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Preston North End

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Preston North End fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 2-1 Championship triumph versus Portsmouth.

In that match, Preston North End managed 54% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Preston North End, the goalscorers were Ryan Porteous (76') and Stefán Teitur Þórðarson (87'). Portsmouth got 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Colby Bishop (83') scored for Portsmouth.

Paul Heckingbottom's Preston North End have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a sum total of 7 times over their prior six outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in that same time stands at 5.

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa head into the match following a 3-0 Champions League win versus Club Brugge in their most recent match.

In that game, Aston Villa managed 53% possession and 14 shots at goal with 10 on target. For Aston Villa, the goalscorers were Marco Asensio (50', 61') and Ian Maatsen (57'). Club Brugge had 4 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

Over the course of their last 6 outings, Aston Villa have helped themselves to the sum of 12 goals. Aston Villa have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. During that period, they have seen 6 goals go into their own net. We will just have to see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels going back to 01/10/2016, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Preston North End winning 1 of those games, Aston Villa 1 and 4 being draws in normal time.

An aggregate of 18 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them for The Lilywhites and 9 created by The Villans. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was Championship match day 25 on 29/12/2018 which finished with the scoreline of Preston North End 1-1 Aston Villa.

On that occasion, Preston North End managed 39% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

For their opponents, Aston Villa got 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Tammy Abraham (45') and Ahmed Elmohamady (61' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Geoff Eltringham.

ℹ️ Team News: Preston North End

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just one fitness concern for the Preston North End gaffer Paul Heckingbottom to contend with from a near full-strength set of players. Josh Seary (Knee injury) will miss out.

📋 Team News: Aston Villa

From a largely full-strength group of players, there is only the sole fitness issue for the Aston Villa manager Unai Emery to be concerned about. Kortney Hause (Knee surgery) won’t be in action.

🔮 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Preston North End have it within them to put a goal past this Aston Villa side, but a single goal isn’t likely to be as many as they’ll concede.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 1-2 win for Aston Villa after 90 minutes. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Renata Leite, 12:01 30/03/2025