📏 Form Guide

Preston North End

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Preston North End go into this game following a 0-0 Championship tied result vs Watford.

In that game, Preston North End had 27% possession and 9 shots at goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Watford got 11 shots at goal with 2 on target.

A common feature of recent Preston North End games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

Taking their previous six clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a wager on BTTS would have been a losing one.

Huddersfield Town

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Huddersfield will go into this clash following a 1-0 Championship win vs Millwall in their most recent game.

In that match, Huddersfield Town managed 52% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Huddersfield Town was Rhys Healey (94'). For their opponents, Millwall had 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The strike force from Huddersfield have had real problems scoring goals in their past 6 clashes, recording the poor return of just 4. In those matches, The Terriers have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 10. Such a pattern isn’t assured to follow through into this next game, though.

Leading up to this clash, Huddersfield Town:

• haven't been beaten by Preston North End when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
• are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 09/02/2022 shows us that Preston North End have won 4 of these and Huddersfield 1, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A total of 17 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 of them from The Lilywhites and 5 being from The Terriers. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league clash between these clubs was Championship match day 21 on 12/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Huddersfield Town 1-3 Preston North End.

On that day, Huddersfield Town managed 48% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Danny Ward (54').

At the other end, Preston North End got 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Alan Browne (3'), Will Keane (39') and Ben Whiteman (66') scored.

The match was refereed by John Busby.

🗞️ Team News: Preston North End

Regarding absentees, there’s just a single fitness concern for the Preston North End gaffer Ryan Lowe to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed squad. Finlay Cross-Adair (traffic accident) is out of contention.

In all likelihood, The Lilywhites look set to line up in a 3-4-1-2 formation for this game, utilising Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Jack Whatmough, Robert Brady, Alistair McCann, Duane Holmes, Andrew Hughes, Will Keane, Emil Riis Jakobsen and Milutin Osmajic.

📋 Team News: Huddersfield

Huddersfield manager André Breitenreiter has multiple availability issues to deal with. Ollie Turton (Meniscus injury) and Josh Ruffels (Groin injury) won’t be making appearances.

We believe The Terriers appear most likely to utilise a 4-4-2 lineup by sending out Lee Nicholls, Brodie Spencer, Matty Pearson, Michal Helik, Ben Jackson, Sorba Thomas, Alex Matos, David Kasumu, Josh Koroma, Rhys Healey and Delano Burgzorg.

✨ Prediction

We envisage that Huddersfield Town are dangerous enough to find the back of the net against this Preston North End outfit, although that might not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We think that it’s going to be a close game with a 2-1 advantage for Preston North End at full-time. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:05 09/04/2024