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

Sat 7th Dec, 12:30 BST, Hillsborough, Sheffield

It's an away trip for Paul Heckingbottom's Preston North End side on Saturday lunch time, as they travel to the Hillsborough for a Championship tie with Danny Röhl's Sheffield Wednesday. Our predictions are based on complex statistical analysis of each side, across seventeen of the main betting markets. Data shown and the odds are unique to each market, and head-to-head statistics are included across the board.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Sheff Wed or Preston are in the sort of form that would leave us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The stats show that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 78% chance of 2 goals or more.

There’s absolutely nothing to pick between these sides, and our predictive algorithm gives Sheff Wed and Preston an equal chance of claiming victory. The home win and the away win are both at 50% probability.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sheff Wed 50%	17/20 3%	10/11
Draw 24%	23/10 3%	5/2 3%
Preston 26%	10/3 6%	16/5
Draw 1-1 11%	11/2	11/2
Sheff Wed 1-0 10%	11/2 7%	5/1 8%
Sheff Wed 2-1 10%	8/1 6%	7/1
Sheff Wed 2-0 8%	7/1 11%	7/1
Preston 1-0 7%	9/1 17%	8/1 10%
Preston 2-1 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw 0-0 6%	15/2 15%	13/2 6%
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1 13%	12/1
Sheff Wed 3-1 5%	16/1 13%	12/1
Sheff Wed 3-0 5%	14/1	12/1
Preston 2-0 4%	20/1	16/1
Sheff Wed 3-2 3%	28/1 12%	22/1 21%
Preston 3-1 2%	40/1 21%	25/1
Sheff Wed 4-1 2%	33/1	25/1 13%
Preston 3-2 2%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 53%	6/5 10%	21/20 5%
Under 2.5 Goals 47%	4/6 7%	7/10 6%
Home 1st Goal 53%	4/7	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	7/4	-
No 1st Goal 4%	15/2 15%	-
BTTS - Yes 55%	10/11 6%	19/20 7%
BTTS - No 45%	4/5 6%	4/5 6%
BTTS - Home Win 24%	7/2 13%	16/5 11%
BTTS - Draw 18%	15/4 6%	18/5 2%
BTTS - Away Win 13%	8/1 13%	13/2 7%
Home/draw 74%	1/5 2%	2/9
Away/draw 50%	10/11	17/20
Home/away 76%	1/3 2%	3/10
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	4/11 5%	4/11 5%
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	11/5 9%	19/10 9%
Over 3.5 Goals 31%	3/1 18%	13/5 11%
Under 3.5 Goals 69%	1/4 6%	1/4 4%
Over 4.5 Goals 15%	7/1 23%	6/1 17%
Under 4.5 Goals 85%	1/12 3%	1/12 2%
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	16/1 31%	14/1 25%
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/40 2%	1/40
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/14 1%	1/18
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	15/2 15%	7/1 6%
Home DNB 67%	4/11	4/11
Away DNB 43%	2/1	15/8 1%
Sheff Wed win to nil 26%	2/1 8%	-
Preston win to nil 13%	6/1	-
Sheff Wed / Sheff Wed 27%	21/10	19/10 3%
Sheff Wed / Preston 2%	40/1 21%	28/1
Sheff Wed / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Sheff Wed 17%	15/4	18/5 2%
Draw / Preston 10%	15/2	7/1
Draw / Draw 17%	15/4 14%	18/5
Preston / Sheff Wed 3%	25/1 13%	20/1 11%
Preston / Preston 12%	6/1 8%	11/2
Preston / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Wed have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 3 and lost 1 match. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Sheff Wed have outscored their opponents by 22 goals to 17 goals.

