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

Sat 18th Oct, 15:00 BST, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

The Hawthorns masses welcome Preston North End's travelling contingent on Saturday afternoon, as Ryan Mason's West Bromwich Albion face Paul Heckingbottom's troops in the Championship. We've got predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head statistics across all the main betting markets, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this Championship clash.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

A tight, highly tactical defensive battle could be in store as West Brom and Preston go head-to-head, with hardly anything between the teams in terms of who could claim victory. The statistics don't supply any proper confidence in that regard, but they are pointing strongly towards there being 2 goals or fewer in the fixture. That prediction is available at best priced odds of 1.67 with the bookies, so we've made under 2.5 goals our tip of the day on this occasion.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think West Brom are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 41% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.83.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
West Brom 41%	1.80 5%	1.83
Draw 31%	3.50 3%	3.40
Preston 29%	4.50 10%	4.60
West Brom 1-0 15%	6.00	5.50
Draw 0-0 14%	8.00	7.00
Draw 1-1 13%	7.00 8%	6.50
Preston 1-0 12%	10.00	9.00
West Brom 2-0 8%	7.50 6%	7.00
West Brom 2-1 7%	9.00	8.00
Preston 2-1 6%	15.00	13.00
Preston 2-0 5%	21.00	17.00
Draw 2-2 3%	19.00	15.00
West Brom 3-0 3%	15.00	12.00
West Brom 3-1 3%	17.00	13.00
Preston 3-1 2%	41.00	29.00
Preston 3-0 2%	51.00 24%	41.00
West Brom 3-2 1%	34.00	23.00
Preston 3-2 1%	51.00 24%	34.00
Over 2.5 Goals 32%	2.20	2.20
Under 2.5 Goals 68%	1.67	1.62
Home 1st Goal 48%	1.62 3%	1.62
Away 1st Goal 42%	2.75 6%	2.80
No 1st Goal 9%	8.00	7.00
BTTS - Yes 39%	2.10 5%	2.05
BTTS - No 61%	1.67 3%	1.70
BTTS - Home Win 13%	4.50	4.20
BTTS - Draw 17%	5.00	5.00
BTTS - Away Win 9%	10.00 11%	8.50
Home/draw 71%	1.18 3%	1.20
Away/draw 59%	1.95 2%	1.95
Home/away 69%	1.29 1%	1.30
Over 1.5 Goals 59%	1.40	1.40
Under 1.5 Goals 41%	3.00	2.75
Over 3.5 Goals 14%	4.33	4.00
Under 3.5 Goals 86%	1.22	1.22
Over 4.5 Goals 5%	9.00	8.00
Under 4.5 Goals 95%	1.07	1.06
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	19.00	15.00
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	1.02	1.01
Over 0.5 Goals 86%	1.08	1.08
Under 0.5 Goals 14%	8.00	7.00
Home DNB 62%	1.30 4%	1.30
Away DNB 50%	3.40 13%	3.20
West Brom win to nil 28%	2.63 4%	-
Preston win to nil 19%	7.00 8%	-
West Brom / West Brom 28%	2.88 4%	2.80
West Brom / Preston 2%	41.00	34.00
West Brom / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00
Draw / West Brom 18%	4.50 5%	4.40
Draw / Preston 9%	9.00 6%	8.50
Draw / Draw 17%	5.00 5%	4.50
Preston / West Brom 3%	26.00	21.00
Preston / Preston 11%	8.00 14%	7.00
Preston / Draw 5%	17.00 13%	13.00

Win / draw / win Championship table

West Brom have played 9 matches so far this season and are in 7th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn 1 and won 1. West Brom have conceded 3 goals, scored 3, scored in every game and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

West Brom have played 4 games at home, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 3 goals, conceded 3 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Preston lay in 4th place on 16 points in the Championship league table having played 9 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below them in the table, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 7 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Preston have conceded 4 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Preston have played 4 away games, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 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	West Brom Preston
Results by League Table

