Evenly matched teams: Rotherham United vs Preston North End match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 14.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

Rotherham United hope to have lots of fans in for this match even though the season has been grim up to now with 40 points and a 20th spot in the Championship table. Opponents Preston North End are in 11th place with 50 pts.

Insights:
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Preston North End have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Championship

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rotherham United and Preston North End.

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Rotherham United form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Rotherham United have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 17 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Rotherham United after consecutive victories at their own ground.

In their previous game, the manager Taylor led his Rotherham to a defeat away at Birmingham City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at AESSEAL New York Stadium. The first loss after going undefeated in three league games. Defender Harding got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.15/10. Harding hit one key pass and won 11 of 17 duels.

Before that, Rotherham United had a home game versus Queens Park Rangers which ended with a victory 3-1.

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 Rotherham United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 3.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Rotherham as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Cardiff City are visiting.

The Rotherham United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 17 league matches. On the other hand, Rotherham have conceded 21 goals.

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Preston North End form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Preston North End, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Preston goalkeeper Freddie Woodman is eager to challenge this, with his 333 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Preston North End go into this game after a win, the home game against Cardiff City that ended 2-0. Woodman was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.14. The agile goalkeeper Woodman topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Watford.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Preston in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Preston North End, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Preston North End have another fixture away in just four sleeps, a Championship fixture vs Middlesbrough. A strenuous programme for them!

The visiting Preston have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (16 so far).

Head 2 Head

Rotherham United have avoided defeat in the last 6 fixtures (3-3-0) against Preston North End.

Preston North End - Rotherham 0-0 was the end result in these teams' previous head to head match, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndC. Evans
C. Evans
8 goals
Rotherham UnitedC. Ogbene
C. Ogbene
7 goals
Rotherham UnitedC. Washington
C. Washington
5 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rotherham United Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 17 7 Played P 5 17 36
9 7 2 Won W 2 8 13
13 5 2 Drew D 2 5 11
14 5 3 Lost L 1 4 12
40 29 12 Scored S 5 18 32
49 21 13 Conceded C 5 16 38
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 71% 75%
81% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 47% 53%
47% 59% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 41% 36%
22% 35% 57% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 14%
6% 6% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 11%
47% 59% 71% BTTS BTTS 40% 35% 36%
28% 29% 14% Clean Sheets C S 60% 53% 44%
36% 18% 14% Failed to Score F T 40% 41% 44%
 
3.8 4.7 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 3.9
6.1 5.1 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 6.2 5.6
2.1 1.5 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.8 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
8.9 10.7 10.1 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.3 10.6
2.9 3.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.3
38% 43% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 27%
 
14.1 11.5 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14 14.4 13.3
4.9 4.2 5.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Preston North End have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Championship
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have won significantly more corners at 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 +/- P
1 Burnley 36 23 11 2 71 28 19 14 5 0 43 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 43 80
2 Sheffield United 36 20 7 9 56 32 18 11 3 4 35 17 18 9 4 5 21 15 24 67
3 Middlesbrough 36 19 6 11 64 41 17 10 5 2 31 13 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 63
4 Luton Town 36 16 12 8 44 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 10 60
5 Blackburn Rovers 36 18 4 14 41 41 17 12 1 4 23 13 19 6 3 10 18 28 0 58
6 Millwall 36 16 9 11 46 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 57
7 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
8 West Bromwich Albion 36 15 9 12 46 38 19 10 5 4 26 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 8 54
9 Coventry City 36 14 11 11 42 35 19 9 6 4 24 17 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 53
10 Watford 36 13 12 11 41 39 17 8 5 4 24 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 2 51
11 Preston North End 36 13 11 12 32 38 19 5 6 8 14 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -6 50
12 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
13 Bristol City 36 12 12 12 45 43 19 8 5 6 24 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 2 48
14 Stoke City 36 13 7 16 47 44 18 6 4 8 23 21 18 7 3 8 24 23 3 46
15 Hull City 36 12 10 14 41 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 6 7 21 26 -8 46
16 Reading 36 13 5 18 38 55 18 10 3 5 27 20 18 3 2 13 11 35 -17 44
17 Swansea City 36 11 10 15 48 55 18 7 3 8 28 28 18 4 7 7 20 27 -7 43
18 Birmingham City 36 11 9 16 41 47 19 6 5 8 22 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -6 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 36 11 9 16 37 52 18 6 4 8 20 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -15 42
20 Rotherham United 36 9 13 14 40 49 17 7 5 5 29 21 19 2 8 9 11 28 -9 40
21 Cardiff City 36 10 8 18 27 40 18 6 5 7 15 16 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 38
22 Blackpool 36 7 11 18 33 53 17 4 6 7 17 21 19 3 5 11 16 32 -20 32
23 Huddersfield Town 36 8 8 20 30 52 18 6 4 8 16 20 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 32
24 Wigan Athletic 36 7 11 18 31 57 18 3 5 10 13 31 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 32

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Table
  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 36 23 11 2 71 28 19 14 5 0 43 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 43 80
2 Sheffield United 36 20 7 9 56 32 18 11 3 4 35 17 18 9 4 5 21 15 24 67
3 Middlesbrough 36 19 6 11 64 41 17 10 5 2 31 13 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 63
4 Luton Town 36 16 12 8 44 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 10 60
5 Blackburn Rovers 36 18 4 14 41 41 17 12 1 4 23 13 19 6 3 10 18 28 0 58
6 Millwall 36 16 9 11 46 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 57
7 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
8 West Bromwich Albion 36 15 9 12 46 38 19 10 5 4 26 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 8 54
9 Coventry City 36 14 11 11 42 35 19 9 6 4 24 17 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 53
10 Watford 36 13 12 11 41 39 17 8 5 4 24 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 2 51
11 Preston North End 36 13 11 12 32 38 19 5 6 8 14 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -6 50
12 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
13 Bristol City 36 12 12 12 45 43 19 8 5 6 24 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 2 48
14 Stoke City 36 13 7 16 47 44 18 6 4 8 23 21 18 7 3 8 24 23 3 46
15 Hull City 36 12 10 14 41 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 6 7 21 26 -8 46
16 Reading 36 13 5 18 38 55 18 10 3 5 27 20 18 3 2 13 11 35 -17 44
17 Swansea City 36 11 10 15 48 55 18 7 3 8 28 28 18 4 7 7 20 27 -7 43
18 Birmingham City 36 11 9 16 41 47 19 6 5 8 22 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -6 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 36 11 9 16 37 52 18 6 4 8 20 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -15 42
20 Rotherham United 36 9 13 14 40 49 17 7 5 5 29 21 19 2 8 9 11 28 -9 40
21 Cardiff City 36 10 8 18 27 40 18 6 5 7 15 16 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 38
22 Blackpool 36 7 11 18 33 53 17 4 6 7 17 21 19 3 5 11 16 32 -20 32
23 Huddersfield Town 36 8 8 20 30 52 18 6 4 8 16 20 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 32
24 Wigan Athletic 36 7 11 18 31 57 18 3 5 10 13 31 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 32

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.