Championship

Championship | Gameweek 24

Dec 29, 2024 at 12.30pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
3 - 1
Sheff Weds

Riis Jakobsen (29', 79'), Greenwood (64' pen.)
Holmes (85'), Frokjaer-Jensen (90+7')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Windass (59')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Preston North End

All competitions

Last Game: Preston 1-0 Hull City
Thursday, December 26 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Sheffield Wednesday

All competitions

Last Game: Middlesbrough 3-3 Sheff Weds
Thursday, December 26 at 3pm in Championship

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 Wednesday win with a probability of 36.85%. A win for Preston North End had a probability of 35.91% and a draw had a probability of 27.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield Wednesday win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.57%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.02%) and 0-2 (6.56%). The likeliest Preston North End win was 1-0 (10.4%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.91%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 3.2% likelihood.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
35.91% ( -0.02)	27.24% ( -0.01)	36.85% ( 0.02)

Both teams to score 50.15% (

0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.67% (

0.04)

55.32% (

-0.04)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.46% (

0.03)

76.54% (

-0.03)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.53% (

0.01)

29.47% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.52% (

0.01)

65.47% (

-0.01)

Sheffield Wednesday Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.1% (

0.03)

28.89% (

-0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.23% (

0.04)

64.76% (

-0.04)

Score Analysis

Preston North End 35.9%

Sheffield Wednesday 36.85%

Draw 27.23%

Preston North End	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
1-0 @ 10.4% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 7.89% 2-0 @ 6.36% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 3.21% ( 0) 3-0 @ 2.59% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2% ( 0) 4-1 @ 0.98% ( 0) Other @ 2.48% Total : 35.9%	1-1 @ 12.91% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 8.51% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 4.9% ( 0) Other @ 0.91% Total : 27.23%	0-1 @ 10.57% 1-2 @ 8.02% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 6.56% ( 0) 1-3 @ 3.32% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 2.72% ( 0) 2-3 @ 2.03% ( 0) 1-4 @ 1.03% ( 0) Other @ 2.61% Total : 36.85%

How you voted: Preston vs Sheff Weds

Preston North End

40.9%

Draw

25.8%

Sheffield Wednesday

33.3%

Head to Head

Dec 7, 2024 12.30pm

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Sheff Weds

1-1

Preston

Smith (76')
Palmer (36'), Charles (69'), Johnson (70'), Chalobah (78')

Riis Jakobsen (14')
McCann (63'), Teitur Thordarson (80')

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Dec 29, 2023 7.45pm

Gameweek 25

Preston

0-1

Sheff Weds

Lindsay (24'), Potts (69'), Osmajic (75'), Frokjaer-Jensen (90+6')

Johnson (27')
Musaba (63'), Dawson (86')
Byers (85')

> Preview

Aug 19, 2023 3pm

Gameweek 3

Sheff Weds

0-1

Preston

Stiven Vasquez Llach (82')

Lindsay (49')
Ledson (90+3')

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Jan 30, 2021 3pm

Gameweek 27

Sheff Weds

1-0

Preston

Palmer (45')
Urhoghide (86')

Whiteman (54')

> Match Report

Nov 21, 2020 3pm

Gameweek 12

Preston

1-0

Sheff Weds

Barkhuizen (48')

van Aken (86')
Windass (17')

> Match Report

Form Guide

Preston 1-0 Hull City

QPR 2-1 Preston

Preston 1-1 Leeds

Cardiff 0-2 Preston

Sheff Weds 1-1 Preston

Preston 1-1 West Brom

Middlesbrough 3-3 Sheff Weds

Sheff Weds 2-0 Stoke

Oxford Utd 1-3 Sheff Weds

Sheff Weds 0-1 Blackburn

Sheff Weds 1-1 Preston

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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