Championship

Championship | Gameweek 17

Nov 25, 2023 at 3pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
1 - 2
Cardiff

Osmajic (48')
Evans (30'), Brady (31'), Best (45+2'), Woodman (77')
Brady (52')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Grant (90+6'), Ugbo (90+9')
Collins (30')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Cardiff City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Preston North End

All competitions

Last Game: Blackburn 1-2 Preston
Friday, November 10 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Cardiff City

All competitions

Last Game: Cardiff 2-3 Norwich
Saturday, November 11 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Preston North End 2-1 Cardiff City

The two sides boast similar levels of quality and certainly have the tools to hurt one another in what should be an entertaining encounter. Even given their growing injury list, Preston should be full of confidence having returned to form before the break, and we give them the slight edge at Deepdale this weekend. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Preston North End win with a probability of 42.4%. A win for Cardiff City had a probability of 31.7% and a draw had a probability of 25.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.18%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.86%) and 2-0 (7.33%). The likeliest Cardiff City win was 0-1 (8.55%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.31%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.4% likelihood.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Cardiff City
42.4% ( -0)	25.9%	31.7% ( 0)

Both teams to score 53.52% (

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.36% (

50.63% (

-0)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.46% (

72.54% (

-0)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.29% (

-0)

23.7%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

42.17%

57.82% (

-0)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.14% (

29.85% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.05% (

65.94% (

-0)

Score Analysis

Preston North End 42.39%

Cardiff City 31.7%

Draw 25.9%

Preston North End	Draw	Cardiff City
1-0 @ 10.18% 2-1 @ 8.86% 2-0 @ 7.33% ( -0) 3-1 @ 4.25% 3-0 @ 3.52% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2.57% 4-1 @ 1.53% 4-0 @ 1.27% 4-2 @ 0.93% Other @ 1.95% Total : 42.39%	1-1 @ 12.31% 0-0 @ 7.08% ( -0) 2-2 @ 5.36% ( 0) 3-3 @ 1.04% Other @ 0.12% Total : 25.9%	0-1 @ 8.55% 1-2 @ 7.44% 0-2 @ 5.17% 1-3 @ 3% 2-3 @ 2.16% ( 0) 0-3 @ 2.08% 1-4 @ 0.91% Other @ 2.38% Total : 31.7%