Championship

Championship | Gameweek 27

Jan 14, 2023 at 3pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
0 - 4
Norwich

Cannon (59'), Brady (74'), Lindsay (76'), Ledson (79')

FT(HT: 0-3)

Pukki (13', 69'), Dowell (16', 28')
Sara (44'), Hanley (55'), Giannoulis (61'), Idah (88')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Preston North End

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Preston 3-1 Huddersfield
Saturday, January 7 at 12.30pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Norwich City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Norwich 0-1 Blackburn
Sunday, January 8 at 2pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Preston North End 1-1 Norwich City

Under a new manager, Norwich will be eager to impress, especially after their FA Cup exit last weekend. Nevertheless, Preston have recently got back on track, and we feel that a competitive low-scoring draw is the most likely outcome. 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 Norwich City win with a probability of 38.89%. A win for Preston North End had a probability of 34.31% and a draw had a probability of 26.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Norwich City win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.48%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.35%) and 0-2 (6.88%). The likeliest Preston North End win was 1-0 (9.71%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.73%). The actual scoreline of 0-4 was predicted with a 1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Norwich City would win this match.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Norwich City
34.31% ( 0)	26.8% ( 0)	38.89% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 51.37%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

46.29% (

-0)

53.71%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

24.8% (

-0)

75.2%

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.32% (

29.68% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.27% (

0.01)

65.73% (

-0.01)

Norwich City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.05% (

-0)

26.94% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.72% (

-0)

62.28% (

Score Analysis

Preston North End 34.31%

Norwich City 38.88%

Draw 26.79%

Preston North End	Draw	Norwich City
1-0 @ 9.71% ( 0) 2-1 @ 7.74% 2-0 @ 5.9% ( 0) 3-1 @ 3.13% 3-0 @ 2.39% 3-2 @ 2.05% 4-1 @ 0.95% ( 0) Other @ 2.43% Total : 34.31%	1-1 @ 12.73% 0-0 @ 8% 2-2 @ 5.07% ( 0) Other @ 0.99% Total : 26.79%	0-1 @ 10.48% 1-2 @ 8.35% 0-2 @ 6.88% ( -0) 1-3 @ 3.65% ( -0) 0-3 @ 3.01% 2-3 @ 2.22% 1-4 @ 1.2% 0-4 @ 0.99% ( -0) Other @ 2.12% Total : 38.88%