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Norwich City v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 14th Mar, 15:00 BST, Carrow Road, Norwich

Paul Heckingbottom pays counterpart Liam Manning a visit on Saturday afternoon in the Championship, as their Preston North End and Norwich City charges face each other at the Carrow Road. It's our aim to give you everything you need to make a smart bet on this encounter, so we've delved into our expansive database and found the stats that matter the most. Head-to-head and recent form is included, and it all goes into our algorithmic predictions. The best odds are there to ensure you get the best price.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Norwich and Preston combined during 90 minutes. Latest form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to our prediction, and our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 75% chance of it being a winning tip. The top price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.40.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Norwich are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 51% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.65.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Norwich 51%	3/5	13/20
Draw 25%	27/10	29/10
Preston 24%	17/4	4/1
Norwich 1-0 12%	13/2	6/1
Draw 1-1 12%	13/2	6/1
Norwich 2-0 10%	7/1	13/2
Norwich 2-1 9%	15/2	13/2
Draw 0-0 8%	11/1	9/1
Preston 1-0 8%	14/1	11/1
Preston 2-1 6%	16/1	12/1
Norwich 3-0 5%	11/1	10/1
Norwich 3-1 5%	12/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	12/1
Preston 2-0 4%	28/1	20/1
Norwich 3-2 2%	22/1	18/1
Preston 3-1 2%	40/1	28/1
Norwich 4-0 2%	22/1	18/1
Norwich 4-1 2%	22/1	18/1
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	4/5	3/4
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	1/1	19/20
Home 1st Goal 53%	1/2	1/2
Away 1st Goal 42%	7/4	19/10
No 1st Goal 5%	11/1	9/1
BTTS - Yes 49%	4/5	4/5
BTTS - No 51%	10/11	10/11
BTTS - Home Win 21%	12/5	23/10
BTTS - Draw 18%	4/1	19/5
BTTS - Away Win 11%	9/1	7/1
Home/draw 76%	1/6	1/6
Away/draw 49%	13/10	6/5
Home/away 75%	2/7	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	1/4	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	3/1	27/10
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	2/1	9/5
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	2/5	2/5
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	9/2	17/4
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/7	1/7
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	10/1	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/20	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/25	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	11/1	9/1
Home DNB 68%	2/9	1/4
Away DNB 42%	3/1	27/10
Norwich win to nil 29%	7/4	-
Preston win to nil 13%	9/1	-
Norwich / Norwich 33%	6/4	7/5
Norwich / Preston 2%	40/1	28/1
Norwich / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Norwich 18%	7/2	18/5
Draw / Preston 8%	10/1	9/1
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	9/2
Preston / Norwich 4%	20/1	16/1
Preston / Preston 10%	8/1	13/2
Preston / Draw 5%	16/1	12/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Norwich have played 35 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Norwich have conceded 38 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 6 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Norwich have played 17 games at home, winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 19 goals, conceded 22 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Preston lay in 14th place on 49 points in the Championship league table having played 36 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 18 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Preston have conceded 15 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Preston have played 17 away games, winning 5, drawing 7 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Norwich Preston
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	36	22	8	6	36	74	w 2-1A	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	Mar 11
2	M'Boro	36	20	9	7	23	69	l 1-2A	l 1-0A	d 2-2F	l 4-0A
3	Millwall	36	19	8	9	9	65	l 1-2A	Apr 6	l 0-2A	d 1-1F
4	Ipswich	35	18	10	7	26	64	Apr 11	l 3-1A	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
5	Hull	36	18	6	12	5	60	l 0-2A	May 2	l 0-3A	d 2-2F
6	Wrexham	35	15	12	8	9	57	l 2-3F	w 1-2F	d 1-1A	l 2-1A
7	Derby	36	15	9	12	7	54	Apr 21	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
8	Southampton	35	14	11	10	11	53	w 2-1F	Mar 18	May 2	w 0-2F
9	Watford	35	13	12	10	4	51	l 0-1A	l 3-2F	d 2-2F	d 1-1F
10	Bristol C	36	14	8	14	2	50	l 0-1A	Apr 18	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
11	Sheff Utd	36	15	4	17	2	49	Mar 11	d 1-1A	w 3-2A	Apr 25
12	Birmingham	36	13	10	13	-1	49	l 1-2A	l 4-1A	l 0-1A	Apr 22
13	Swansea	36	14	7	15	-1	49	Apr 25	l 2-1A	w 2-1F	d 1-1F
14	Preston	36	12	13	11	-1	49	Mar 14	d 1-1F	-	-
15	Stoke	36	13	8	15	3	47	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	Mar 20	d 0-00-0
16	QPR	36	13	8	15	-12	47	w 3-1F	w 1-2F	Apr 6	d 1-1A
17	Norwich	35	13	6	16	3	45	-	-	d 1-1A	Mar 14
18	Charlton	36	11	11	14	-10	44	w 1-0F	Mar 21	w 2-0F	Apr 11
19	Portsmouth	35	10	10	15	-10	40	Apr 3	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
20	Blackburn	36	10	9	17	-13	39	w 2-0F	w 0-2F	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
21	West Brom	36	9	9	18	-18	36	l 0-1A	w 0-5F	Apr 18	l 2-1A
22	Leicester	36	10	11	15	-9	35	l 1-2F	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	Apr 3
23	Oxford Utd	36	8	11	17	-14	35	d 1-1F	w 0-3F	l 1-3A	w 1-2F
24	Sheff Wed	36	1	8	27	-51	-7	w 2-0F	d 1-1A	w 3-0F	w 2-3A

