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

Tue 9th Dec, 19:45 BST, Deepdale, Preston

Coventry City pay Championship rivals Preston North End a visit on Tuesday evening, as Frank Lampard leads his side into an away clash with Paul Heckingbottom & co. at the Deepdale. Championship statistics are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head records included too. There's so much to explore, with infographics and the best odds available for the biggest betting markets via the tabs.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The KickOff predictive algorithm suggests there is a 81% chance of Preston and Coventry serving up a minimum of 2 goals in this Championship clash. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are central to that calculation , and it seems the bookies like the look of it as a tip too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at 1.29.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 48% chance of Coventry coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 29%	3.90	3.90
Draw 24%	3.50	3.50
Coventry 48%	1.85	1.95
Draw 1-1 11%	7.00	6.50
Coventry 2-1 9%	8.50	7.50
Coventry 1-0 8%	7.50	7.00
Coventry 2-0 7%	9.00	8.50
Preston 2-1 7%	13.00	11.00
Preston 1-0 6%	12.00	9.50
Draw 2-2 6%	15.00	12.00
Coventry 3-1 5%	15.00	12.00
Draw 0-0 5%	11.00	9.00
Coventry 3-0 4%	15.00	13.00
Preston 2-0 4%	21.00	15.00
Coventry 3-2 4%	26.00	19.00
Preston 3-1 3%	34.00	23.00
Preston 3-2 3%	41.00	26.00
Coventry 4-1 2%	34.00	23.00
Over 2.5 Goals 58%	1.91	1.85
Under 2.5 Goals 42%	1.91	1.85
Home 1st Goal 46%	2.40	2.45
Away 1st Goal 52%	1.67	1.70
No 1st Goal 3%	11.00	8.50
BTTS - Yes 60%	1.80	1.75
BTTS - No 40%	1.91	1.95
BTTS - Home Win 16%	7.50	6.50
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.75	4.40
BTTS - Away Win 25%	4.00	3.70
Home/draw 52%	1.91	1.83
Away/draw 71%	1.25	1.25
Home/away 76%	1.29	1.30
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	1.29	1.29
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	3.75	3.30
Over 3.5 Goals 36%	3.40	3.10
Under 3.5 Goals 64%	1.33	1.33
Over 4.5 Goals 19%	6.00	5.75
Under 4.5 Goals 81%	1.13	1.11
Over 5.5 Goals 9%	13.00	11.00
Under 5.5 Goals 91%	1.04	1.03
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1.05	1.05
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	11.00	9.00
Home DNB 45%	2.75	2.75
Away DNB 64%	1.40	1.40
Preston win to nil 13%	7.00	-
Coventry win to nil 23%	3.40	-
Preston / Preston 13%	6.50	6.00
Preston / Coventry 4%	23.00	19.00
Preston / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00
Draw / Preston 10%	8.50	8.00
Draw / Coventry 16%	5.00	4.80
Draw / Draw 16%	5.50	4.80
Coventry / Preston 3%	34.00	26.00
Coventry / Coventry 27%	3.00	3.00
Coventry / Draw 6%	13.00	13.00

Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 5th position in the league. Preston are unbeaten in 3 games against teams above them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 3 games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost zero games, drawn 2 and won 1. Preston have conceded 3 goals, scored 4, scored in every game and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Preston have played 10 games at home, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Coventry lay in 1st place on 43 points in the Championship league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 13, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored 50 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Coventry have conceded 21 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Coventry have played 10 away games, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 2.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 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	Preston Coventry
Results by League Table

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

	Promotion
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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preston	1 - 1	Wrexham
Preston	1 - 2	Blackburn
Preston	2 - 1	Swansea
Preston	3 - 2	Sheff Utd
Preston	0 - 1	Birmingham
Preston	2 - 0	Charlton
Preston	0 - 0	Bristol C
Preston	2 - 2	M'Boro
Preston	1 - 0	Ipswich
Preston	2 - 1	Leicester
Preston	1 - 2	Plymouth
Preston	1 - 2	QPR
Preston	2 - 2	Cardiff
Preston	1 - 1	Stoke
Preston	2 - 1	Portsmouth
Preston	0 - 0	Swansea
Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
Preston	0 - 0	Burnley
Preston	2 - 1	M'Boro
Preston	1 - 1	Oxford Utd

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Ipswich	3 - 0	Coventry
M'Boro	2 - 4	Coventry
Stoke	0 - 1	Coventry
Wrexham	3 - 2	Coventry
Portsmouth	1 - 2	Coventry
Sheff Wed	0 - 5	Coventry
Millwall	0 - 4	Coventry
Leicester	0 - 0	Coventry
Oxford Utd	2 - 2	Coventry
Derby	3 - 5	Coventry
Sunderland	0 - 1	Coventry
Luton	1 - 0	Coventry
Plymouth	3 - 1	Coventry
Hull	1 - 1	Coventry
Sheff Utd	3 - 1	Coventry
Derby	2 - 0	Coventry
Oxford Utd	2 - 3	Coventry
Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Coventry
Swansea	0 - 2	Coventry
Blackburn	0 - 2	Coventry