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

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
West Brom	1 - 1	Leicester
West Brom	0 - 1	Derby
West Brom	1 - 1	Portsmouth
West Brom	1 - 0	Blackburn
West Brom	5 - 3	Luton
West Brom	1 - 3	Derby
West Brom	2 - 1	Watford
West Brom	0 - 1	Sunderland
West Brom	1 - 1	Hull
West Brom	1 - 0	QPR
West Brom	2 - 0	Oxford Utd
West Brom	0 - 2	Blackburn
West Brom	2 - 1	Sheff Wed
West Brom	5 - 1	Portsmouth
West Brom	1 - 1	Stoke
West Brom	3 - 1	Preston
West Brom	2 - 0	Bristol C
West Brom	2 - 0	Coventry
West Brom	2 - 2	Sheff Utd
West Brom	2 - 2	Norwich

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	West Brom	0 - 3	Millwall
A	West Brom	1 - 0	Norwich
H	West Brom	1 - 1	Leicester
A	West Brom	1 - 2	M'Boro
H	West Brom	0 - 1	Derby
A	West Brom	1 - 0	Stoke
H	West Brom	1 - 1	Portsmouth
A	West Brom	3 - 2	Wrexham
H	West Brom	1 - 0	Blackburn
H	West Brom	5 - 3	Luton
A	West Brom	0 - 0	Cardiff
H	West Brom	1 - 3	Derby
A	West Brom	0 - 2	Coventry
H	West Brom	2 - 1	Watford
A	West Brom	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	West Brom	0 - 1	Sunderland
A	West Brom	0 - 1	Norwich
H	West Brom	1 - 1	Hull
A	West Brom	1 - 1	Burnley
H	West Brom	1 - 0	QPR

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hull	2 - 2	Preston
Derby	0 - 1	Preston
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Preston
QPR	1 - 1	Preston
Bristol C	2 - 2	Preston
Hull	2 - 1	Preston
Leeds	2 - 1	Preston
Derby	2 - 0	Preston
Sunderland	1 - 1	Preston
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Preston
Coventry	2 - 1	Preston
Norwich	0 - 1	Preston
Blackburn	2 - 1	Preston
Watford	1 - 2	Preston
Luton	0 - 0	Preston
West Brom	3 - 1	Preston
QPR	2 - 1	Preston
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Preston
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Preston	1 - 2	Plymouth
A	Preston	1 - 2	Hull
H	Preston	1 - 2	QPR
A	Preston	1 - 2	Leeds
H	Preston	2 - 2	Cardiff
H	Preston	1 - 1	Stoke
A	Preston	0 - 2	Derby
H	Preston	2 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Preston	1 - 1	Sunderland
A	Preston	0 - 1	Sheff Utd

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

West Brom have beaten Preston in 3 consecutive home league meetings

West Brom have not lost to Preston in 5 consecutive league meetings

West Brom

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 12

6 / 12

Clean sheets

6 / 12

1 / 12

WBA

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT West Brom
West Brom	3 - 1
West Brom	3 - 0
West Brom	2 - 0
	0 - 2	Preston
West Brom	2 - 0
West Brom	4 - 1
West Brom	3 - 2
West Brom	2 - 0
West Brom	4 - 2
West Brom	1 - 0
West Brom	2 - 0
West Brom	3 - 1

Preston

West Brom

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 12

7 / 12

Clean sheets

5 / 12

3 / 12

WBA

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 4	West Brom
Preston	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	West Brom
	2 - 3	West Brom
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Preston	2 - 1
Preston	1 - 0
Preston	3 - 0
Preston	1 - 0
Preston	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for West Bromwich Albion of late. It has been 6 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against Preston North End.

	West Brom 7th	Preston 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that West Brom will score no more than 1 goal	0 42% 1 36% 2 16% 3 4+ There is a 78% probability of Preston scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+17 West Brom have scored 17% more goals at home than predicted	-6 Preston’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

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WBA

PNE

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Games scored	7		6
Failed to score	1		2
Scored first	6		5
Goals scored	9		9
Avg. goals scored	1		1
Avg. shots per game	8		7
Avg. shots per goal	8		7
Conversion rate for	12		15
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.1
KickOff rating		+9%

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WBA

PNE

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Games conceded	5		5
Clean sheets	3		3
Conceded first	2		2
Goals conceded	7		7
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	10		9
Conversion rate against	10%		11%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.3
KickOff rating		+1%

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

West Brom Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	3	3	3
J Griffiths	I Price	M Johnston	G Campbell