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Norwich	2 - 0	Sheff Wed
Norwich	1 - 2	Birmingham
Norwich	2 - 0	Blackburn
Norwich	2 - 1	Coventry
Norwich	0 - 2	Stoke
Norwich	0 - 1	Watford
Norwich	1 - 0	Charlton
Norwich	2 - 1	Southampton
Norwich	3 - 1	QPR
Norwich	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Norwich	1 - 2	Leicester
Norwich	0 - 2	Hull
Norwich	0 - 1	Bristol C
Norwich	0 - 1	West Brom
Norwich	2 - 3	Wrexham
Norwich	1 - 2	M'Boro
Norwich	1 - 2	Millwall
Norwich	4 - 2	Cardiff
Norwich	3 - 5	Portsmouth
Norwich	0 - 0	Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Norwich	2 - 0	Leicester
H	Norwich	2 - 0	Sheff Wed
H	Norwich	1 - 2	Birmingham
A	Norwich	3 - 0	Oxford Utd
H	Norwich	2 - 0	Blackburn
A	Norwich	0 - 1	M'Boro
H	Norwich	2 - 1	Coventry
A	Norwich	5 - 0	West Brom
A	Norwich	2 - 1	Wrexham
H	Norwich	0 - 2	Stoke
A	Norwich	2 - 1	QPR
H	Norwich	0 - 1	Watford
H	Norwich	1 - 0	Charlton
A	Norwich	1 - 1	Preston
H	Norwich	2 - 1	Southampton
A	Norwich	1 - 1	Sheff Utd
A	Norwich	2 - 3	Watford
H	Norwich	3 - 1	QPR
H	Norwich	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Norwich	1 - 4	Birmingham

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Swansea	1 - 1	Preston
Blackburn	1 - 0	Preston
Ipswich	1 - 1	Preston
M'Boro	4 - 0	Preston
Bristol C	0 - 2	Preston
Wrexham	2 - 1	Preston
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Oxford Utd	1 - 2	Preston
Sheff Wed	2 - 3	Preston
Watford	1 - 1	Preston
Millwall	1 - 1	Preston
Southampton	0 - 2	Preston
West Brom	2 - 1	Preston
Hull	2 - 2	Preston
Derby	0 - 1	Preston
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Preston
QPR	1 - 1	Preston
Bristol C	2 - 2	Preston
Hull	2 - 1	Preston
Leeds	2 - 1	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Preston	1 - 3	Oxford Utd
H	Preston	0 - 2	Millwall
A	Preston	1 - 1	Swansea
A	Preston	0 - 1	Blackburn
H	Preston	2 - 2	Watford
H	Preston	1 - 0	Portsmouth
A	Preston	1 - 1	Ipswich
A	Preston	0 - 4	M'Boro
H	Preston	0 - 3	Hull
H	Preston	0 - 1	Derby
A	Preston	2 - 0	Bristol C
H	Preston	3 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Preston	1 - 2	Wrexham
A	Preston	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Preston	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Preston	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Preston	1 - 1	Coventry
H	Preston	1 - 1	Wrexham
A	Preston	3 - 2	Sheff Wed
A	Preston	1 - 1	Watford

