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

Sat 2nd May, 12:30 BST, Deepdale, Preston

Paul Heckingbottom's Preston North End side enjoy home advantage in the Championship on Saturday lunch time, as William Still's Southampton visit the Deepdale. All the odds are provided straight from the UK's leading bookmakers, while predictions are algorithmically generated from statistics over a 20-game period. We pay particular attention to Championship match data, including head-to-head performance. Explore it all using the tabs below.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 29%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Southampton 47%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Southampton 2-1 9%	-	-
Southampton 1-0 8%	-	-
Southampton 2-0 7%	-	-
Preston 2-1 7%	-	-
Preston 1-0 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Southampton 3-1 5%	-	-
Draw 0-0 5%	-	-
Southampton 3-0 4%	-	-
Preston 2-0 4%	-	-
Southampton 3-2 4%	-	-
Preston 3-1 3%	-	-
Preston 3-2 3%	-	-
Southampton 4-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 59%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 41%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 46%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 52%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 60%	-	-
BTTS - No 40%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 16%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 25%	-	-
Home/draw 53%	-	-
Away/draw 71%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 81%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 19%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 36%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 64%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 19%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 81%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Home DNB 45%	-	-
Away DNB 64%	-	-
Preston win to nil 13%	-	-
Southampton win to nil 22%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 43 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

27 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 13 and won 6. Preston have conceded 36 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Preston have played 22 games at home, winning 8, drawing 7 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 27 goals, conceded 27 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Southampton lay in 4th place on 75 points in the Championship league table having played 43 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 38 games against teams below them in the table, winning 20, drawing 9 and losing 9 games. They have scored 69 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Southampton have conceded 45 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Southampton have played 22 away games, winning 9, drawing 6 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 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 Southampton
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	43	25	11	7	42	86	d 1-1A	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	w 1-2F
2	Ipswich	42	21	13	8	29	76	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	Apr 28	d 1-1A
3	Millwall	43	22	10	11	11	76	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0	l 3-2F
4	Southampton	43	21	12	10	24	75	May 2	w 0-2F	-	-
5	M'Boro	43	20	13	10	20	73	d 2-2F	l 4-0A	d 1-1F	l 4-0A
6	Hull	43	20	9	14	4	69	l 0-3A	d 2-2F	l 1-2A	l 3-1A
7	Wrexham	43	18	13	12	5	67	d 1-1A	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	w 1-5F
8	Derby	43	19	9	15	9	66	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	d 1-1F
9	Norwich	43	18	7	18	7	61	d 1-1A	l 2-0A	w 1-0F	l 2-1A
10	Bristol C	43	16	10	17	-1	58	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F	Apr 21	l 3-1F
11	QPR	43	16	10	17	-7	58	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	w 5-0F	w 1-2F
12	Sheff Utd	43	17	6	20	2	57	w 3-2A	Apr 25	w 1-0F	w 1-2A
13	Watford	43	14	15	14	-1	57	d 2-2F	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	d 2-2F
14	Birmingham	43	15	12	16	-1	57	l 0-1A	Apr 22	w 3-1F	d 1-1A
15	Swansea	43	16	9	18	-5	57	w 2-1F	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0	w 1-2A
16	Preston	43	14	15	14	-5	57	-	-	l 0-2A	May 2
17	Stoke	43	15	10	18	1	55	w 3-1A	d 0-00-0	l 1-2A	w 0-2F
18	Portsmouth	43	13	12	18	-13	51	w 1-0F	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F
19	Charlton	43	12	14	17	-12	50	w 2-0F	w 1-2A	d 1-1F	w 1-5F
20	West Brom	43	12	13	18	-12	49	l 0-2A	l 2-1A	w 3-2F	d 1-1A
21	Blackburn	44	12	13	19	-15	49	l 1-2A	l 1-0A	w 3-0F	l 2-1F
22	Oxford Utd	43	10	14	19	-14	44	l 1-3A	w 1-2F	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
23	Leicester	43	11	14	18	-11	41	w 2-1F	d 2-2A	w 3-0F	w 3-4A
24	Sheff Wed	43	1	12	30	-57	-3	w 3-0F	w 2-3A	w 3-1F	w 1-3F

