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Preston North End v West Bromwich Albion : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Apr, 15:00 BST, Deepdale, Preston

We’ve Championship action to look forward to on Saturday afternoon, as Paul Heckingbottom and his Preston North End side host Eric Ramsay’s West Bromwich Albion at the Deepdale. Stats drive the predictions below for 17 individual betting markets, and changing between them shows bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and much more besides. The best odds are also provided. Click on the tabs below to explore.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Preston
44%
--
Draw
27%
--
West Brom
29%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Preston 1-0
12%
--
West Brom 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Preston 2-1
9%
--
Preston 2-0
8%
--
West Brom 2-1
7%
--
West Brom 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Preston 3-1
4%
--
Preston 3-0
4%
--
West Brom 3-1
2%
--
Preston 3-2
2%
--
West Brom 3-0
2%
--
West Brom 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
48%
--
BTTS - No
52%
--
BTTS - Home Win
18%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
12%
--
Home/draw
71%
--
Away/draw
56%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
--
Home DNB
63%
--
Away DNB
48%
--
Preston win to nil
26%
--
West Brom win to nil
17%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 40 matches so far this season and lay in 15th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 2 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Preston have outscored their opponents by 47 goals to 42 goals.

Home League Performance

Preston have played 20 games at home winning 8, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored 26 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 24 goals at home.

West Brom are in 20th position in the Championship on 44 points having played 40 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

13 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 31 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

33 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 8 and won 10. West Brom have conceded 46 goals, scored 36, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept 8 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Preston
West Brom
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry4025874283 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-2F
2
Millwall40219101072 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 10
l
 
3-0A
3
M'Boro40201192171 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
4-0A
l
 
2-3A
l
 
2-1A
4
Ipswich38191272869 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 25
l
 
1-0A
5
Hull4020713567 
l
 
0-3A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
6
Wrexham40171310964 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
2-3F
7
Southampton391712101563 
May 2
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-2A
8
Derby4017914760 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
9
Watford40141412356 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 21
l
 
2-1F
10
QPR4016816-556 
Apr 6
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
11
Norwich4016717655 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-5A
w
 
0-1F
12
Stoke4015916554 
w
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
13
Bristol C4015916054 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
14
Birmingham40141115-253 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 22
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
15
Preston40131413-453 
-
-
w
 
2-1F
Apr 18
16
Swansea4015817-553 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-2A
l
 
1-0A
17
Sheff Utd4015619051 
w
 
3-2A
Apr 25
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
18
Charlton40121216-1148 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
19
Blackburn40121018-1246 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 6
20
West Brom40111118-1444 
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
-
-
21
Portsmouth39101118-1741 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-0A
22
Leicester40111316-940 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
23
Oxford Utd4091318-1540 
l
 
1-3A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1A
24
Sheff Wed401930-57-6 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-3A
d
 
