Championship

Championship | Gameweek 1

Aug 9, 2024 at 8pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
0 - 2
Sheff Utd

Lindsay (80')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Arblaster (12'), Hamer (55')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Sheffield United, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Preston North End

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Preston 0-3 Everton
Saturday, August 3 at 3pm in Club Friendlies 3

Goals
for

Sheffield United

All competitions

Last Game: Huddersfield 1-1 Sheff Utd
Friday, August 2 at 7.45pm in Club Friendlies 3

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sheffield United win with a probability of 39.17%. A win for Preston North End had a probability of 34.91% and a draw had a probability of 25.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield United win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.53%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.52%) and 0-2 (6.59%). The likeliest Preston North End win was 1-0 (8.89%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.3%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sheffield United would win this match.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Sheffield United
34.91% ( -0.05)	25.92% ( -0.02)	39.17% ( 0.07)

Both teams to score 54.36% (

0.04)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.05% (

0.05)

49.95% (

-0.06)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.07% (

0.05)

71.93% (

-0.05)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.53% (

-0.01)

27.47% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.03% (

-0.01)

62.96% (

0.01)

Sheffield United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.95% (

0.06)

25.05% (

-0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.27% (

0.09)

59.73% (

-0.09)

Score Analysis

Preston North End 34.91%

Sheffield United 39.17%

Draw 25.91%

Preston North End	Draw	Sheffield United
1-0 @ 8.89% ( -0.02) 2-1 @ 7.95% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 5.74% ( -0.02) 3-1 @ 3.43% ( -0) 3-0 @ 2.47% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 2.37% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.11% ( -0) Other @ 2.95% Total : 34.91%	1-1 @ 12.3% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 6.88% ( -0.02) 2-2 @ 5.5% ( 0) 3-3 @ 1.09% ( 0) Other @ 0.13% Total : 25.91%	0-1 @ 9.53% ( -0) 1-2 @ 8.52% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 6.59% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 3.93% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 3.04% ( 0.01) 2-3 @ 2.54% ( 0.01) 1-4 @ 1.36% ( 0.01) 0-4 @ 1.05% ( 0.01) Other @ 2.61% Total : 39.17%

How you voted: Preston vs Sheff Utd

Preston North End

19.8%

Draw

21.8%

Sheffield United

58.4%

Head to Head

Apr 29, 2023 3pm

Gameweek 45

Sheff Utd

4-1

Preston

Ahmedhodzic (36'), Fleck (72'), Ndiaye (75'), McBurnie (90+5')

Delap (63')

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Sep 17, 2022 3pm

Gameweek 11

Preston

0-2

Sheff Utd

Ndiaye (40'), McBurnie (75')

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Jan 18, 2022 7.45pm

Gameweek 24

Preston

2-2

Sheff Utd

Browne (71'), Riis Jakobsen (89')
Cunningham (82')
Hughes (38')

Bogle (17'), Sharp (39' pen.)
Hourihane (60'), Bogle (80')

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Sep 14, 2021 7.45pm

Gameweek 7

Sheff Utd

2-2

Preston

Gibbs-White (7'), Berge (84')
Norwood (45+1'), Norrington-Davies (74')

Johnson (19'), Riis Jakobsen (90+4')
Riis Jakobsen (13')

> Match Report

Sep 4, 2020 2pm

Pre-season Friendlies

Sheff Utd

2-2

Preston

Lundstram (36'), Sharp (58')

Johnson (54'), Stockley (90+1')

Form Guide

Preston 0-3 Everton

Salford City 0-2 Preston

Preston 2-1 Fiorentina

Bamber Bridge 0-3 Preston

Preston 3-0 Bamber Bridge

Southport 2-1 Preston

Huddersfield 1-1 Sheff Utd

Rotherham 1-2 Sheff Utd

Harrogate 1-4 Sheff Utd

Chesterfield 0-3 Sheff Utd

York City 1-2 Sheff Utd

Nations League

Spain

International Friendlies

Algeria

International Friendlies

Georgia

Belarus

International Friendlies

Singapore

Tajikistan

Congo DR

World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Australia

Saudi Arabia

Indonesia

South Korea

Palestine

Jordan

Qatar

World Cup Qualifying - North Central America

COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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