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Win / draw / win form

Southampton have won 3 consecutive away league games

Southampton have not lost in 8 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preston	0 - 2	West Brom
Preston	1 - 1	QPR
Preston	3 - 1	Stoke
Preston	1 - 3	Oxford Utd
Preston	0 - 2	Millwall
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Preston	0 - 2	West Brom
A	Preston	2 - 1	Charlton
H	Preston	1 - 1	QPR
A	Preston	2 - 2	Leicester
H	Preston	3 - 1	Stoke
A	Preston	0 - 2	Norwich
A	Preston	0 - 3	Coventry
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Preston

Southampton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 5

Clean sheets

0 / 5

PNE

SOU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	2 - 3	Southampton
Preston	5 - 1
Preston	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Southampton

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 6

4 / 6

Clean sheets

2 / 6

3 / 6

PNE

SOU

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

Goal Statistics

Southampton's defensive record is very strong, W. Still's men having conceded 1 or less in 11 consecutive Championship matches. An average PG rating of 1.3 for Preston North End makes sense in this context.

Southampton have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 17 consecutive Championship outings. Their PG of 1.7 against Preston North End on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Preston 16th	Southampton 4th
	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 Southampton will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-7 Preston’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+27 Southampton have scored 27% more goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.9 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

PNE

SOU

25%

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Games scored	31		38
Failed to score	12		5
Scored first	19		24
Goals scored	50		75
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.7
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	15		17
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.7
KickOff rating		+25%

PNE

SOU

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Games conceded	34		32
Clean sheets	9		11
Conceded first	22		16
Goals conceded	55		51
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	13%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.3
KickOff rating		+8%

Preston v Southampton 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
42	8	8	10
B Whiteman	A Devine	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Devine MID	42	8	4	4 -
B Whiteman MID	42	2	5	10 -
J Storey DEF	41	2	2	8 1
O Offiah DEF	40			5 -
T Small DEF	39	3	2	5 -
A Hughes DEF	36			10 -
L Dobbin FWD	36	8	8	2 -
M Smith FWD	35	3	1	2 -
D Jebbison FWD	35	6	2	2 -
D Iversen GLK	33		1	2 -
P Valentín DEF	31		2	2 -
L Gibson DEF	26	1		3 -
A Vukcevic DEF	26		2	-
A McCann MID	26	1	1	5 -
M Osmajic FWD	26	8	1	3 1
L Lindsay DEF	23			4 1
J Thompson MID	17		2	4 -
J Lewis DEF	14		1	1 -
B Potts DEF	13	2	2	1 -
A Moran MID	8	1	1	1 -
D Cornell GLK	7			1 -
C Lang FWD	5		2	2 -
J Walton GLK	3			-
R Brady MID	2			-
M. Luković FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	20	8	9
A Devine	A Devine	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Devine MID	8	20	4	8
L Dobbin FWD	8	19	8	4
M Osmajic FWD	8	18	1	2
D Jebbison FWD	6	13	2	4
T Small DEF	3	17	2	4
M Smith FWD	3	7	1
B Whiteman MID	2	10	5	9
J Storey DEF	2	8	2	2
B Potts DEF	2	7	2	1
L Gibson DEF	1	5		1
A McCann MID	1	5	1	2
A Moran MID	1	2	1	1
A Hughes DEF		4		2
D Iversen GLK			1	1
P Valentín DEF			2	2
A Vukcevic DEF			2	1
L Lindsay DEF		2		1
J Thompson MID		3	2	3
J Lewis DEF			1	1
C Lang FWD		2	2	1
R Brady MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1902	93	284
B Whiteman	O Offiah	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Whiteman MID	1902	79	149
J Storey DEF	1517	47	284
A Hughes DEF	1481	63	231
L Gibson DEF	1151	28	112
A Devine MID	1145	48	108
D Iversen GLK	1088		16
O Offiah DEF	914	93	175
A McCann MID	672	71	115
L Lindsay DEF	517	18	109
L Dobbin FWD	482	19	90
P Valentín DEF	478	67	122
T Small DEF	444	37	91
J Thompson MID	385	9	38
M Smith FWD	332	16	131
D Jebbison FWD	300	21	109
A Vukcevic DEF	276	18	48
D Cornell GLK	232		5
J Lewis DEF	195	9	19
M Osmajic FWD	193	10	62
B Potts DEF	188	9	30
A Moran MID	150	12	29
J Walton GLK	72
C Lang FWD	46	4	15
R Brady MID	19		5
M. Luković FWD	1

