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Oxford United v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 13th Dec, 12:30 BST, The Kassam Stadium, Oxford

Saturday lunch time at The Kassam Stadium, and it’s a Championship clash between Oxford United and Preston North End. Gary Rowett and Paul Heckingbottom going all-out to guide their side to victory. We have predictions, tips, and the best odds and head-to-head stats across the biggest markets, so there really is only one place to get ready for this Championship clash.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Oxford Utd and Preston combined during a standard 90 mins. Up to date form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this prediction, and we think there's a 76% chance of it coming in. The top price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.22.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 40% chance of Preston coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Oxford Utd 33%	6/4	6/4
Draw 27%	21/10	11/5
Preston 40%	9/5	15/8
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1	19/4
Preston 1-0 11%	7/1	13/2
Oxford Utd 1-0 10%	13/2	6/1
Preston 2-1 8%	10/1	17/2
Draw 0-0 8%	7/1	6/1
Oxford Utd 2-1 7%	9/1	15/2
Preston 2-0 7%	12/1	11/1
Oxford Utd 2-0 6%	10/1	9/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	12/1
Preston 3-1 4%	25/1	18/1
Preston 3-0 3%	28/1	22/1
Oxford Utd 3-1 3%	20/1	16/1
Oxford Utd 3-0 2%	22/1	18/1
Preston 3-2 2%	33/1	25/1
Oxford Utd 3-2 2%	33/1	22/1
Over 2.5 Goals 45%	6/5	23/20
Under 2.5 Goals 55%	4/6	13/20
Home 1st Goal 46%	20/21	19/20
Away 1st Goal 49%	11/10	23/20
No 1st Goal 5%	7/1	6/1
BTTS - Yes 51%	10/11	10/11
BTTS - No 49%	4/5	5/6
BTTS - Home Win 14%	9/2	4/1
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	10/3
BTTS - Away Win 17%	11/2	19/4
Home/draw 60%	2/5	2/5
Away/draw 67%	1/2	1/2
Home/away 73%	4/11	7/20
Over 1.5 Goals 71%	2/5	2/5
Under 1.5 Goals 29%	2/1	9/5
Over 3.5 Goals 24%	10/3	14/5
Under 3.5 Goals 76%	2/9	2/9
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	8/1	13/2
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/14	1/14
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	18/1	14/1
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/50	1/100
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/12	1/14
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	7/1	6/1
Home DNB 52%	8/11	3/4
Away DNB 59%	1/1	19/20
Oxford Utd win to nil 18%	3/1	-
Preston win to nil 23%	7/2	-
Oxford Utd / Oxford Utd 20%	3/1	3/1
Oxford Utd / Preston 3%	28/1	22/1
Oxford Utd / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Oxford Utd 14%	5/1	9/2
Draw / Preston 13%	11/2	5/1
Draw / Draw 18%	15/4	16/5
Preston / Oxford Utd 3%	28/1	22/1
Preston / Preston 17%	15/4	7/2
Preston / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Oxford Utd have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 21st position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Oxford Utd have conceded 24 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Oxford Utd have played 9 games at home, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Preston lay in 5th place on 31 points in the Championship league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored 22 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Preston have conceded 17 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Preston have played 9 away games, winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 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	Oxford Utd Preston
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	19	13	4	2	29	43	d 2-2A	Feb 7	Dec 9	Mar 11
2	M'Boro	19	10	6	3	8	36	d 1-1F	Feb 21	d 2-2F	Jan 24
3	Millwall	19	10	4	5	-2	34	d 2-2A	May 2	Feb 28	d 1-1F
4	Ipswich	19	8	7	4	14	31	w 2-1F	Jan 1	w 1-0F	Jan 31
5	Preston	19	8	7	4	6	31	Dec 13	Mar 7	-	-
6	Stoke	19	9	3	7	8	30	l 0-3A	Feb 25	Mar 21	Dec 26
7	Bristol C	19	8	5	6	5	29	Jan 17	w 1-3F	d 0-00-0	Jan 4
8	Birmingham	19	8	4	7	5	28	Jan 31	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	Apr 22
9	Hull	19	8	4	7	-3	28	Apr 3	l 3-2A	Jan 20	d 2-2F
10	QPR	19	8	4	7	-4	28	Jan 20	d 0-00-0	Apr 6	d 1-1A
11	Southampton	19	7	6	6	5	27	Dec 26	Mar 21	May 2	w 0-2F
12	Wrexham	19	6	9	4	3	27	Apr 21	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	Dec 29
13	Watford	19	7	6	6	2	27	Apr 11	l 2-1F	Feb 14	d 1-1F
14	Leicester	19	7	6	6	1	27	d 2-2F	Jan 24	w 2-1F	Apr 3
15	Derby	19	7	5	7	-2	26	w 1-0F	Apr 18	Jan 17	w 0-1F
16	West Brom	19	7	4	8	-4	25	Feb 28	l 2-1F	Apr 18	l 2-1A
17	Charlton	18	6	5	7	-5	23	Mar 14	Dec 20	w 2-0F	Apr 11
18	Sheff Utd	19	7	1	11	-4	22	l 0-1A	Jan 4	w 3-2A	Apr 25
19	Blackburn	18	6	3	9	-5	21	Mar 11	Dec 9	l 1-2A	Feb 20
20	Swansea	19	5	5	9	-7	20	Dec 29	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	Feb 24
21	Oxford Utd	19	4	6	9	-7	18	-	-	Mar 7	Dec 13
22	Portsmouth	18	4	5	9	-10	17	l 0-1A	Apr 6	Feb 7	l 1-0A
23	Norwich	19	3	4	12	-11	13	Feb 14	d 1-1A	Dec 20	Mar 14
24	Sheff Wed	18	1	5	12	-22	-10	Apr 25	w 1-2F	Jan 1	w 2-3A