0-00-0
May 2
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Preston 15TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preston3 - 1Stoke
Preston1 - 3Oxford Utd
Preston0 - 2Millwall
Preston2 - 2Watford
Preston1 - 0Portsmouth
Preston0 - 3Hull
Preston0 - 1Derby
Preston3 - 0Sheff Wed
Preston1 - 1Norwich
Preston1 - 1Coventry
Preston1 - 1Wrexham
Preston1 - 2Blackburn
Preston2 - 1Swansea
Preston3 - 2Sheff Utd
Preston0 - 1Birmingham
Preston2 - 0Charlton
Preston0 - 0Bristol C
Preston2 - 2M'Boro
Preston1 - 0Ipswich
Preston2 - 1Leicester
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APreston2 - 2Leicester
HPreston3 - 1Stoke
APreston0 - 2Norwich
APreston0 - 3Coventry
HPreston1 - 3Oxford Utd
HPreston0 - 2Millwall
APreston1 - 1Swansea
APreston0 - 1Blackburn
HPreston2 - 2Watford
HPreston1 - 0Portsmouth
APreston1 - 1Ipswich
APreston0 - 4M'Boro
HPreston0 - 3Hull
HPreston0 - 1Derby
APreston2 - 0Bristol C
HPreston3 - 0Sheff Wed
APreston1 - 2Wrexham
APreston0 - 0Stoke
HPreston1 - 1Norwich
APreston2 - 1Oxford Utd
West Brom 20TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
D
3
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol C0 - 1West Brom
Sheff Utd1 - 1West Brom
Oxford Utd2 - 1West Brom
Birmingham0 - 0West Brom
Portsmouth3 - 0West Brom
Derby1 - 1West Brom
Leicester2 - 1West Brom
Swansea1 - 0West Brom
Hull1 - 0West Brom
Southampton3 - 2West Brom
QPR3 - 1West Brom
Coventry3 - 2West Brom
Charlton1 - 0West Brom
Ipswich1 - 0West Brom
Watford2 - 1West Brom
Millwall3 - 0West Brom
Norwich0 - 1West Brom
M'Boro2 - 1West Brom
Stoke0 - 1West Brom
Wrexham2 - 3West Brom
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWest Brom2 - 2Wrexham
AWest Brom1 - 0Bristol C
HWest Brom3 - 0Hull
HWest Brom1 - 1Southampton
AWest Brom1 - 1Sheff Utd
AWest Brom1 - 2Oxford Utd
HWest Brom1 - 1Charlton
HWest Brom0 - 2Coventry
AWest Brom0 - 0Birmingham
HWest Brom0 - 0Stoke
AWest Brom0 - 3Portsmouth
AWest Brom1 - 1Derby
HWest Brom0 - 5Norwich
HWest Brom2 - 3M'Boro
AWest Brom1 - 2Leicester
AWest Brom0 - 1Swansea
HWest Brom2 - 1QPR
HWest Brom1 - 2Bristol C
AWest Brom0 - 1Hull
HWest Brom2 - 0Sheff Utd
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Preston since 2001
Preston
West Brom
Goals: Scored
14
12
Games: Scored
9 / 12
7 / 12
Clean sheets
5 / 12
3 / 12
PNE
6
D
3
WBA
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 4West Brom
Preston1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1West Brom
2 - 3West Brom
Draw0 - 0Draw
Preston2 - 1
Preston1 - 0
Preston3 - 0
Preston1 - 0
Preston2 - 1
League games at West Brom since 2000
West Brom
Preston
Goals: Scored
31
10
Games: Scored
12 / 13
7 / 13
Clean sheets
6 / 13
1 / 13
PNE
1
WBA
12
FIXTURE HISTORY AT West Brom
West Brom2 - 1
West Brom3 - 1
West Brom3 - 0
West Brom2 - 0
0 - 2Preston
West Brom2 - 0
West Brom4 - 1
West Brom3 - 2
West Brom2 - 0
West Brom4 - 2
West Brom1 - 0
West Brom2 - 0
West Brom3 - 1
Goal Statistics
Preston 15th West Brom 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that West Brom 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
-26
West Brom have scored 26% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Preston
PG (predicted goals)
West Brom
1.3
1
Attack rating
%
better
PNE
WBA
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
PNE
WBA
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Preston v West Brom Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
398710
B WhitemanA DevineL DobbinA Hughes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Whiteman MID3925
9
-
A Devine MID3983
4
-
J Storey DEF3822
8
1
O Offiah DEF37
4
-
T Small DEF3732
5
-
M Smith FWD3431
2
-
A Hughes DEF33
10
-
L Dobbin FWD3377
2
-
D Jebbison FWD3262
2
-
D Iversen GLK301
1
-
P Valentín DEF302
2
-
A McCann MID2611
5
-
A Vukcevic DEF242
-
L Gibson DEF231
2
-
M Osmajic FWD2381
3
1
L Lindsay DEF22
5
1
J Thompson MID152
4
-
J Lewis DEF141
1
-
B Potts DEF101
1
-
D Cornell GLK7
1
-
A Moran MID511
1
-
C Lang  FWD52
2
-
J Walton GLK3
-
R Brady MID2
-
M. Luković FWD1
-
West Brom Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
379911
I PriceA HeggebøM JohnstonC Styles
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Price MID4072
4
-
A Heggebø FWD4093
2
-
C Styles DEF393
11
-
N Phillips DEF353
6
-
A Mowatt MID3414
5
-
M Johnston FWD3429
3
-
J Maja FWD3431
1
-
G Campbell DEF3342
6
-
J Molumby MID3321
4
1
O Diakité MID301
5
-
C Taylor DEF25
3
-
C Mepham DEF251
6
-
J Griffiths GLK24
-
K Grant FWD233
3
-
J Wallace FWD2222
1
-
D Dike FWD181
-
K Bielik DEF171
2
-
A Gilchrist DEF12
1
M O'Leary GLK10
-
D. Imray DEF101
2
-
J. Jimoh MID91
-
O. Bostock MID51
-
H. Mustapha MID1
-
T. Bany FWD1
-