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 11th position while the guesting Rotherham United worry at 22nd.
- Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Championship game only three days ago.
Preston North End form and stats
Preston North End have collected 14 points from their Championship home games so far after 4-2-7.
S. Sinclair 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 209 minutes.
Preston are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Sheffield Wednesday. In the match before that, Preston North End hosted Reading and drew the game 0-0.
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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost seven.
Preston have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Preston North End's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Rotherham United form and stats
There's been little loot from Rotherham United's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Championship. Rotherham United only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Rotherham, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Rotherham United won their last game, 3-0 versus Derby County played at home. A 1-3 loss hosting Swansea City before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Rotherham United in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Rotherham, two draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cardiff City in just three days.
The attacking power of Rotherham when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. 17 goals have been conceded by Rotherham in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Rotherham United - Preston 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Preston North End won two, Rotherham United won three and five draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Sinclair 8 goals |   M. Smith 7 goals |  M. Crooks 5 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Rotherham United missing players
| Preston North End | Rotherham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 31 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 30 |
| 34 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 17 | 35 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 63% | 46% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 76% |
| 48% | 31% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 42% | 52% |
| 19% | 8% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 33% | 15% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 48% |
| 33% | 38% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 37% | 54% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.4 | 10.3 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.8 | 10.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 34% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 41% | 40% |
- Rotherham United 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 | Norwich City | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 55 |
| 2 | Brentford | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 51 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 50 |
| 4 | Reading | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 47 |
| 5 | Watford | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 47 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 40 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 39 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 39 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 38 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -3 | 36 |
| 12 | Barnsley | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 36 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Millwall | 27 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 32 |
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -8 | 32 |
| 16 | Cardiff City | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 30 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 30 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 29 |
| 20 | Derby County | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -11 | 28 |
| 21 | Birmingham City | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -12 | 28 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 25 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -24 | 16 |