Rotherham United vs Preston North End Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Rotherham United

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Rotherham United will be hoping to bounce back here after the 2-0 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Birmingham City.

In that game, Rotherham United had 59% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Birmingham City had 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Reda Khadra (5') and Kevin Long (35') scored for Birmingham City.

It has not been often in recent games that Rotherham United have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Rotherham United have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 9 goals along the way. That trend won’t necessarily follow through into this game, though.

A look at their previous results shows us that Rotherham United:

• haven't lost in the league to Preston North End in their last 6 matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Preston North End

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Preston North End will go into the clash following a 2-0 Championship win to defeat Cardiff City in their previous game.

In that match, Preston North End had 51% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Preston North End, the scorers were Tom Cannon (68') and Ched Evans (94'). At the other end, Cardiff City had 13 shots on goal with 4 on target.

In 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Preston North End, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game in that period comes to a paltry 1.17, with the average goals for The Lilywhites being 0.83.

Their past results show that Preston North End:

• have not beaten Rotherham United in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 away league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 29/04/2017 tells us that Rotherham United have won 3 of these & Preston North End 0, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.

A sum of 13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 of them from The Millers and 5 netted by The Lilywhites. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The previous league game featuring these sides was Championship match day 4 on 16/08/2022 when it ended Preston North End 0-0 Rotherham United.

That day, Preston North End managed 63% possession and 22 shots at goal with 6 on target.

Rotherham United got 5 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Oliver Langford.

📋 Team News: Rotherham United

The Rotherham United manager Matt Taylor will be thankful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash with a fully injury-free squad to pick from.

We think that The Millers may well line up in a 4-3-3 system for this one, beginning the first half with Viktor Johansson, Wes Harding, Lee Peltier, Cameron Humphreys, Leo Hjelde, Conor Coventry, Hakeem Odoffin, Tariqe Fosu, Chiedozie Ogbene, Jordan Hugill and Shane Ferguson.

🗞️ Team News: Preston North End

With a fully healthy squad available to choose from, the Preston North End manager Ryan Lowe doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game.

There’s a good chance that The Lilywhites seem likely to utilise a 3-1-4-2 formation, starting the game with Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Bambo Diaby, Gregory Cunningham, Ben Whiteman, Brad Potts, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, Robert Brady, Thomas Cannon and Ched Evans.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the view that Preston North End and Rotherham United are probably both going to find scoring goals difficult here.

It will be interesting to see how this one goes, and it’s not easy to pick a clear winner. That’s why our selection here is for a tight encounter with a 0-0 scoreline after 90 minutes.

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Peter Guest, 02:29 10/03/2023