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oxford Utd	2 - 1	Ipswich
Oxford Utd	1 - 1	M'Boro
Oxford Utd	0 - 3	Stoke
Oxford Utd	2 - 2	Millwall
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Derby
Oxford Utd	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
Oxford Utd	2 - 2	Leicester
Oxford Utd	2 - 2	Coventry
Oxford Utd	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Oxford Utd	2 - 0	Sunderland
Oxford Utd	0 - 1	Leeds
Oxford Utd	1 - 3	QPR
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Sheff Utd
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Watford
Oxford Utd	2 - 3	Coventry
Oxford Utd	0 - 2	Portsmouth
Oxford Utd	1 - 1	Bristol C
Oxford Utd	3 - 2	Luton
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Blackburn
Oxford Utd	2 - 0	Plymouth

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

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

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
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
Derby	2 - 0	Preston
Sunderland	1 - 1	Preston
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Preston
Coventry	2 - 1	Preston
Norwich	0 - 1	Preston
Blackburn	2 - 1	Preston
Watford	1 - 2	Preston
Luton	0 - 0	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Preston	1 - 1	Wrexham
A	Preston	3 - 2	Sheff Wed
A	Preston	1 - 1	Watford
H	Preston	1 - 2	Blackburn
A	Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Preston	2 - 1	Swansea
A	Preston	2 - 0	Southampton
H	Preston	3 - 2	Sheff Utd
H	Preston	0 - 1	Birmingham
A	Preston	1 - 2	West Brom
H	Preston	2 - 0	Charlton
A	Preston	2 - 2	Hull
H	Preston	0 - 0	Bristol C
A	Preston	1 - 0	Derby
H	Preston	2 - 2	M'Boro
A	Preston	0 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Preston	1 - 0	Ipswich
H	Preston	2 - 1	Leicester
A	Preston	1 - 1	QPR
A	Preston	2 - 2	Bristol C

Goal Statistics

	Oxford Utd 21st	Preston 5th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% probability that Oxford Utd will score no more than 1 goal	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-4 Oxford Utd’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+7 Preston’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

OXF

PNE

24%

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Games scored	12		15
Failed to score	6		3
Scored first	8		11
Goals scored	20		25
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.3
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	9		6
Conversion rate for	12		17
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.2
KickOff rating		+24%

OXF

PNE

25%

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Games conceded	16		13
Clean sheets	2		5
Conceded first	9		6
Goals conceded	25		19
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	14%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.4
KickOff rating		+25%

Oxford Utd v Preston Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Oxford Utd Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	5	3	3
J Cumming	W. Lankshear	B Keersmaecker	W Vaulks

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Cumming GLK	19			-
M Helik DEF	19		1	1 -
S Mills MID	18	1	1	1 -
W. Lankshear FWD	18	5		1 -
B Keersmaecker MID	17	1	3	1 -
W Vaulks MID	17			3 -
S Long DEF	16		1	1 -
C Brannagan MID	16	4	1	3 -
J Currie DEF	15		1	3 -
M Harris FWD	15	1		2 -
P Placheta FWD	15	3	1	-
N Prelec FWD	14	1		-
S Dembélé FWD	14		1	1 -
G Leigh DEF	12	1		-
F Krastev MID	12	1		1 -
L Harris MID	12	1		2 -
B Spencer DEF	10			1 -
C Brown DEF	10			2 -
T Goodrham FWD	7		1	1 -
H Avest DEF	5			-
B Davies DEF	4			-
T Bradshaw FWD	4			-
M Phillips FWD	4			-
O Romeny FWD	4			-
L Sibley MID	3			-
G O'Donkor FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	13	3	6
W. Lankshear	C Brannagan	B Keersmaecker	B Keersmaecker

