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Preston North End v Cardiff City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 8th Apr, 19:45 BST, Deepdale, Preston

Preston North End are in Championship action on Tuesday evening, as Paul Heckingbottom aims to beat Metin Diyadin and his Cardiff City side at the Deepdale. Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, stats for seventeen major betting market have been published below, with head to head (H2H) records and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds are also given.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 52%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Cardiff 23%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Preston 1-0 11%	-	-
Preston 2-1 10%	-	-
Preston 2-0 9%	-	-
Cardiff 1-0 7%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Cardiff 2-1 6%	-	-
Preston 3-1 5%	-	-
Preston 3-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Cardiff 2-0 4%	-	-
Preston 3-2 3%	-	-
Preston 4-1 2%	-	-
Preston 4-0 2%	-	-
Cardiff 3-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 51%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 49%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 54%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	-	-
No 1st Goal 4%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	-	-
BTTS - No 48%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 23%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 11%	-	-
Home/draw 77%	-	-
Away/draw 48%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 29%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 71%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 69%	-	-
Away DNB 41%	-	-
Preston win to nil 29%	-	-
Cardiff win to nil 12%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 39 matches so far this season and lay in 14th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 6 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 43 goals to 39 goals.

Home League Performance

Preston have played 19 games at home winning 7, drawing 10 and losing 2 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

Cardiff are in 22nd position in the Championship on 40 points having played 39 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 38 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 20 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

35 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 12 and won 8. Cardiff have conceded 59 goals, scored 36, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Preston Cardiff
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	39	26	7	6	27	83	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	Apr 18
2	Leeds	39	23	12	4	51	81	d 1-1F	Apr 12	l 0-2A	l 7-0A
3	Burnley	39	22	15	2	42	81	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	l 1-2A	l 5-0A
4	Sunderland	39	20	12	7	19	72	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	l 0-2A	l 2-1A
5	Coventry	39	17	8	14	5	59	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	d 1-1F	d 2-2F
6	West Brom	39	13	18	8	13	57	d 1-1A	l 3-1A	Apr 26	d 0-00-0
7	M'Boro	39	16	9	14	10	57	w 2-1F	d 1-1A	l 0-2A	d 1-1A
8	Bristol C	39	14	15	10	7	57	l 1-3A	May 3	d 1-1A	d 1-1F
9	Watford	39	15	8	16	-4	53	w 3-0F	w 1-2F	d 1-1F	w 1-2F
10	Norwich	39	13	13	13	7	52	d 2-2F	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	May 3
11	Blackburn	39	15	7	17	1	52	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	l 1-3A	w 1-2F
12	Sheff Wed	39	14	10	15	-6	52	w 3-1F	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	d 1-1F
13	Millwall	39	13	12	14	-3	51	d 1-1A	l 3-1A	w 1-0F	d 2-2A
14	Preston Home	39	10	17	12	-7	47	-	-	l 0-2A	Apr 8
15	QPR	39	11	12	16	-8	45	Apr 18	l 2-1F	l 0-2A	Apr 5
16	Swansea	39	12	9	18	-11	45	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A	w 3-0F	d 1-1A
17	Portsmouth	39	12	9	18	-14	45	w 2-1F	l 3-1A	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
18	Stoke	39	10	12	17	-12	42	Apr 5	d 0-00-0	Apr 12	d 2-2A
19	Oxford Utd	39	10	12	17	-17	42	d 1-1A	l 3-1F	Apr 21	l 3-2A
20	Derby	39	11	8	20	-9	41	d 1-1F	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	l 1-0A
21	Hull	39	10	11	18	-9	41	w 1-0F	Apr 21	w 1-0F	l 4-1F
22	Cardiff Away	39	9	13	17	-20	40	Apr 8	w 0-2F	-	-
23	Luton	39	10	8	21	-25	38	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	l 1-2F	l 1-0A
24	Plymouth	39	7	13	19	-37	34	Apr 26	d 3-3F	w 5-0F	d 1-1F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preston	2 - 1	Portsmouth
Preston	0 - 0	Swansea
Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
Preston	0 - 0	Burnley
Preston	2 - 1	M'Boro
Preston	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Preston	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
Preston	1 - 0	Hull
Preston	1 - 1	Leeds
Preston	1 - 1	West Brom
Preston	1 - 1	Derby
Preston	0 - 0	Sunderland
Preston	1 - 3	Bristol C
Preston	2 - 2	Norwich
Preston	1 - 0	Coventry
Preston	3 - 0	Watford
Preston	0 - 0	Blackburn
Preston	1 - 0	Luton
Preston	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
Preston	0 - 3	Leicester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Preston	0 - 2	Derby
H	Preston	2 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Preston	1 - 1	Sunderland
A	Preston	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Preston	0 - 0	Swansea
A	Preston	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Preston	0 - 0	Burnley
A	Preston	1 - 0	Norwich
A	Preston	1 - 2	Blackburn
H	Preston	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Preston	2 - 1	Watford
A	Preston	0 - 0	Luton
H	Preston	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Preston	1 - 3	West Brom
H	Preston	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Preston	1 - 0	Hull
A	Preston	1 - 2	QPR
H	Preston	1 - 1	Leeds
A	Preston	2 - 0	Cardiff