Home League Performance

Sheff Wed have played 9 games at home winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 13 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Preston are in 18th position in the Championship on 18 points having played 18 matches so far this season. Preston are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 3 of those games.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 8 and won 2. Preston have conceded 19 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 6 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	Sheff Wed Preston
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	18	12	4	2	16	38	Mar 15	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	Mar 8
2	Burnley	18	10	6	2	17	36	l 0-2A	Feb 21	Feb 15	d 0-00-0
3	Leeds	18	10	5	3	18	35	l 0-2A	Jan 19	Dec 14	Apr 12
4	Sunderland	18	9	6	3	13	33	Mar 1	l 4-0A	d 0-00-0	Mar 11
5	M'Boro	18	9	3	6	11	30	Apr 21	Dec 26	Jan 25	d 1-1A
6	Watford	18	9	3	6	2	30	l 2-6A	May 3	w 3-0F	Jan 21
7	West Brom	18	6	10	2	7	28	w 3-2F	Feb 8	d 1-1A	Jan 1
8	Blackburn	17	8	4	5	4	28	Dec 10	Apr 8	d 0-00-0	Jan 31
9	Norwich	18	6	7	5	8	25	w 2-0F	Mar 12	d 2-2F	Feb 11
10	Millwall	17	6	7	4	5	25	Jan 4	l 3-0A	Feb 8	l 3-1A
11	Bristol C	18	6	7	5	3	25	Jan 22	d 0-00-0	l 1-3A	May 3
12	Sheff Wed	18	7	4	7	-5	25	-	-	Dec 29	Dec 7
13	Swansea	18	6	5	7	1	23	d 0-00-0	Feb 12	Mar 1	l 3-0A
14	Stoke	18	5	6	7	-3	21	Dec 21	Apr 18	Apr 5	d 0-00-0
15	Derby	18	5	5	8	-2	20	Jan 1	w 1-2A	d 1-1F	Mar 29
16	Coventry	18	4	6	8	-3	18	Feb 15	w 1-2A	w 1-0F	Feb 22
17	Oxford Utd	18	4	6	8	-8	18	Apr 12	Dec 14	Jan 4	l 3-1F
18	Preston	18	3	9	6	-8	18	Dec 7	Dec 29	-	-
19	Luton	18	5	3	10	-13	18	Feb 1	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	Jan 18
20	Cardiff	18	4	5	9	-11	17	d 1-1A	Mar 29	Apr 8	Dec 11
21	Plymouth	18	4	5	9	-20	17	w 4-0F	Mar 8	Apr 26	d 3-3F
22	Hull	18	3	6	9	-9	15	Apr 5	w 0-2F	Dec 26	Apr 21
23	QPR	18	2	9	7	-11	15	d 1-1F	Jan 25	Apr 18	Dec 21
24	Portsmouth	16	2	7	7	-12	13	Apr 26	w 1-2A	Mar 15	l 3-1A

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Win / draw / win form

Preston have drawn 3 consecutive league games

Preston have not won in 13 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Cardiff
Sheff Wed	2 - 0	Norwich
Sheff Wed	2 - 6	Watford
Sheff Wed	0 - 0	Swansea
Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Burnley
Sheff Wed	3 - 2	West Brom
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	QPR
Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Leeds
Sheff Wed	4 - 0	Plymouth
Sheff Wed	3 - 0	West Brom
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Stoke
Sheff Wed	2 - 2	Norwich
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Swansea
Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Leeds
Sheff Wed	1 - 0	Plymouth
Sheff Wed	2 - 1	Bristol C
Sheff Wed	2 - 0	Birmingham
Sheff Wed	0 - 0	Watford
Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Coventry
Sheff Wed	3 - 1	Hull

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sheff Wed	2 - 1	Derby
A	Sheff Wed	2 - 0	Hull
H	Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Cardiff
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Sheff Wed	2 - 0	Norwich
H	Sheff Wed	2 - 6	Watford
A	Sheff Wed	2 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 0	Swansea
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Burnley
A	Sheff Wed	2 - 1	Coventry
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 0	Bristol C
H	Sheff Wed	3 - 2	West Brom
A	Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Luton
H	Sheff Wed	1 - 1	QPR
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 3	Millwall
H	Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Leeds
A	Sheff Wed	0 - 4	Sunderland
H	Sheff Wed	4 - 0	Plymouth
A	Sheff Wed	2 - 0	Sunderland
H	Sheff Wed	3 - 0	West Brom