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Norwich

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 16

10 / 16

Clean sheets

6 / 16

4 / 16

NOR

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Norwich
	0 - 1	Preston
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	2 - 3	Preston
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Norwich	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Preston
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Norwich	1 - 0
Norwich	2 - 0
	0 - 3	Preston
Norwich	3 - 2
Norwich	2 - 0
Norwich	3 - 0
	1 - 2	Preston

Preston

Norwich

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 17

10 / 17

Clean sheets

7 / 17

6 / 17

NOR

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Norwich
	0 - 4	Norwich
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Preston	3 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 3	Norwich
	0 - 1	Norwich
Preston	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Preston	2 - 1
Preston	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Norwich
Preston	4 - 0
Preston	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

Norwich City have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 5 consecutive Championship games. Their PG of 1.6 against Preston North End on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Norwich 17th	Preston 14th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ There is a 79% probability that Norwich will score 1 or more goals	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability of Preston scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-9 Norwich’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+7 Preston’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.3 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

10%

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NOR

PNE

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Games scored	28		27
Failed to score	7		9
Scored first	19		18
Goals scored	47		42
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	16		15
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.1
KickOff rating		+10%

NOR

PNE

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Games conceded	28		27
Clean sheets	7		9
Conceded first	16		16
Goals conceded	44		43
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	15%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.5
KickOff rating		+8%

Norwich v Preston Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Norwich Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	10	3	6
V Kovacevic	J Makama	K McLean	K. Fisher

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Kovacevic GLK	34			5 -
K. Fisher DEF	32			6 -
K McLean MID	32	1	3	3 -
O Schwartau MID	30	3	1	-
J Makama FWD	28	10		3 -
H Darling DEF	27	1	1	6 -
J Stacey DEF	27	1	1	3 -
M Kvistgaarden FWD	25	6	1	-
J Sargent FWD	23	7	3	-
R. McConville DEF	22		1	2 -
P Mattsson MID	22			5 -
J. Wright MID	21		2	2 1
B Chrisene DEF	18	1	1	4 -
J Córdoba DEF	17		1	2 -
M Topic MID	16			3 -
E Marcondes MID	16	1	2	-
M Jurásek FWD	16		2	-
J Medić DEF	15		1	3 -
T Springett FWD	14			1 -
L Gibbs MID	12			1 -
A Slimane MID	11	5	1	2 -
A Forson MID	11	1		-
A. Crnac FWD	11			2 -
J Schlupp MID	9		1	2 -
P Diallo FWD	9		2	1 -
L Mahovo DEF	6			-
S Duffy DEF	4			2 -
D Grimshaw GLK	1		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	20	3	9
J Makama	J Makama	K McLean	K McLean

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Makama FWD	10	20		1
J Sargent FWD	7	18	3	5
M Kvistgaarden FWD	6	14	1
A Slimane MID	5	11	1	1
O Schwartau MID	3	13	1	7
K McLean MID	1	6	3	9
H Darling DEF	1	3	1	1
J Stacey DEF	1	4	1	6
B Chrisene DEF	1	2	1	3
E Marcondes MID	1	7	2	2
A Forson MID	1	3
K. Fisher DEF		4		1
R. McConville DEF		4	1	1
P Mattsson MID		2
J. Wright MID		5	2	3
J Córdoba DEF		1	1	2
M Topic MID		2		2
M Jurásek FWD		3	2	3
J Medić DEF		1	1
T Springett FWD		1
L Gibbs MID		3		3
A. Crnac FWD		2		3
J Schlupp MID		1	1
P Diallo FWD		2	2	3
L Mahovo DEF				2
S Duffy DEF		2
D Grimshaw GLK			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1825	73	162
K McLean	K. Fisher	K McLean

