Football tips: Preston North End vs Sheffield United - predictions and betting guide

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale Stadium (23408 seats)

Preston North End will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Sheffield United.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Preston North End form and stats

Preston North End have played 19 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-9-3 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager A. Neil led his Preston North End to a defeat in the Championship match away at Reading. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Deepdale Stadium. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Birmingham City.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Leeds United are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Preston North End in their home games so far, with 34 goals from 19 matches. On the other hand, Preston North End have conceded 24 goals.

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Sheffield United form and stats

9-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sheffield United in their matches away.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Bristol City with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Leeds United at their stadium, the result 1-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sheffield United manager C. Wilder as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Birmingham City.

Sheffield United are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 29 times in 19 away games so far. Sheffield United have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sheffield United - Preston North End 3-2 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Preston North End won 4, Sheffield United won 3 and 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

B. Sharp
23 goals / 3 assists
D. McGoldrick
12 goals / 3 assists
A. Browne
11 goals / 4 assists

Preston North End missing players

Sheffield United missing players

Preston North End Sheffield United
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 19 Played 19 39
59 34 Scored 29 66
52 24 Conceded 21 37
95% 89% Over 0.5 95% 92%
77% 79% Over 1.5 68% 69%
51% 53% Over 2.5 53% 51%
33% 47% Over 3.5 26% 28%
21% 26% Over 4.5 16% 18%
62% 74% Both teams to score 42% 44%
23% 26% Clean Sheet 37% 44%
21% 11% Failed To Score 26% 21%
Key stats this season:
  • Sheffield United is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Preston North End is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  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 39 24 9 6 78 48 19 13 2 4 41 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 30 81
2 Leeds United 39 23 7 9 66 41 20 13 3 4 35 18 19 10 4 5 31 23 25 76
3 Sheffield United 39 22 8 9 66 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 19 9 5 5 29 21 29 74
4 West Bromwich Albion 39 20 10 9 75 50 20 9 7 4 44 27 19 11 3 5 31 23 25 70
5 Bristol City 38 17 10 11 49 40 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 61
6 Aston Villa 39 15 15 9 70 55 20 9 8 3 46 33 19 6 7 6 24 22 15 60
7 Derby County 38 16 11 11 52 45 20 10 7 3 31 19 18 6 4 8 21 26 7 59
8 Middlesbrough 39 15 13 11 40 33 20 7 6 7 19 16 19 8 7 4 21 17 7 58
9 Nottingham Forest 39 14 15 10 54 45 20 11 4 5 29 19 19 3 11 5 25 26 9 57
10 Preston North End 39 15 12 12 59 52 19 7 9 3 34 24 20 8 3 9 25 28 7 57
11 Sheffield Wednesday 39 14 14 11 48 51 19 8 8 3 27 22 20 6 6 8 21 29 -3 56
12 Hull City 39 15 9 15 56 56 19 9 5 5 31 18 20 6 4 10 25 38 0 54
13 Brentford 39 13 11 15 60 53 19 11 3 5 40 20 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 50
14 Swansea City 38 14 8 16 49 48 18 9 4 5 29 20 20 5 4 11 20 28 1 50
15 Stoke City 39 10 18 11 37 42 20 8 6 6 20 18 19 2 12 5 17 24 -5 48
16 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 11 16 53 62 19 8 6 5 26 18 20 4 5 11 27 44 -9 47
17 Queens Park Rangers 39 12 8 19 46 61 20 8 3 9 28 28 19 4 5 10 18 33 -15 44
18 Birmingham City 39 12 14 13 55 52 19 6 8 5 26 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 3 41
19 Reading 39 9 13 17 42 57 20 7 4 9 27 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -15 40
20 Wigan Athletic 39 10 10 19 41 57 20 9 7 4 25 19 19 1 3 15 16 38 -16 40
21 Millwall 38 9 10 19 43 58 18 6 6 6 22 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -15 37
22 Rotherham United 39 7 15 17 41 67 19 6 8 5 27 30 20 1 7 12 14 37 -26 36
23 Bolton Wanderers 39 8 8 23 28 64 19 4 4 11 12 28 20 4 4 12 16 36 -36 32
24 Ipswich Town 39 3 15 21 30 64 20 2 10 8 18 27 19 1 5 13 12 37 -34 24

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