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W. Lankshear FWD	5	9
C Brannagan MID	4	13	1	2
P Placheta FWD	3	6	1	3
S Mills MID	1	7	1
B Keersmaecker MID	1	10	3	6
M Harris FWD	1	4
N Prelec FWD	1	3		2
G Leigh DEF	1	1
F Krastev MID	1	3
L Harris MID	1	1
M Helik DEF		2	1	3
W Vaulks MID		2		1
S Long DEF			1	3
J Currie DEF		1	1	1
S Dembélé FWD			1	1
B Spencer DEF		1
C Brown DEF		2
T Goodrham FWD		3	1
M Phillips FWD		2		1
O Romeny FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
637	39	122
M Helik	J Currie	M Helik

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Helik DEF	637	23	122
C Brannagan MID	601	27	53
B Keersmaecker MID	598	38	70
J Cumming GLK	563		11
W Vaulks MID	510	24	44
S Long DEF	499	30	71
J Currie DEF	362	39	82
C Brown DEF	357	8	63
B Spencer DEF	302	29	68
P Placheta FWD	209	5	18
W. Lankshear FWD	200	8	49
F Krastev MID	200	29	64
G Leigh DEF	184	13	41
S Mills MID	179	16	44
N Prelec FWD	162	5	48
L Harris MID	112	9	25
S Dembélé FWD	108	9	51
H Avest DEF	105	9	19
B Davies DEF	103	2	6
T Goodrham FWD	95	11	26
M Harris FWD	52	3	7
M Phillips FWD	41	2	8
O Romeny FWD	22	2	7
L Sibley MID	13
T Bradshaw FWD	12		3
G O'Donkor FWD	2		1

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	4	5	7
D Iversen	L Dobbin	L Dobbin	A Hughes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Iversen GLK	19		1	1 -
T Small DEF	19	3	1	4 -
J Storey DEF	19	1	2	4 -
M Smith FWD	19	3		2 -
A Hughes DEF	18			7 -
B Whiteman MID	18	1	2	5 -
A Devine MID	18	3	1	3 -
O Offiah DEF	17			3 -
L Dobbin FWD	15	4	5	-
L Lindsay DEF	13			4 -
S Thórdarson MID	13		1	3 -
D Jebbison FWD	13	3	2	-
L Gibson DEF	12			-
H. Armstrong MID	12	1	1	3 -
A Vukcevic DEF	11		1	-
A McCann MID	11			1 -
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	11	2		-
M Osmajic FWD	11	4		2 -
P Valentín DEF	10		1	1 -
J Thompson MID	2		1	-
N Mawene MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	11	5	6
L Dobbin	T Small	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Dobbin FWD	4	10	5	2
M Osmajic FWD	4	10		1
T Small DEF	3	11	1	3
M Smith FWD	3	6
A Devine MID	3	7	1	3
D Jebbison FWD	3	7	2	1
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	2	2
J Storey DEF	1	4	2	2
B Whiteman MID	1	5	2	6
H. Armstrong MID	1	1	1	1
D Iversen GLK			1	1
A Hughes DEF		2		1
L Lindsay DEF		3		1
S Thórdarson MID		2	1	3
L Gibson DEF		3		1
A Vukcevic DEF			1	1
A McCann MID		1		1
P Valentín DEF			1	1
J Thompson MID			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
856	33	127
B Whiteman	B Whiteman	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Whiteman MID	856	33	64
A Hughes DEF	767	23	112
J Storey DEF	710	25	127
D Iversen GLK	664		5
L Gibson DEF	550	15	56
A Devine MID	471	30	56
L Lindsay DEF	312	13	67
A McCann MID	289	27	49
H. Armstrong MID	285	15	48
O Offiah DEF	265	31	56
T Small DEF	231	18	50
M Smith FWD	213	8	80
L Dobbin FWD	191	8	34
S Thórdarson MID	158	4	17
P Valentín DEF	143	20	35
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	120	9	22
A Vukcevic DEF	118	7	21
D Jebbison FWD	102	8	41
M Osmajic FWD	87	5	29
J Thompson MID	62		1