Preston North End vs Sheffield Wednesday match preview: Even contest expected at Deepdale Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale Stadium (23408 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Championship table so far. Here's the Preston North End - Sheffield Wednesday latest:

Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Preston North End are 8-9-5 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, the manager A. Neil led his Preston North End to a defeat in the Championship match away at Wigan Athletic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Deepdale Stadium. Ahead of that match, Preston North End won a home game hosting Ipswich Town (4-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Preston North End perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Preston North End as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Preston North End has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Preston North End have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Deepdale Stadium with 38 goals in 22 matches. Preston North End have conceded 27 in these home matches.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 6 wins, 7 draws and 9 defeats.

Sheffield Wednesday are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Championship against Bristol City. A 2-2 draw at Norwich City's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Sheffield Wednesday in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Sheffield Wednesday, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Sheffield Wednesday are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 22 games. Sheffield Wednesday have conceded 32 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sheffield Wednesday - Preston North End 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Preston North End victories, 2 draws and 6 Sheffield Wednesday wins.

Top Goalscorers

C. Robinson
12 goals / 3 assists
A. Browne
11 goals / 4 assists
S. Fletcher
11 goals / 2 assists

Preston North End missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home Statistic Away Total
44 22 Played 22 44
64 38 Scored 23 56
61 27 Conceded 32 57
95% 91% Over 0.5 86% 89%
77% 77% Over 1.5 73% 75%
50% 50% Over 2.5 55% 55%
34% 45% Over 3.5 23% 27%
20% 23% Over 4.5 9% 7%
57% 64% Both teams to score 55% 57%
23% 27% Clean Sheet 27% 32%
25% 18% Failed To Score 32% 23%
 
5.1 5.3 Corners For (avg) 3.8 4.3
5.6 5.1 Corners Against (avg) 6.8 6.1
1.6 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.7
7 3 Red Cards (total) 2 2

  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 44 25 13 6 89 55 22 14 4 4 49 33 22 11 9 2 40 22 34 88
2 Sheffield United 44 25 10 9 74 39 22 14 4 4 40 17 22 11 6 5 34 22 35 85
3 Leeds United 44 25 7 12 70 46 22 14 3 5 37 20 22 11 4 7 33 26 24 82
4 West Bromwich Albion 44 22 11 11 84 58 22 11 7 4 51 30 22 11 4 7 33 28 26 77
5 Aston Villa 44 20 15 9 80 58 22 11 8 3 49 34 22 9 7 6 31 24 22 75
6 Derby County 43 18 13 12 63 52 22 12 7 3 37 19 21 6 6 9 26 33 11 67
7 Middlesbrough 44 18 13 13 45 39 22 9 6 7 21 16 22 9 7 6 24 23 6 67
8 Bristol City 43 18 12 13 56 49 22 8 8 6 28 24 21 10 4 7 28 25 7 66
9 Sheffield Wednesday 44 16 15 13 56 57 22 10 8 4 33 25 22 6 7 9 23 32 -1 63
10 Swansea City 43 18 8 17 60 57 21 12 4 5 39 25 22 6 4 12 21 32 3 62
11 Nottingham Forest 44 15 15 14 59 54 22 12 4 6 33 21 22 3 11 8 26 33 5 60
12 Preston North End 44 16 12 16 64 61 22 8 9 5 38 27 22 8 3 11 26 34 3 60
13 Hull City 44 17 9 18 63 65 22 11 5 6 36 23 22 6 4 12 27 42 -2 60
14 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 11 17 61 65 22 10 6 6 30 19 22 6 5 11 31 46 -4 59
15 Brentford 44 15 13 16 69 59 22 13 4 5 47 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 10 58
16 Stoke City 44 11 20 13 43 50 22 8 8 6 24 22 22 3 12 7 19 28 -7 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 17 13 63 57 22 7 10 5 30 23 22 7 7 8 33 34 6 50
18 Wigan Athletic 44 12 12 20 49 63 22 10 8 4 28 20 22 2 4 16 21 43 -14 48
19 Queens Park Rangers 44 13 9 22 51 69 22 9 3 10 33 30 22 4 6 12 18 39 -18 48
20 Reading 44 10 16 18 48 64 22 8 5 9 29 31 22 2 11 9 19 33 -16 46
21 Millwall 43 10 13 20 47 61 21 7 8 6 25 25 22 3 5 14 22 36 -14 43
22 Rotherham United 44 8 16 20 50 79 22 7 8 7 31 36 22 1 8 13 19 43 -29 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 44 8 8 28 29 76 22 4 4 14 13 34 22 4 4 14 16 42 -47 32
24 Ipswich Town 44 4 16 24 33 73 22 2 11 9 19 29 22 2 5 15 14 44 -40 28

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