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

Sat 20th Dec, 12:30 BST, Deepdale, Preston

We’ve Championship action to look forward to on Saturday lunch time, as Paul Heckingbottom and his Preston North End side host Liam Manning’s Norwich City at the Deepdale. We've got bespoke stats for all of the main betting markets, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are generated from these, and the odds come directly from leading bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 47%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Norwich 27%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Preston 1-0 11%	-	-
Preston 2-1 9%	-	-
Preston 2-0 9%	-	-
Norwich 1-0 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 8%	-	-
Norwich 2-1 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Preston 3-1 5%	-	-
Preston 3-0 4%	-	-
Norwich 2-0 4%	-	-
Preston 3-2 2%	-	-
Norwich 3-1 2%	-	-
Norwich 3-2 2%	-	-
Preston 4-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 51%	-	-
BTTS - No 49%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 21%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 12%	-	-
Home/draw 73%	-	-
Away/draw 53%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Home DNB 65%	-	-
Away DNB 45%	-	-
Preston win to nil 27%	-	-
Norwich win to nil 15%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 19 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 5 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Preston have outscored their opponents by 26 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

Preston have played 10 games at home winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Norwich are in 23rd position in the Championship on 13 points having played 19 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Norwich have conceded 31 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

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

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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

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	3 - 2	Norwich
Birmingham	4 - 1	Norwich
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Norwich
Swansea	2 - 1	Norwich
Derby	1 - 0	Norwich
Ipswich	3 - 1	Norwich
Stoke	1 - 1	Norwich
Coventry	1 - 1	Norwich
Blackburn	0 - 2	Norwich
Portsmouth	1 - 2	Norwich
M'Boro	0 - 0	Norwich
Millwall	3 - 1	Norwich
Burnley	2 - 1	Norwich
Plymouth	2 - 1	Norwich
Bristol C	2 - 1	Norwich
Blackburn	1 - 1	Norwich
Hull	1 - 1	Norwich
Watford	0 - 1	Norwich
Leeds	2 - 0	Norwich
Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Norwich

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Preston

Norwich

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 16

9 / 16

Clean sheets

7 / 16

6 / 16

PNE

NOR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
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

Norwich

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 16

10 / 16

Clean sheets

6 / 16

4 / 16

PNE

NOR

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

Goal Statistics

Preston North End have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 8 consecutive Championship games. Their PG of 1.5 against Norwich City on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Preston 5th	Norwich 23rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Preston will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Norwich will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Preston’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-13 Norwich have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

16%

better

PNE

NOR

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Games scored	16		15
Failed to score	3		4
Scored first	11		9
Goals scored	26		21
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.1
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		8
Conversion rate for	16		13
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.3
KickOff rating		+16%

33%

better

PNE

NOR

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Games conceded	14		18
Clean sheets	5		1
Conceded first	7		10
Goals conceded	20		32
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	12%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.8
KickOff rating		+33%

Preston v Norwich 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

Norwich Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	6	3	5
V Kovacevic	J Sargent	J Sargent	H Darling

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Kovacevic GLK	19			2 -
H Darling DEF	19	1		5 -
J Sargent FWD	19	6	3	-
O Schwartau MID	17	2	1	-
K. Fisher DEF	16			3 -
M Topic MID	16			3 -
K McLean MID	16		1	3 -
J Makama FWD	16	4		1 -
J Stacey DEF	14	1	1	2 -
J Medić DEF	13		1	2 -
M Kvistgaarden FWD	13	4		-
P Mattsson MID	12			3 -
E Marcondes MID	12	1	1	-
A. Crnac FWD	11			2 -
M Jurásek FWD	10		1	-
J Schlupp MID	9		1	2 -
A Forson MID	8	1		-
J. Wright MID	7			1 1
L Gibbs MID	7			-
J Córdoba DEF	6		1	1 -
R. McConville DEF	6		1	1 -
P Diallo FWD	5			1 -
S Duffy DEF	4			2 -
B Chrisene DEF	3			-
L Mahovo DEF	2			-
T Springett FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	14	3	5
J Sargent	J Sargent	J Sargent	K McLean

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Sargent FWD	6	14	3	4
J Makama FWD	4	10		1
M Kvistgaarden FWD	4	9
O Schwartau MID	2	8	1	4
H Darling DEF	1	3
J Stacey DEF	1	4	1	4
E Marcondes MID	1	6	1	2
A Forson MID	1	1
K. Fisher DEF		1		1
M Topic MID		2		2
K McLean MID		4	1	5
J Medić DEF		1	1
A. Crnac FWD		2		3
M Jurásek FWD		1	1	2
J Schlupp MID		1	1
J. Wright MID		2		1
L Gibbs MID		2
J Córdoba DEF		1	1	1
R. McConville DEF			1	1
P Diallo FWD		2		1
S Duffy DEF		2
B Chrisene DEF		1		1
L Mahovo DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1154	39	95
H Darling	K. Fisher	H Darling

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
H Darling DEF	1154	20	95
K McLean MID	934	26	79
J Medić DEF	709	5	41
V Kovacevic GLK	590		17
M Topic MID	535	24	51
P Mattsson MID	530	33	91
K. Fisher DEF	509	39	68
J Stacey DEF	447	38	71
J Córdoba DEF	391	9	24
O Schwartau MID	304	30	67
J Sargent FWD	277	8	88
R. McConville DEF	252	2	20
J Schlupp MID	234	7	29
J. Wright MID	210	14	24
E Marcondes MID	191	9	22
S Duffy DEF	189	3	18
J Makama FWD	170	11	61
A. Crnac FWD	141	11	29
P Diallo FWD	122	9	21
L Gibbs MID	120	4	15
M Jurásek FWD	83	8	16
M Kvistgaarden FWD	77	3	26
B Chrisene DEF	62	2	7
A Forson MID	56	10	19
L Mahovo DEF	37
T Springett FWD	20	1	3