Preston North End vs Huddersfield Town in FA Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Preston North End & Huddersfield Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Preston North End form and stats

Last season, Preston North End's FA Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.

Preston North End's struggle is real here at Deepdale with only 13 points collected from 13 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-6.

A strong away win for Preston North End against Stoke City the last match, as Evans were on target. Some amazing scenes last match, when Evans scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time. Lindsay, defender, was given a rating of 8.03/10 in that game, top of the team. Lindsay won 9 of 9 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting West Bromwich Albion (0-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Preston have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Preston North End aren't scoring a lot here at Deepdale in the league, with only {8 goals} from 13 games. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

Huddersfield was sent out of FA Cup in the 5th round last season.

There's been little loot from Huddersfield Town's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Championship. Huddersfield Town only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

Huddersfield Town's previous game was their home loss versus Luton Town (1-2). Attacker Holmes got a player rating of 7.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Holmes scored one goal and hit one key pass.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Rotherham United in the Championship.

We have checked recent matches where Huddersfield Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 4 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Huddersfield struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Preston North End victories, two draws and three Huddersfield Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndC. Evans
C. Evans
6 goals
PrestonE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
5 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Rhodes
J. Rhodes
5 goals

Preston North End missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Huddersfield Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   10 25
10 3   Won W   2 7
5 3   Drew D   2 4
10 6   Lost L   6 14
25 8   Scored S   10 24
28 14   Conceded C   16 35
84% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 92%
52% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 68%
36% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 44%
16% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 20%
16% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 8%
40% 33%   BTTS BTTS   60% 44%
40% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 24%
36% 50%   Failed to Score F T   40% 40%
 
4 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4
5.6 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 4.8
2.2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10.4 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.6 9.8
3.6 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.5
28% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 29%
 
13.5 12.1   Shots against (avg) S A   16.4 13
3.9 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.3

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

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

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