📏 Form Guide

Preston North End

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Preston North End head into this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Championship stalemate vs Sunderland.

In that match, Preston North End managed 47% possession and 15 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Preston North End was Emil Riis (65'). Sunderland got 20 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Romaine Mundle (86') was the scorer for Sunderland.

Over their prior 6 fixtures, Paul Heckingbottom's Preston North End have hit the target a combined total of 6 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.

Their prior results show that Preston North End:

• haven't won against Portsmouth in their last 4 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 11 league matches at home. They have been so resilient here.
• are without a home win in the past 3 matches in the league.

Portsmouth

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Since being beaten in their last game against Plymouth Argyle in Championship action, Portsmouth will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Portsmouth had 80% possession and 16 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Portsmouth was Adil Aouchiche (89'). Plymouth Argyle had 6 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Mustapha Bundu (44') and Ryan Hardie (49') scored for Plymouth Argyle.

John Mousinho's Portsmouth have found the back of the net a total of 8 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes equals 5.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 17/02/2008 shows that Preston North End have won 1 of these games & Portsmouth 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A total of 10 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them from The Lilywhites and 6 being from Pompey. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The last league clash between these sides was Championship match day 15 on 09/11/2024 when it finished Portsmouth 3-1 Preston North End.

That time, Portsmouth had 42% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Josh Murphy (36'), Connor Ogilvie (45') and Colby Bishop (89').

Preston North End got 6 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Emil Riis (50') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by John Busby.

📋 Team News: Preston North End

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Preston North End boss Paul Heckingbottom to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed squad. Josh Seary (Knee injury) will miss out.

📋 Team News: Portsmouth

Out of a mainly available group of players, there is only a single fitness issue for the Portsmouth gaffer John Mousinho to contend with. Ibane Bowat (Patellar tendon rupture) misses out for this game.

✨ Prediction

We feel that Portsmouth might have a difficult job to see themselves scoring against this Preston North End outfit who should score at least once to put them ahead.

That’s why our selection here is for a very even match with a 1-0 win for Preston North End when all is said and done.

Let’s see what happens.

Renata Leite, 14:04 15/03/2025