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Griffiths GLK	9			-
G Campbell DEF	9			3 -
N Phillips DEF	9	1		2 -
A Mowatt MID	9			2 -
J Molumby MID	9			1 -
I Price MID	9	3	1	2 -
A Heggebø FWD	9	1	2	-
J Wallace FWD	9	1		-
C Styles DEF	8			2 -
T. Collyer MID	8			-
M Johnston FWD	8	1	3	-
J Maja FWD	7	1		-
C Mepham DEF	6			2 -
O Diakité MID	5			-
S Junior DEF	4	1		-
K Grant FWD	3			1 -
C Taylor DEF	2			-
K Bielik DEF	1			-
A Gilchrist DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	8	3	3
I Price	I Price	M Johnston	M Johnston

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
I Price MID	3	8	1	1
N Phillips DEF	1	5
A Heggebø FWD	1	3	2	1
J Wallace FWD	1	2		1
M Johnston FWD	1	3	3	3
J Maja FWD	1	1
S Junior DEF	1	1
G Campbell DEF		1
A Mowatt MID		2
J Molumby MID		2		1
C Styles DEF				1
C Mepham DEF				1
O Diakité MID		1
K Grant FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
601	28	57
N Phillips	C Styles	A Heggebø

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N Phillips DEF	601	9	49
G Campbell DEF	515	15	44
J Molumby MID	456	9	35
A Mowatt MID	438	10	29
C Mepham DEF	390	7	27
C Styles DEF	353	28	51
J Griffiths GLK	275		1
I Price MID	253	4	28
M Johnston FWD	181	6	27
T. Collyer MID	128	7	10
A Heggebø FWD	120	8	57
J Wallace FWD	105	7	16
O Diakité MID	73	3	8
K Grant FWD	61	2	6
C Taylor DEF	56	2	4
S Junior DEF	51	3	10
J Maja FWD	40	3	8
K Bielik DEF	15		4
A Gilchrist DEF	2		1

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	3	2	5
D Iversen	M Osmajic	B Whiteman	A Hughes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Iversen GLK	9		1	1 -
T Small DEF	9	2	1	1 -
J Storey DEF	9	1	1	2 -
L Gibson DEF	9			-
A McCann MID	9			1 -
B Whiteman MID	9		2	2 -
M Smith FWD	9	1		1 -
A Vukcevic DEF	8			-
A Hughes DEF	8			5 -
A Devine MID	8	2	1	1 -
P Valentín DEF	7		1	1 -
O Offiah DEF	7			-
D Jebbison FWD	6	1		-
M Osmajic FWD	6	3		2 -
L Lindsay DEF	5			2 -
H. Armstrong MID	5			1 -
S Thórdarson MID	5			1 -
L Dobbin FWD	5	1	2	-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	6	2	3
M Osmajic	T Small	B Whiteman	T Small

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Osmajic FWD	3	6		1
T Small DEF	2	6	1	3
A Devine MID	2	3	1	1
J Storey DEF	1	2	1
M Smith FWD	1	2
D Jebbison FWD	1	2
L Dobbin FWD	1	1	2
D Iversen GLK			1	1
L Gibson DEF		3
A McCann MID		1
B Whiteman MID		1	2	2
A Hughes DEF		1		1
P Valentín DEF			1	1
S Thórdarson MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
418	24	53
L Gibson	A McCann	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Gibson DEF	418	12	43
B Whiteman MID	377	19	34
D Iversen GLK	352		3
A Hughes DEF	323	13	41
J Storey DEF	303	12	53
A McCann MID	242	24	40
A Devine MID	163	11	19
T Small DEF	129	11	27
P Valentín DEF	108	19	31
M Smith FWD	93	3	30
H. Armstrong MID	93	6	9
L Dobbin FWD	66	1	16
A Vukcevic DEF	56	3	9
M Osmajic FWD	47	5	19
D Jebbison FWD	46	4	14
S Thórdarson MID	42	2	6
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	42	4	11
L Lindsay DEF	39	1	15
O Offiah DEF	34	5	8

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West Brom have played 9 matches so far this season and are in 7th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Preston lay in 4th place on 16 points in the Championship league table having played 9 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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