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
K McLean MID	1825	59	162
H Darling DEF	1530	28	124
R. McConville DEF	1137	25	100
K. Fisher DEF	1126	73	140
V Kovacevic GLK	997		29
P Mattsson MID	966	55	160
J Córdoba DEF	911	22	69
J Medić DEF	777	6	47
J Stacey DEF	577	47	90
O Schwartau MID	548	53	112
B Chrisene DEF	543	29	71
M Topic MID	535	24	51
J. Wright MID	517	28	57
J Sargent FWD	311	9	93
J Makama FWD	310	19	109
A Slimane MID	262	19	46
E Marcondes MID	242	14	34
J Schlupp MID	234	7	29
L Gibbs MID	200	14	32
S Duffy DEF	189	3	18
P Diallo FWD	154	10	28
T Springett FWD	148	16	39
M Jurásek FWD	146	11	30
A. Crnac FWD	141	11	29
M Kvistgaarden FWD	130	6	44
L Mahovo DEF	120	6	16
A Forson MID	91	13	24
D Grimshaw GLK	33

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	7	5	9
B Whiteman	L Dobbin	B Whiteman	A Hughes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Whiteman MID	35	1	5	8 -
A Devine MID	35	6	2	3 -
O Offiah DEF	34			4 -
J Storey DEF	34	2	2	7 1
T Small DEF	33	3	2	5 -
M Smith FWD	31	3	1	2 -
A Hughes DEF	29			9 -
L Dobbin FWD	29	7	5	2 -
D Jebbison FWD	28	6	2	2 -
D Iversen GLK	26		1	1 -
P Valentín DEF	26		2	2 -
A McCann MID	25	1	1	5 -
L Gibson DEF	22	1		2 -
A Vukcevic DEF	21		2	-
M Osmajic FWD	20	7		3 1
L Lindsay DEF	19			4 1
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	18	2		-
H. Armstrong MID	17	1	1	3 -
S Thórdarson MID	15		1	3 -
J Thompson MID	13		2	4 -
D Cornell GLK	7			1 -
B Potts DEF	6		1	-
J Walton GLK	3			-
W Keane FWD	2	1		-
N Mawene MID	1			-
R Brady MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	17	5	9
L Dobbin	A Devine	B Whiteman	B Whiteman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Dobbin FWD	7	16	5	2
M Osmajic FWD	7	16		1
A Devine MID	6	17	2	6
D Jebbison FWD	6	11	2	3
T Small DEF	3	16	2	3
M Smith FWD	3	7	1
J Storey DEF	2	8	2	2
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	2	3
B Whiteman MID	1	7	5	9
A McCann MID	1	5	1	2
L Gibson DEF	1	5		1
H. Armstrong MID	1	2	1	1
W Keane FWD	1	1
A Hughes DEF		3		1
D Iversen GLK			1	1
P Valentín DEF			2	2
A Vukcevic DEF			2	1
L Lindsay DEF		2		1
S Thórdarson MID		2	1	2
J Thompson MID		3	2	1
B Potts DEF		3	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1641	86	227
B Whiteman	O Offiah	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Whiteman MID	1641	64	120
A Hughes DEF	1230	44	180
J Storey DEF	1227	42	227
L Gibson DEF	983	25	103
A Devine MID	937	43	94
D Iversen GLK	891		9
O Offiah DEF	765	86	158
A McCann MID	651	70	113
H. Armstrong MID	426	19	67
L Lindsay DEF	411	17	83
P Valentín DEF	396	56	100
L Dobbin FWD	385	15	68
T Small DEF	370	31	80
M Smith FWD	313	14	124
J Thompson MID	282	7	31
D Jebbison FWD	242	17	98
D Cornell GLK	232		5
A Vukcevic DEF	228	16	38
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	182	11	30
S Thórdarson MID	163	4	18
M Osmajic FWD	156	9	52
B Potts DEF	83	3	18
J Walton GLK	72
R Brady MID	17		4
W Keane FWD	5		1