackburn Rovers 11 4 1 6 17 21 5 2 0 3 7 11 6 2 1 3 10 10 -4 13
18 Plymouth Argyle 11 3 2 6 18 19 6 3 0 3 14 10 5 0 2 3 4 9 -1 11
19 Huddersfield Town 11 2 5 4 11 18 5 1 2 2 5 8 6 1 3 2 6 10 -7 11
20 Watford 11 2 4 5 14 16 6 2 2 2 10 6 5 0 2 3 4 10 -2 10
21 Stoke City 11 3 1 7 11 17 5 2 0 3 6 7 6 1 1 4 5 10 -6 10
22 Queens Park Rangers 11 2 2 7 8 20 5 0 1 4 3 12 6 2 1 3 5 8 -12 8
23 Rotherham United 11 1 3 7 10 22 5 1 2 2 7 8 6 0 1 5 3 14 -12 6
24 Sheffield Wednesday 11 0 3 8 5 18 6 0 2 4 2 8 5 0 1 4 3 10 -13 3

Preston North End:
Millwall:
Championship:
England:

Read more about Championship

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.