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Coventry	0 - 3	Ipswich
H	Coventry	3 - 1	Charlton
A	Coventry	4 - 2	M'Boro
H	Coventry	3 - 2	West Brom
A	Coventry	1 - 0	Stoke
H	Coventry	3 - 1	Sheff Utd
A	Coventry	2 - 3	Wrexham
H	Coventry	3 - 1	Watford
A	Coventry	2 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Coventry	2 - 0	Blackburn
A	Coventry	5 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Coventry	4 - 0	Millwall
H	Coventry	3 - 0	Birmingham
A	Coventry	0 - 0	Leicester
H	Coventry	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Coventry	2 - 2	Oxford Utd
H	Coventry	7 - 1	QPR
A	Coventry	5 - 3	Derby
H	Coventry	0 - 0	Hull
A	Coventry	1 - 0	Sunderland

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Preston have not lost to Coventry in 18 consecutive home league meetings

Preston

Coventry

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

17 / 18

12 / 18

Clean sheets

6 / 18

1 / 18

PNE

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

Coventry

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 18

17 / 18

Clean sheets

1 / 18

7 / 18

PNE

COV

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

Goal Statistics

Coventry City have been reliable in front of goal of late, finding the net in 12 consecutive Championship games. Their PG of 1.7 against Preston North End on Tuesday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Preston 5th	Coventry 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal	0 18% 1 31% 2 27% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 82% probability that Coventry will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Preston’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+25 Coventry have scored 25% more goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	1.9 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

PNE

COV

24%

better

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Games scored	15		16
Failed to score	3		2
Scored first	11		12
Goals scored	25		50
Avg. goals scored	1.3		2.6
Avg. shots per game	8		12
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	17		22
Avg. XG for	1.2		2.3
KickOff rating		+24%

PNE

COV

12%

better

view stats

Games conceded	13		11
Clean sheets	5		7
Conceded first	6		4
Goals conceded	19		18
Avg. goals conceded	1		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		8
Conversion rate against	12%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.1
KickOff rating		+12%

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

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

Coventry Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	10	5	5
C Rushworth	B Thomas-Asante	M Ewijk	M Ewijk

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Rushworth GLK	19			2 -
J Dasilva DEF	19		1	4 -
L Kitching DEF	19	2		4 -
M Grimes MID	19		2	2 -
M Ewijk DEF	18		5	5 -
B Thomas DEF	18	2	4	3 -
J Allen MID	17	1	1	-
B Thomas-Asante FWD	17	10	3	-
V Torp MID	16	7	3	3 -
E Mason-Clark FWD	16	3	2	1 -
E Simms FWD	16	7	3	-
T Sakamoto FWD	15	4	3	1 -
H Wright FWD	15	8	1	4 -
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	14	1	1	1 -
J Rudoni MID	10	2	1	-
J Eccles MID	10	2		2 -
L Woolfenden DEF	6			1 -
K. Andrews MID	6			-
J Bidwell DEF	5			1 -
M Brau DEF	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	17	5	6
B Thomas-Asante	B Thomas-Asante	M Ewijk	T Sakamoto

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Thomas-Asante FWD	10	17	3	5
H Wright FWD	8	11	1	1
V Torp MID	7	15	3	2
E Simms FWD	7	17	3	3
T Sakamoto FWD	4	6	3	6
E Mason-Clark FWD	3	13	2	1
L Kitching DEF	2	7		1
B Thomas DEF	2	11	4	4
J Rudoni MID	2	7	1	2
J Eccles MID	2	7
J Allen MID	1	1	1	1
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	1	2	1	1
C Rushworth GLK				1
J Dasilva DEF			1	1
M Grimes MID		1	2	4
M Ewijk DEF		1	5	5

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1354	39	107
M Grimes	M Grimes	B Thomas

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Grimes MID	1354	39	74
L Kitching DEF	943	20	103
B Thomas DEF	928	18	107
J Dasilva DEF	795	36	61
C Rushworth GLK	708		9
M Ewijk DEF	595	32	56
V Torp MID	542	16	52
J Rudoni MID	333	9	44
E Mason-Clark FWD	277	15	71
T Sakamoto FWD	263	18	57
B Thomas-Asante FWD	248	12	61
J Allen MID	240	9	16
H Wright FWD	170	6	57
J Eccles MID	156	6	30
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	149	13	32
L Woolfenden DEF	136	4	18
E Simms FWD	130	4	51
J Bidwell DEF	51	1	3
K. Andrews MID	27	1	6
M Brau DEF	22	1	2