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Portsmouth	3 - 1	Preston
Plymouth	3 - 3	Preston
Burnley	0 - 0	Preston
Millwall	3 - 1	Preston
M'Boro	1 - 1	Preston
Oxford Utd	3 - 1	Preston
Swansea	3 - 0	Preston
West Brom	3 - 0	Preston
QPR	1 - 0	Preston
Southampton	3 - 0	Preston
Watford	0 - 0	Preston
Birmingham	1 - 0	Preston
Plymouth	0 - 1	Preston
Coventry	0 - 3	Preston
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
Millwall	1 - 1	Preston
Leeds	2 - 1	Preston
Sunderland	2 - 0	Preston
Swansea	2 - 1	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Preston	1 - 1	West Brom
A	Preston	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Preston	1 - 1	Derby
A	Preston	1 - 3	Portsmouth
H	Preston	0 - 0	Sunderland
H	Preston	1 - 3	Bristol C
A	Preston	3 - 3	Plymouth
H	Preston	2 - 2	Norwich
H	Preston	1 - 0	Coventry
A	Preston	0 - 0	Burnley
H	Preston	3 - 0	Watford
A	Preston	1 - 3	Millwall
H	Preston	0 - 0	Blackburn
A	Preston	1 - 1	M'Boro
A	Preston	1 - 3	Oxford Utd
H	Preston	1 - 0	Luton
A	Preston	0 - 3	Swansea
H	Preston	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Preston	0 - 3	West Brom
H	Preston	0 - 3	Leicester

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sheff Wed

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

14 / 16

12 / 16

Clean sheets

4 / 16

2 / 16

SHW

PNE

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

Preston

Sheff Wed

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 16

9 / 16

Clean sheets

7 / 16

4 / 16

SHW

PNE

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

Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Preston North End of late. It has been 6 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday lunch time against Sheffield Wednesday.

	Sheff Wed 12th	Preston 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Sheff Wed will score 1 or more goals	0 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 68% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+4 Sheff Wed’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-26 Preston have scored 26% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	0.8 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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SHW

PNE

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Games scored	11		12
Failed to score	7		6
Scored first	6		7
Goals scored	22		17
Avg. goals scored	1.2		0.9
Avg. shots per game	9		7
Avg. shots per goal	7		8
Conversion rate for	14		13
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.1
KickOff rating		+4%

SHW

PNE

12%

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Games conceded	13		11
Clean sheets	5		7
Conceded first	10		7
Goals conceded	27		25
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	18%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.2
KickOff rating		+12%

Sheff Wed v Preston Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	5	3	6
J Beadle	J Windass	M Johnson	D Bernard

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Beadle GLK	18			1 -
Y Valery DEF	18		2	4 -
B Bannan MID	18	3	1	3 -
P Valentín DEF	16	1		-
M Johnson MID	16		3	-
J Windass MID	16	5	1	2 -
I Ugbo FWD	16			1 -
A Musaba FWD	16	1	3	-
M Smith FWD	16	4	2	1 -
D Bernard DEF	15	1		5 1
S Charles MID	15	1	1	3 -
D Gassama FWD	15	1		-
M Lowe DEF	14			-
L Palmer DEF	14			2 -
J Lowe FWD	13	2	2	2 -
S Ingelsson MID	12		1	2 -
D Iorfa DEF	9	1		2 -
A Famewo DEF	8		1	2 -
O Kobacki FWD	8			-
C Paterson FWD	6		1	-
M Ihiekwe DEF	4			-
N Chalobah MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	12	3	16
J Windass	J Windass	M Johnson	B Bannan

