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

Fri 6th Mar, 20:00 BST, Deepdale, Preston

Oxford United are away on Friday night, as manager Gary Rowett takes his men to visit Preston North End and Paul Heckingbottom at the Deepdale in the Championship. For every Championship match preview, KickOff dives into the stats for all of the biggest markets. Key stats, including head-to-head results, are then given alongside odds from leading bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 42%	-	-
Draw 28%	-	-
Oxford Utd 29%	-	-
Preston 1-0 13%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Draw 0-0 10%	-	-
Oxford Utd 1-0 10%	-	-
Preston 2-0 8%	-	-
Preston 2-1 8%	-	-
Oxford Utd 2-1 7%	-	-
Oxford Utd 2-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Preston 3-0 4%	-	-
Preston 3-1 4%	-	-
Oxford Utd 3-1 2%	-	-
Preston 3-2 2%	-	-
Oxford Utd 3-0 2%	-	-
Oxford Utd 3-2 1%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 40%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 60%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 49%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	-	-
No 1st Goal 7%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 45%	-	-
BTTS - No 55%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 16%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 11%	-	-
Home/draw 71%	-	-
Away/draw 58%	-	-
Home/away 72%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 66%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 34%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 19%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 81%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Home DNB 62%	-	-
Away DNB 49%	-	-
Preston win to nil 26%	-	-
Oxford Utd win to nil 18%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 33 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 4 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Preston have outscored their opponents by 40 goals to 28 goals.

Home League Performance

Preston have played 17 games at home winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored 22 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 18 goals at home.

Oxford Utd are in 23rd position in the Championship on 29 points having played 33 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 22 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

32 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 11 and won 5. Oxford Utd have conceded 43 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 15 fixtures and have kept 6 clean sheets.

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 Oxford Utd
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	33	19	8	6	32	65	d 1-1A	Mar 11	d 2-2A	d 0-00-0
2	M'Boro	33	18	8	7	17	62	d 2-2F	l 4-0A	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0
3	Millwall	33	16	8	9	2	56	Feb 28	d 1-1F	d 2-2A	May 2
4	Ipswich	31	15	9	7	20	54	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	w 2-1F	l 2-1A
5	Hull	32	16	6	10	5	54	l 0-3A	d 2-2F	Apr 3	l 3-2A
6	Wrexham	33	13	12	8	7	51	d 1-1A	l 2-1A	Apr 21	l 1-0A
7	Birmingham	33	13	10	10	5	49	l 0-1A	Apr 22	l 0-2A	l 1-0A
8	Derby	33	13	9	11	6	48	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	w 1-0F	Apr 18
9	Watford	33	12	12	9	5	48	d 2-2F	d 1-1F	Apr 11	l 2-1F
10	Preston	33	12	12	9	3	48	-	-	l 1-2A	Mar 6
11	Southampton	33	12	11	10	4	47	May 2	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	Mar 21
12	Bristol C	33	13	8	12	4	47	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F	d 0-00-0	w 1-3F
13	QPR	33	13	8	12	-1	47	Apr 6	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0
14	Sheff Utd	33	14	3	16	1	45	w 3-2A	Apr 25	l 0-1A	l 3-1F
15	Swansea	33	13	6	14	0	45	w 2-1F	Feb 24	l 0-1A	l 2-0A
16	Stoke	33	12	8	13	5	44	Mar 20	d 0-00-0	l 0-3A	Feb 25
17	Charlton	33	10	10	13	-10	40	w 2-0F	Apr 11	Mar 14	l 1-0A
18	Norwich	33	11	6	16	-1	39	d 1-1A	Mar 14	l 0-3A	d 1-1A
19	Portsmouth	32	10	9	13	-8	39	w 1-0F	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	Apr 6
20	Blackburn	33	10	8	15	-10	38	l 1-2A	l 1-0A	Mar 11	d 1-1F
21	West Brom	33	9	7	17	-17	34	Apr 18	l 2-1A	Feb 28	l 2-1F
22	Leicester	33	10	9	14	-7	33	w 2-1F	Apr 3	d 2-2F	w 1-2F
23	Oxford Utd	33	6	11	16	-16	29	Mar 6	w 1-2F	-	-
24	Sheff Wed	33	1	8	24	-46	-7	w 3-0F	w 2-3A	Apr 25	w 1-2F

