Match preview Championship: Preston North End - Queens Park Rangers at Deepdale

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

6th position in the Championship table for Preston North End so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 14th-placed Queens Park Rangers visits Deepdale.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Preston North End form and stats

Preston North End are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Deepdale. 11 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 18 games.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 199 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Browne was the last player to find the net.

Preston North End lost their last game at Fulham (placed 3rd) after a 0-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at West Bromwich Albion.

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

The Preston North End fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 34 goals in 18 league matches. Preston North End have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. Queens Park Rangers has drawn their two previous away games.

Queens Park Rangers's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Birmingham City that finished 2-2. Before that, Queens Park Rangers secured a home win against Derby County with the score 2-1.

Queens Park Rangers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, five draws and six defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

The visiting Queens Park Rangers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 17 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Queens Park Rangers have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Preston North End - Queens Park Rangers 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Preston North End six wins, two draws and Queens Park Rangers two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Queens Park Rangers
E. Eze
11 goals
Queens Park Rangers
J. Hugill
11 goals
Preston North EndD. Johnson
D. Johnson
10 goals

Preston North End missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 6 17 36
16 11 2 Won W 1 5 13
8 3 1 Drew D 1 3 8
12 4 1 Lost L 4 9 15
49 34 6 Scored S 4 18 55
42 21 6 Conceded C 10 28 61
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 94%
78% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 82% 86%
42% 61% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 64%
19% 28% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 18% 42%
11% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 17%
50% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 64%
19% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 18% 14%
33% 22% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 41% 28%
 
4.6 5.1 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.7
5.7 5.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.5 5.3
1.5 1.3 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
404 216 52 Total Shots T S 62 168 434
131 76 17 Shots on Target S O 17 54 150
37% 45% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 33% 37%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • 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 at 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 West Bromwich Albion 36 19 12 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 18 11 5 2 28 14 27 69
2 Leeds United 36 20 8 8 54 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 24 68
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
5 Brentford 36 16 9 11 59 33 17 9 5 3 31 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 26 57
6 Preston North End 36 16 8 12 49 42 18 11 3 4 34 21 18 5 5 8 15 21 7 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Blackburn Rovers 36 14 11 11 52 42 19 8 8 3 24 16 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 53
10 Swansea City 36 13 13 10 46 45 18 8 4 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 52
11 Cardiff City 36 12 15 9 50 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 51
12 Sheffield Wednesday 36 13 9 14 46 44 18 7 5 6 16 21 18 6 4 8 30 23 2 48
13 Derby County 36 12 12 12 46 49 18 9 7 2 25 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 -3 48
14 Queens Park Rangers 36 13 8 15 55 61 19 8 5 6 37 33 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 47
15 Birmingham City 36 12 11 13 47 54 17 6 5 6 26 26 19 6 6 7 21 28 -7 47
16 Reading 36 12 9 15 43 41 18 7 2 9 23 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 2 45
17 Huddersfield Town 36 11 9 16 45 56 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -11 42
18 Hull City 36 11 8 17 48 58 19 6 3 10 27 33 17 5 5 7 21 25 -10 41
19 Wigan Athletic 36 10 10 16 38 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 40
20 Charlton Athletic 36 10 9 17 44 53 18 7 5 6 25 22 18 3 4 11 19 31 -9 39
21 Stoke City 36 11 6 19 44 54 18 7 3 8 24 23 18 4 3 11 20 31 -10 39
22 Middlesbrough 36 8 14 14 36 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 38
23 Barnsley 36 8 10 18 42 60 18 5 7 6 26 31 18 3 3 12 16 29 -18 34
24 Luton Town 36 10 4 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 34

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 36 19 12 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 18 11 5 2 28 14 27 69
2 Leeds United 36 20 8 8 54 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 24 68
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
5 Brentford 36 16 9 11 59 33 17 9 5 3 31 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 26 57
6 Preston North End 36 16 8 12 49 42 18 11 3 4 34 21 18 5 5 8 15 21 7 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Blackburn Rovers 36 14 11 11 52 42 19 8 8 3 24 16 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 53
10 Swansea City 36 13 13 10 46 45 18 8 4 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 52
11 Cardiff City 36 12 15 9 50 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 51
12 Sheffield Wednesday 36 13 9 14 46 44 18 7 5 6 16 21 18 6 4 8 30 23 2 48
13 Derby County 36 12 12 12 46 49 18 9 7 2 25 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 -3 48
14 Queens Park Rangers 36 13 8 15 55 61 19 8 5 6 37 33 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 47
15 Birmingham City 36 12 11 13 47 54 17 6 5 6 26 26 19 6 6 7 21 28 -7 47
16 Reading 36 12 9 15 43 41 18 7 2 9 23 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 2 45
17 Huddersfield Town 36 11 9 16 45 56 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -11 42
18 Hull City 36 11 8 17 48 58 19 6 3 10 27 33 17 5 5 7 21 25 -10 41
19 Wigan Athletic 36 10 10 16 38 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 40
20 Charlton Athletic 36 10 9 17 44 53 18 7 5 6 25 22 18 3 4 11 19 31 -9 39
21 Stoke City 36 11 6 19 44 54 18 7 3 8 24 23 18 4 3 11 20 31 -10 39
22 Middlesbrough 36 8 14 14 36 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 38
23 Barnsley 36 8 10 18 42 60 18 5 7 6 26 31 18 3 3 12 16 29 -18 34
24 Luton Town 36 10 4 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 34

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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.