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Windass MID	5	12	1	8
M Smith FWD	4	9	2	11
B Bannan MID	3	4	1	16
J Lowe FWD	2	3	2	3
D Gassama FWD	1	4		10
P Valentín DEF	1	1		7
A Musaba FWD	1	4	3	6
D Bernard DEF	1	3		1
S Charles MID	1	2	1	8
D Iorfa DEF	1	2		1
M Ihiekwe DEF		1		1
C Paterson FWD			1	2
O Kobacki FWD		3		2
A Famewo DEF		1	1	1
S Ingelsson MID		3	1	3
L Palmer DEF		1		2
M Lowe DEF		1		2
Y Valery DEF		1	2	9
I Ugbo FWD		3		4
M Johnson MID		3	3	15

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
856	45	101
B Bannan	S Charles	S Charles

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Bannan MID	856	26	56
D Bernard DEF	684	21	72
J Beadle GLK	613		8
S Charles MID	552	45	101
Y Valery DEF	431	25	97
M Lowe DEF	412	21	43
M Johnson MID	359	20	55
J Windass MID	332	21	44
A Famewo DEF	297	11	38
L Palmer DEF	236	11	23
D Iorfa DEF	233	10	53
M Smith FWD	174	7	57
D Gassama FWD	172	11	72
S Ingelsson MID	157	19	31
P Valentín DEF	152	14	32
M Ihiekwe DEF	142	1	18
A Musaba FWD	140	8	42
J Lowe FWD	108	9	28
I Ugbo FWD	93	3	21
O Kobacki FWD	76	12	23
C Paterson FWD	17	1	16
N Chalobah MID	13		1

Preston Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	4	2	7
A Hughes	E Riis	E Riis	B Whiteman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Hughes DEF	18		1	4 -
E Riis FWD	18	4	2	2 -
F Woodman GLK	17			4 1
J Storey DEF	17	1	1	3 -
D Holmes MID	17	1		2 -
B Whiteman MID	17		1	7 -
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	16		2	2 -
B Potts DEF	16	1	1	3 -
S Greenwood MID	15	4	2	4 1
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	15	2		3 -
S Thórdarson MID	14			-
A McCann MID	14	1		4 -
L Lindsay DEF	13			3 1
R Brady MID	10		1	3 -
M Osmajic FWD	10	2		1 -
J Whatmough DEF	8			2 -
R Ledson MID	8		1	3 -
W Keane FWD	7	1		-
J Bowler FWD	6			-
J Okkels FWD	6			-
D Cornell GLK	2			-
K. Best DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	13	2	13
E Riis	E Riis	E Riis	S Greenwood

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Greenwood MID	4	10	2	13
E Riis FWD	4	13	2	8
M Osmajic FWD	2	6
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	2	2		7
A McCann MID	1	2		7
J Storey DEF	1	2	1	5
D Holmes MID	1	1		4
B Potts DEF	1	6	1	7
W Keane FWD	1	1
J Bowler FWD		3		1
R Ledson MID			1	2
J Whatmough DEF				2
A Hughes DEF		1	1	6
R Brady MID		2	1	7
L Lindsay DEF		1		1
S Thórdarson MID		2		3
K Kesler-Hayden DEF		3	2	7
B Whiteman MID		4	1	10

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
889	50	104
A Hughes	A McCann	A Hughes

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Hughes DEF	889	27	104
J Storey DEF	743	23	97
B Whiteman MID	701	31	48
F Woodman GLK	632		14
L Lindsay DEF	567	19	75
A McCann MID	473	50	80
B Potts DEF	436	28	86
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	402	16	84
J Whatmough DEF	346	14	43
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	319	16	34
R Brady MID	260	18	41
S Thórdarson MID	255	4	32
S Greenwood MID	242	12	45
E Riis FWD	184	11	48
D Holmes MID	161	10	33
R Ledson MID	109	5	12
J Bowler FWD	95	7	19
W Keane FWD	84	2	12
J Okkels FWD	44	1	2
M Osmajic FWD	41		10
D Cornell GLK	23
K. Best DEF	2	1	3

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

Sheff Wed have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Preston are in 18th position in the Championship on 18 points having played 18 matches so far this season. Preston are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 3 of those games.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

Sheff Wed v Preston Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

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