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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

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preston	2 - 2	Watford
Preston	1 - 0	Portsmouth
Preston	0 - 3	Hull
Preston	0 - 1	Derby
Preston	3 - 0	Sheff Wed
Preston	1 - 1	Norwich
Preston	1 - 1	Coventry
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Preston	1 - 2	Blackburn
A	Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Preston	2 - 1	Swansea

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
M'Boro	0 - 0	Oxford Utd
Coventry	0 - 0	Oxford Utd
Sheff Utd	3 - 1	Oxford Utd
Leicester	1 - 2	Oxford Utd
Ipswich	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
Charlton	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
Blackburn	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Swansea	2 - 0	Oxford Utd
Norwich	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
West Brom	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Oxford Utd
Wrexham	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
Watford	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
QPR	0 - 0	Oxford Utd
Bristol C	1 - 3	Oxford Utd
Birmingham	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
Hull	3 - 2	Oxford Utd
Swansea	3 - 3	Oxford Utd
Cardiff	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Oxford Utd

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Oxford Utd	0 - 0	M'Boro
H	Oxford Utd	0 - 3	Norwich
A	Oxford Utd	0 - 0	Coventry
A	Oxford Utd	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
H	Oxford Utd	0 - 2	Birmingham
A	Oxford Utd	2 - 1	Leicester
H	Oxford Utd	0 - 0	QPR
H	Oxford Utd	0 - 0	Bristol C
A	Oxford Utd	1 - 2	Ipswich
H	Oxford Utd	0 - 1	Swansea
H	Oxford Utd	2 - 1	Southampton
A	Oxford Utd	0 - 1	Charlton
H	Oxford Utd	1 - 2	Preston
A	Oxford Utd	1 - 1	Blackburn
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

Goal Statistics

	Preston 10th	Oxford Utd 23rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability of Oxford Utd scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	=0 Preston’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-2 Oxford Utd’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.3 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

29%

better

PNE

OXF

view stats

Games scored	25		18
Failed to score	8		14
Scored first	17		12
Goals scored	40		28
Avg. goals scored	1.2		0.8
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		10
Conversion rate for	15		10
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.1
KickOff rating		+29%

17%

better

PNE

OXF

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Games conceded	24		27
Clean sheets	9		5
Conceded first	14		16
Goals conceded	37		44
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	12%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.5
KickOff rating		+17%

Preston v Oxford Utd 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
32	7	5	8
J Storey	L Dobbin	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Small DEF	32	3	2	5 -
J Storey DEF	32	2	2	6 1
B Whiteman MID	32	1	4	8 -
A Devine MID	32	6	2	3 -
O Offiah DEF	31			4 -
M Smith FWD	29	3	1	2 -
D Iversen GLK	26		1	1 -
A Hughes DEF	26			8 -
L Dobbin FWD	26	7	5	1 -
D Jebbison FWD	25	5	2	2 -
P Valentín DEF	24		2	2 -
A McCann MID	23	1	1	4 -
L Gibson DEF	19	1		1 -
A Vukcevic DEF	18		2	-
L Lindsay DEF	18			4 1
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	18	2		-
H. Armstrong MID	17	1	1	3 -
M Osmajic FWD	17	6		3 1
S Thórdarson MID	15		1	3 -
J Thompson MID	12		2	4 -
B Potts DEF	5		1	-
D Cornell GLK	4			1 -
J Walton GLK	3			-
W Keane FWD	2	1		-
N Mawene MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	17	5	8
L Dobbin	A Devine	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Dobbin FWD	7	16	5	2
A Devine MID	6	17	2	6
M Osmajic FWD	6	13		1
D Jebbison FWD	5	10	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	4	8
A McCann MID	1	4	1	2
L Gibson DEF	1	5		1
H. Armstrong MID	1	2	1	1
W Keane FWD	1	1
D Iversen GLK			1	1
A Hughes DEF		3		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		2	2	1
B Potts DEF		2	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1485	79	218
B Whiteman	O Offiah	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Whiteman MID	1485	60	110
J Storey DEF	1164	41	218
A Hughes DEF	1059	40	158
D Iversen GLK	891		9
L Gibson DEF	881	21	88
A Devine MID	879	40	89
O Offiah DEF	659	79	145
A McCann MID	574	67	105
H. Armstrong MID	426	19	67
L Lindsay DEF	410	17	82
T Small DEF	369	31	79
P Valentín DEF	365	52	94
L Dobbin FWD	328	14	57
M Smith FWD	305	13	121
J Thompson MID	228	5	26
D Jebbison FWD	205	15	83
A Vukcevic DEF	186	10	28
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	182	11	30
S Thórdarson MID	163	4	18
M Osmajic FWD	137	8	45
D Cornell GLK	135		3
J Walton GLK	72
B Potts DEF	60	3	15
W Keane FWD	5		1

