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 14th position while the guesting Sheffield Wednesday worry at 23rd.
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.
Preston North End form and stats
There have been more unhappy faces than points at this arena so far this season, with Preston North End yet to win or draw a Championship game here. The sad story at Deepdale is: Preston North End played 5 games, lost 5 games. The home stadium (Deepdale) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Preston it's been a house of straw as the last five games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
Preston North End are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Rotherham United. Before that match, a win away at Reading.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Preston North End, as the Championship home game vs Blackburn Rovers is only three days away.
Preston have scored 1 goal here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. On the other hand, Preston North End have conceded 7 goals.
Sheffield Wednesday form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sheffield Wednesday playing as the away team in the Championship this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sheffield have lost on their last two travels.
The Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Joe Wildsmith is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 225 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Sheffield Wednesday's last game was the home draw against Millwall (0-0). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs AFC Bournemouth.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Swansea City.
The attacking power of Sheffield Wednesday when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Sheffield in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Preston wins - draws - Sheffield Wednesday wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Sinclair 5 goals |  A. Browne 2 goals |  B. Potts 2 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Sheffield Wednesday missing players
| Preston North End | Sheffield Wednesday | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 73% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 55% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 20% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 36% | 80% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 118 | 49 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 56 | 121 |
| 48 | 18 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 15 | 36 |
| 31% | 6% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 20% | 17% |
- Preston North End has the fewest points (0) at home in Championship
- Preston North End have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Preston North End have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Preston North End have lost all their home matches so far.
- Preston North End have scored more than double the goals of Sheffield Wednesday.
- Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals away as Preston North End have scored home.
- Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | Watford | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Bristol City | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Millwall | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Brentford | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | Barnsley | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 21 | Coventry City | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 7 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 24 | Derby County | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -11 | 6 |
- Preston North End
- Lancashire Post - (local newspaper)
- Sheffield Wednesday
- The Star - (local newspaper)
- Sheffield Telegraph - (local newspaper)