Southampton Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
38	10	10	11
T Harwood-Bellis	F Azaz	L Scienza	F Downes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Manning DEF	40	7	4	4 -
T Harwood-Bellis DEF	38	6	1	9 -
F Azaz MID	38	10	7	4 -
F Downes MID	35	3		11 -
T Fellows MID	34		5	2 -
L Scienza MID	34	7	10	1 -
C. Jander MID	33	2	1	6 -
J Stephens DEF	32	2		5 -
N Wood DEF	32	1	1	5 -
S Charles MID	28	3	3	5 -
C Archer FWD	28	4	2	3 -
J. Robinson FWD	26	2	1	-
R Stewart FWD	22	6	3	2 -
K Matsuki MID	19	4	2	1 -
D Peretz GLK	17			2 -
Welington DEF	17		2	2 1
J Bree DEF	15	2	2	1 -
J Quarshie DEF	13			2 -
C Larin FWD	13	5	1	1 -
S Edozie FWD	10		1	-
M Roerslev DEF	9			1 -
E Jelert DEF	8		1	-
A McCarthy GLK	7			-
O Romeu MID	6			2 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	36	10	19
F Azaz	L Scienza	L Scienza	L Scienza

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Azaz MID	10	30	7	14
R Manning DEF	7	13	4	12
L Scienza MID	7	36	10	19
T Harwood-Bellis DEF	6	16	1	2
R Stewart FWD	6	14	3	2
C Larin FWD	5	9	1	2
C Archer FWD	4	11	2	2
K Matsuki MID	4	5	2	4
F Downes MID	3	5		1
S Charles MID	3	13	3	4
C. Jander MID	2	6	1
J Stephens DEF	2	5		1
J. Robinson FWD	2	10	1
J Bree DEF	2	7	2	5
N Wood DEF	1	2	1	1
T Fellows MID		6	5	6
Welington DEF			2	1
J Quarshie DEF				1
S Edozie FWD		1	1
M Roerslev DEF				1
E Jelert DEF			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2726	92	224
T Harwood-Bellis	C. Jander	T Harwood-Bellis

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Harwood-Bellis DEF	2726	36	224
J Stephens DEF	1893	31	85
R Manning DEF	1751	58	152
N Wood DEF	1529	27	97
C. Jander MID	1270	92	183
F Downes MID	1266	53	122
F Azaz MID	1129	56	150
S Charles MID	1072	45	137
L Scienza MID	795	23	168
J Quarshie DEF	678	12	43
T Fellows MID	648	33	84
J Bree DEF	641	26	45
D Peretz GLK	571		9
Welington DEF	409	29	63
K Matsuki MID	359	15	66
R Stewart FWD	235	10	53
M Roerslev DEF	227	8	20
J. Robinson FWD	197	16	69
C Archer FWD	183	13	36
E Jelert DEF	177	6	11
A McCarthy GLK	177		4
C Larin FWD	117	4	28
S Edozie FWD	86	2	15
O Romeu MID	48	4	13