Preston North End get everything set for this following their 4-1 result versus Blackburn Rovers, a fixture that made them wiser. How will this affect the battle against Queens Park Rangers?
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (11) in Championship
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.
Preston North End form and stats
Preston North End have collected 13 points from their Championship home games so far after 3-4-4.
A strong away win for Preston North End against Blackburn Rovers the last match, as Whiteman, Woodburn and Evans (2) were on target. Evans has scored in three games in a row. Impressive! The striker Evans was announced as "man of the match" for Preston with the rating of 8.82/10. Evans scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match, Preston North End lost 2-4 at home to Millwall.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 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Preston aren't scoring a lot here at Deepdale in the league, with only {7 goals} from 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. With the Queens Park Rangers losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
QPR have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 268 minutes ago. Dykes was the goal scorer.
The manager Beale was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Loftus Road Stadium. Queens Park Rangers suffered a 0-3 loss to Burnley (placed 1st). Midfielder Adomah was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.02. Adomah hit one key pass.
A loss against Huddersfield Town was the result prior to that, in a home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Queens Park Rangers playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 6 Queens Park Rangers wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
14 goals have been conceded by QPR in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Preston North End won six, Queens Park Rangers triumphed in three and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Willock 6 goals |  L. Dykes 6 goals |   C. Evans 5 goals |
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| Preston North End | Queens Park Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 22 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 73% | 73% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 91% | 91% |
| 45% | 45% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 64% | 68% |
| 32% | 18% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 36% | 50% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | 23% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | 9% |
| 36% | 27% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 36% | 45% |
| 50% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 27% | 23% |
| 41% | 55% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 45% | 41% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 12.4 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.9 | 13.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | 4 |
| 27% | 18% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 30% |
| 12.8 | 11.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 13 | 11.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (11) 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 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 36 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Preston North End | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Watford | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Reading | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -6 | 29 |
| 8 | Millwall | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Swansea City | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 31 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 27 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 24 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 18 | Rotherham United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 19 | Hull City | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 24 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -10 | 23 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
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