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Preston North End Bristol City betting prediction


Betting suggestion:

The most likely scenario for this game is the existence of few goals. Bristol City have a superior squad compared to their opponents, and it is natural that they create several chances to score goals. On the other hand, Preston Norh End should enter the field with a defensive mentality, looking only for the counterattack to create danger. Thus, we believe that risking in favor of a match with few goals is of great value.
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Preview
Preston North End and Bristol City face at Deepdale, in a match for the 20th round of the Championship. The head‑to‑head history at this stadium, favours the home team, since in the last 4 head‑to‑heads they won 2 and tied 2. Nevertheless, in the last head‑to‑head played at this stadium, for the Championship, on 28‑09‑2019, they tied (3‑3). P. Bauer (70' ), P. Gallagher (45' ) and D. Johnson (51' ) scored for Preston North End and N. Baker (60' ), T. Moore (29' ) and A. Weimann (36' ) for Bristol City. The home/away factor is worth special atention, since although this is a match between 16th and 8th of the league table, it’s also a match between the 22th best team in home matches and the 5th best in away matches.

Analysis Preston

The home team is currently in the 16th position of the league, with 23 points won, after 7 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Luton Town, by (3‑0). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Barnsley, by (2‑1). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since they have won 16 points in away matches, with 19 goals scored and 18 conceded, against 7 points won at their stadium, with 7 goals scored and 12 conceded. In the last 9 home league matches Preston North End has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 27 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (5 out of 9 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, since 4 of the last 9 for this competition have ended ended with Under 1,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 11 of their 19 matches for this competition, and have only turned the score around in 2.

Preston North End come to this game with a 2-1 defeat at Barnsley ground, registering in this way the second straight defeat in this second English division: the only goal of the team was signed by Sean Maguire. Manager Alex Neil should take a chance on the same strategy as the last game, favoring the low middle block and counterattacks, exploring the space in the opponent's back in the best way. Left-winger Scott Sinclair is Preston North End's top scorer, with 7 goals scored. Louis Moult is out of this game due to physical problems.

Confirmed Lineup: Declan Rudd, Ben Davies, Darnell Fisher, Paul Huntington, Daniel Johnson, Alan Browne, Joshua Earl, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Sean Maguire, Scott Sinclair.
Coach: R. Lowe.

Analysis Bristol City

The away team is currently in the 8th position of the league, with 30 points won, after 9 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Rotherham United, by (2‑0). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Millwall, by (0‑2). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since they have won 16 points in away matches and 14 at their stadium, with 8 goals scored and 9 conceded at home, against 12 goals scored and 11 conceded in away matches. In the last 9 away league matches Bristol City has a record of 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, so they have won 16 points out of 27 possible. In 19 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 11 times and have only turned the score around in 2.

Bristol City arrive for this game with a 0-2 home defeat to Millwall, thus registering the second defeat in a row in this competition. For enjoying a more evolved squad, manager Dean Holden should privilege the maintenance of ball possession and the organized attacks, always with the objective of not being unbalanced. Left-winger Nahki Wells is the highlight of Bristol City, with 4 goals. For this game against Preston, the visiting team cannot Nathan Baker, Jay Dasilva, Joseph Williams, Liam Walsh, Steven Sessegnon, Andreas Weimann and Alfie Mawson, all with physical problems.

Confirmed Lineup: Daniel Bentley, Zak Vyner, Taylor Moore, Tommy Rowe, Tomáš Kalas, Jack Hunt, Han-Noah Massengo, Callum O'Dowda, Ádám Nagy, Nahki Wells, Chris Martin.
Coach: D. Holden.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Preston vs Bristol City match, on 18 December 2020, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Under 2,5 goals ⇒ bet available on bet365.

The Preston vs Bristol City on 18 December 2020 will be played at Preston, Deepdale.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Online Betting Academy, for the Preston Bristol City match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Bristol City at with 56% of the tips.

 

Championship - 2020/2021

  • 100% 557 / 557 Games

  • Home team wins 41.29%
  • Draws 25.13%
  • Away team wins 33.57%
  • Over 1.5 68.04%
  • Over 2.5 40.75%
  • Over 3.5 18.67%
  • Goals 1284
  • Goals /match 2.31
  • Goals /match home 1.25
  • Goals /match away 1.05
  • Both teams score 45.24%
  • Goals after 80' 17.21%
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