Oxford Utd Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	6	4	7
J Cumming	W. Lankshear	B Keersmaecker	W Vaulks

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Cumming GLK	33			1 -
M Helik DEF	31		2	2 -
W. Lankshear FWD	31	6	1	2 1
S Mills MID	30	2	1	3 -
S Long DEF	27	1	1	2 -
W Vaulks MID	27			7 -
B Keersmaecker MID	26	1	4	3 -
M Harris FWD	25	2		3 -
J Currie DEF	24		1	5 -
C Brown DEF	24	1	1	4 -
C Brannagan MID	24	4	1	7 -
P Placheta FWD	23	3	1	-
S Dembélé FWD	19		1	2 -
B Spencer DEF	18			4 -
N Prelec FWD	18	1	1	-
G Leigh DEF	16	1		-
F Krastev MID	16	1	1	1 -
L Harris MID	16	1		2 -
O Romeny FWD	13			1 -
T Goodrham FWD	13	1	1	2 -
B Davies DEF	10			-
M Phillips FWD	8			1 -
H Avest DEF	7			-
T Bradshaw FWD	6			-
L Sibley MID	3			-
G O'Donkor FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	15	4	7
W. Lankshear	C Brannagan	B Keersmaecker	B Keersmaecker

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W. Lankshear FWD	6	10	1	1
C Brannagan MID	4	15	1	2
P Placheta FWD	3	7	1	3
S Mills MID	2	14	1	2
M Harris FWD	2	5
S Long DEF	1	3	1	4
B Keersmaecker MID	1	12	4	7
C Brown DEF	1	6	1	1
N Prelec FWD	1	4	1	2
G Leigh DEF	1	2
F Krastev MID	1	4	1	1
L Harris MID	1	2
T Goodrham FWD	1	4	1
M Helik DEF		4	2	3
W Vaulks MID		5		3
J Currie DEF		1	1	2
S Dembélé FWD			1	1
B Spencer DEF		1
O Romeny FWD		4
M Phillips FWD		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1021	64	183
J Cumming	J Currie	M Helik

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Cumming GLK	1021		17
M Helik DEF	986	38	183
B Keersmaecker MID	887	53	103
C Brown DEF	857	23	143
C Brannagan MID	830	38	79
W Vaulks MID	813	36	82
S Long DEF	729	40	108
J Currie DEF	569	64	124
B Spencer DEF	474	51	113
S Mills MID	343	31	94
B Davies DEF	292	6	24
W. Lankshear FWD	286	16	85
P Placheta FWD	274	7	23
G Leigh DEF	238	17	55
F Krastev MID	228	38	79
N Prelec FWD	217	5	71
T Goodrham FWD	184	15	43
L Harris MID	180	14	37
H Avest DEF	144	12	23
S Dembélé FWD	132	11	58
M Harris FWD	124	6	18
O Romeny FWD	93	6	19
M Phillips FWD	61	6	14
T Bradshaw FWD	22		10
L Sibley MID	13
G O'Donkor FWD	2		1