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Preston North End v Wrexham : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 26th Aug, 16:00 BST, Deepdale, Preston

Tuesday afternoon sees Paul Heckingbottom’s Preston North End and Phil Parkinson’s Wrexham go head to head in a League Cup clash at the Deepdale. We have predictions, tips, and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and head-to-head statistics across every major market, so there's nowhere better to prepare League Cup clash.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to claim victory here, but what is clear is that the odds are pointing towards it'll have 3 goals or less. Our statistical analysis draws the same conclusion. Preston and Wrexham have served up a lot of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance stats point towards those records being extended. We're confidently predicting under 3.5 goals on Tuesday afternoon, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Preston are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 45%	11/10	23/20
Draw 26%	5/2	23/10
Wrexham 29%	11/5	12/5
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	5/1
Preston 1-0 11%	6/1	11/2
Preston 2-1 9%	17/2	15/2
Wrexham 1-0 9%	15/2	7/1
Preston 2-0 8%	17/2	8/1
Draw 0-0 8%	8/1	13/2
Wrexham 2-1 7%	11/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1	12/1
Wrexham 2-0 5%	14/1	12/1
Preston 3-1 4%	18/1	14/1
Preston 3-0 4%	18/1	14/1
Wrexham 3-1 3%	28/1	20/1
Preston 3-2 2%	28/1	22/1
Wrexham 3-2 2%	40/1	25/1
Wrexham 3-0 2%	33/1	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	11/10	11/10
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	7/10	4/6
Home 1st Goal 51%	4/5	4/5
Away 1st Goal 45%	5/4	11/8
No 1st Goal 5%	8/1	13/2
BTTS - Yes 51%	19/20	10/11
BTTS - No 49%	4/5	5/6
BTTS - Home Win 20%	15/4	7/2
BTTS - Draw 18%	4/1	7/2
BTTS - Away Win 13%	6/1	11/2
Home/draw 71%	4/11	3/10
Away/draw 55%	7/10	4/6
Home/away 74%	2/7	1/3
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	4/11	4/11
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	2/1	19/10
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	11/4	27/10
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	1/4	1/4
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	8/1	13/2
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1/14	1/14
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	18/1	14/1
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/50	1/80
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/14	1/14
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	8/1	13/2
Home DNB 63%	4/7	8/15
Away DNB 47%	5/4	11/8
Preston win to nil 25%	5/2	-
Wrexham win to nil 16%	9/2	-
Preston / Preston 23%	5/2	12/5
Preston / Wrexham 3%	33/1	25/1
Preston / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Preston 15%	9/2	4/1
Draw / Wrexham 11%	13/2	6/1
Draw / Draw 17%	15/4	7/2
Wrexham / Preston 3%	25/1	20/1
Wrexham / Wrexham 15%	9/2	17/4
Wrexham / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win form

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Preston	2 - 1	Leicester
A	Preston	1 - 0	Barrow
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	0 - 3	A Villa
H	Preston	2 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Preston	1 - 1	Sunderland
A	Preston	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Preston	0 - 0	Swansea
H	Preston	3 - 0	Burnley
A	Preston	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Preston	0 - 0	Burnley

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

9 / 20

Clean sheets

11 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Wrexham	2 - 3	West Brom
H	Wrexham	3 - 3	Hull
A	Wrexham	1 - 2	Southampton
A	Wrexham	2 - 0	Lincoln
H	Wrexham	3 - 0	Charlton
A	Wrexham	2 - 1	Blackpool
H	Wrexham	1 - 1	Bristol R
A	Wrexham	0 - 0	Wigan
H	Wrexham	3 - 0	Burton
A	Wrexham	2 - 2	Cambridge
A	Wrexham	2 - 0	Exeter
H	Wrexham	1 - 0	Stockport
A	Wrexham	1 - 0	Wycombe
A	Wrexham	0 - 2	Reading
H	Wrexham	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Wrexham	1 - 0	Huddersfield
H	Wrexham	0 - 0	Bolton
A	Wrexham	2 - 1	Mansfield
H	Wrexham	1 - 2	L Orient
A	Wrexham	2 - 0	Northampton

Goal Statistics

	Preston	Wrexham
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Preston will score 1 or more goals	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Wrexham will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away games
20 home / away games	1.3 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	0.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2025/2025 season

PNE

WRX

25%

better

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Games scored	15		17
Failed to score	5		3
Scored first	10		15
Goals scored	21		30
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	8		6
Conversion rate for	13		17
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.3
KickOff rating		+25%

PNE

WRX

36%

better

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Games conceded	16		9
Clean sheets	4		11
Conceded first	8		3
Goals conceded	26		17
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	14%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.3
KickOff rating		+36%

The line-ups for the League Cup match between Preston v Wrexham will show here when available.

Preston League Cup squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	0	0	0
L Gibson

Players	Appserances	cards
A Hughes DEF	1	-
L Gibson DEF	1	-
A Devine MID	1	-
T. Carroll MID	1	-
A McCann MID	1	-
B Whiteman MID	1	-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	1	-
S Thórdarson MID	1	-
J Okkels FWD	1	-
M Osmajic FWD	1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
0	1	0	1
	A Devine		B Whiteman

Players	shots on	big chances
A Devine MID	1
B Whiteman MID		1
S Thórdarson MID	1
J Okkels FWD	1
M Osmajic FWD	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
99	1	4
L Gibson	S Thórdarson	L Gibson

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Gibson DEF	99		4
S Thórdarson MID	66	1	3
A McCann MID	42		2
B Whiteman MID	34
A Devine MID	29		2
J Okkels FWD	24		2
T. Carroll MID	13
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	11		1
A Hughes DEF	7		1
M Osmajic FWD	7

Wrexham League Cup squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	2	2	0
A Okonkwo	O Palmer	J McClean

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Okonkwo GLK	1			-
A James DEF	1			-
R Barnett DEF	1		1	-
D Scarr DEF	1			-
E O'Connell DEF	1			-
J Windass MID	1			-
E Lee MID	1	1		-
G Evans MID	1			-
J McClean MID	1		2	-
H. Ashfield MID	1			-
R Hardie FWD	1			-
S Smith FWD	1			-
O Palmer FWD	1	2		-
J Marriott FWD	1			-
R Longman FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	2	2	1
O Palmer	O Palmer	J McClean	R Barnett

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
O Palmer FWD	2	2
E Lee MID	1	1
R Barnett DEF			1	1
J McClean MID			2
R Hardie FWD		1
S Smith FWD		1
J Marriott FWD		1
R Longman FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
42	3	8
E O'Connell	J McClean	J McClean

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E O'Connell DEF	42		4
E Lee MID	40		1
D Scarr DEF	38	1	6
A James DEF	37	1	4
G Evans MID	35	2	3
J McClean MID	31	3	8
A Okonkwo GLK	23
H. Ashfield MID	21	3	7
R Longman FWD	19	1	1
S Smith FWD	14		4
J Windass MID	9	2	2
R Barnett DEF	7
O Palmer FWD	6		3
R Hardie FWD	6		1
J Marriott FWD	5