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Preston North End

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Preston North End will be hoping to bounce back here after a 0-2 Championship loss in their previous game against Sheffield United.

In that game, Preston North End had 0% possession and 0 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. For their opponents, Sheffield United had 1 shots on goal with 1 on target. Ollie Arblaster (12') and Gustavo Hamer (55') scored for Sheffield United.

A recurring aspect of more recent Preston North End games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

From their previous six matches before this one, in as many as 6 of them a wager on both teams scoring would have lost.

Sunderland

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Sunderland head into the match following on from a 0-2 Championship win to beat Cardiff City in their last game.

In that match, Sunderland managed 35% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Sunderland, the scorers were Luke O'Nien (18') and Jack Clarke (89'). At the other end, Cardiff City had 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The attacking players from Sunderland have failed to get amongst the goals over their last six games, netting the unsatisfactory return of only 3. In those matches, The Black Cats have also seen the overall goal aggregate against them equal 4. That trend won’t necessarily be continued into this game, though.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 30/09/2017, there has been little between the sides with Preston North End winning 2 of those games, Sunderland 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

A total of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 from The Lilywhites and 8 created by The Black Cats. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The previous league match featuring these sides was Championship match day 26 on 01/01/2024 when the final score was Sunderland 2-0 Preston North End.

That day, Sunderland had 46% possession and 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Alex Pritchard (10') and Nazariy Rusyn (44').

For their opponents, Preston North End got 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Oliver Langford.

🗞️ Team News: Preston North End

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just one fitness concern for the Preston North End boss to be concerned about from a near full-strength group of players. Finlay Cross-Adair (traffic accident) is sidelined.

🗞️ Team News: Sunderland

Sunderland manager Régis Le Bris has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Niall Huggins (Knee surgery), Daniel Ballard (Knee injury) and Jenson Seelt (Knee surgery) can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Preston North End could find themselves struggling to breach the defence of this Sunderland side who should be able to grind out a win.

We therefore see a highly competitive game with a 0-1 winning score for Sunderland at the end of this one.

Little in this one.

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

Andre Moura, 18:01 13/08/2024