Championship

Championship | Gameweek 33

Feb 27, 2021 at 3pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
3 - 0
Huddersfield

Potts (23'), Evans (67'), Sinclair (80')
Gordon (75'), Cunningham (77')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Edmonds-Green (35'), Bacuna (57'), Pipa (75')

Preston boss Alex Neil hails "big step" in Huddersfield win

Brad Potts, Ched Evans and Scott Sinclair fired Preston to victory as Town suffered a fourth defeat in five games.

Feb 27, 18:37

The Match

Match Report

Brad Potts, Ched Evans and Scott Sinclair struck for North End.

Preview

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

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 36.88%. A win for Huddersfield Town had a probability of 35.5% and a draw had a probability of 27.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.98%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.94%) and 2-0 (6.68%). The likeliest Huddersfield Town win was 0-1 (10.72%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.05%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 2.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Preston North End would win this match.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Huddersfield Town
36.88%	27.63%	35.5%

Both teams to score 48.93%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

43.15%

56.85%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.23%

77.77%

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.38%

29.62%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.34%

65.66%

Huddersfield Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.52%

30.48%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.31%

66.69%

Score Analysis

Preston North End 36.87%

Huddersfield Town 35.49%

Draw 27.63%

Preston North End	Draw	Huddersfield Town
1-0 @ 10.98% 2-1 @ 7.94% 2-0 @ 6.68% 3-1 @ 3.22% 3-0 @ 2.71% 3-2 @ 1.91% 4-1 @ 0.98% Other @ 2.45% Total : 36.87%	1-1 @ 13.05% 0-0 @ 9.03% 2-2 @ 4.72% Other @ 0.83% Total : 27.63%	0-1 @ 10.72% 1-2 @ 7.75% 0-2 @ 6.37% 1-3 @ 3.07% 0-3 @ 2.52% 2-3 @ 1.87% 1-4 @ 0.91% Other @ 2.27% Total : 35.49%