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn	1 - 2	Cardiff
Sunderland	2 - 1	Cardiff
Plymouth	1 - 1	Cardiff
Portsmouth	2 - 1	Cardiff
Leeds	7 - 0	Cardiff
Millwall	2 - 2	Cardiff
M'Boro	1 - 1	Cardiff
Watford	1 - 2	Cardiff
Oxford Utd	3 - 2	Cardiff
Stoke	2 - 2	Cardiff
Coventry	2 - 2	Cardiff
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Cardiff
Luton	1 - 0	Cardiff
West Brom	0 - 0	Cardiff
Bristol C	1 - 1	Cardiff
Hull	4 - 1	Cardiff
Derby	1 - 0	Cardiff
Swansea	1 - 1	Cardiff
Burnley	5 - 0	Cardiff
Rotherham	5 - 2	Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
A	Cardiff	2 - 1	Blackburn
H	Cardiff	1 - 2	Luton
A	Cardiff	1 - 2	Sunderland
H	Cardiff	1 - 2	Burnley
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Hull
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Plymouth
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Bristol C
A	Cardiff	1 - 2	Portsmouth
A	Cardiff	0 - 7	Leeds
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Derby
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Millwall
H	Cardiff	3 - 0	Swansea
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Watford
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	M'Boro
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Coventry
A	Cardiff	2 - 1	Watford
A	Cardiff	2 - 3	Oxford Utd
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Stoke

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Preston

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 16

9 / 16

Clean sheets

7 / 16

3 / 16

PNE

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
	1 - 2	Cardiff
Preston	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Cardiff
	0 - 1	Cardiff
	1 - 3	Cardiff
Preston	3 - 0
Preston	3 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Cardiff
Preston	3 - 0
Preston	6 - 0
	1 - 2	Cardiff
Preston	2 - 1
Preston	2 - 1
Preston	3 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Cardiff

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 17

Clean sheets

7 / 17

PNE

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
	0 - 2	Preston
	0 - 2	Preston
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Cardiff	4 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Preston
Cardiff	2 - 0
Cardiff	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Cardiff	1 - 0
Cardiff	2 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Cardiff	4 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Preston
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

Preston North End's fans will be hoping for goals on Tuesday evening, not least because Cardiff City have conceded in each of their last 5 Championship games. A PG of 1.7 for Paul Heckingbottom's side suggests that run should continue.

	Preston 14th	Cardiff 22nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Preston will score 1 or more goals	0 36% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 73% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-17 Preston have scored 17% fewer goals at home than predicted	+7 Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	2.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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PNE

CAR

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Games scored	28		28
Failed to score	10		11
Scored first	18		17
Goals scored	39		43
Avg. goals scored	1		1.1
Avg. shots per game	7		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		8
Conversion rate for	14		13
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+1%

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Games conceded	25		33
Clean sheets	13		6
Conceded first	13		21
Goals conceded	44		63
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		5
Conversion rate against	14%		19%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.4
KickOff rating		+29%

Preston v Cardiff Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Preston Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
37	10	4	11
F Woodman	E Riis	M Frökjaer-Jensen	L Lindsay

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
E Riis FWD	38	10	2	2 -
F Woodman GLK	37			6 1
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	37		3	5 -
A Hughes DEF	34		1	7 -
S Greenwood MID	34	5	2	8 2
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	33	2	4	7 -
S Thórdarson MID	32	2	2	4 -
J Storey DEF	29	1	1	6 -
B Potts DEF	29	4	2	4 -
A McCann MID	29	1		9 -
D Holmes MID	29	1	1	3 -
L Lindsay DEF	28		1	8 3
B Whiteman MID	28		1	11 -
M Osmajic FWD	27	7	3	3 -
R Ledson MID	23	1	1	5 -
W Keane FWD	23	3		-
R Brady MID	22		2	4 -
J Whatmough DEF	16		1	5 -
L Gibson DEF	13			2 -
J. Meghoma DEF	10		1	1 -
R Porteous DEF	9	1		2 -
C Evans FWD	5		1	-
D Cornell GLK	3			-
P Bauer DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	28	4	23
E Riis	E Riis	M Frökjaer-Jensen	S Greenwood

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Riis FWD	10	28	2	13
M Osmajic FWD	7	15	3	3
S Greenwood MID	5	27	2	23
B Potts DEF	4	10	2	14
W Keane FWD	3	4		2
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	2	3	4	21
S Thórdarson MID	2	5	2	11
J Storey DEF	1	2	1	9
A McCann MID	1	4		13
D Holmes MID	1	2	1	8
R Porteous DEF	1	1
R Ledson MID	1	3	1	4
L Gibson DEF		2		1
C Evans FWD		3	1	2
J. Meghoma DEF		1	1	1
B Whiteman MID		4	1	13
J Whatmough DEF		1	1	3
R Brady MID		2	2	12
L Lindsay DEF		1	1	3
A Hughes DEF		2	1	10
K Kesler-Hayden DEF		8	3	14

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1540	99	199
A Hughes	A McCann	K Kesler-Hayden

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Hughes DEF	1540	57	192
F Woodman GLK	1256	1	20
J Storey DEF	1230	46	157
L Lindsay DEF	1129	29	160
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	1126	50	199
B Whiteman MID	981	47	73
A McCann MID	974	99	166
B Potts DEF	799	57	158
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	797	42	86
S Thórdarson MID	768	27	92
J Whatmough DEF	648	27	80
S Greenwood MID	589	41	114
L Gibson DEF	586	23	76
R Brady MID	453	26	69
R Ledson MID	383	30	72
E Riis FWD	382	20	96
R Porteous DEF	338	17	52
D Holmes MID	288	17	59
W Keane FWD	249	6	29
J. Meghoma DEF	173	17	21
M Osmajic FWD	151	7	36
D Cornell GLK	56
C Evans FWD	18	1	5
P Bauer DEF	1	1	1

Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	12	4	9
C Chambers	C Robinson	R Colwill	C Chambers

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Colwill MID	36	1	4	2 -
C Chambers DEF	35	2	1	9 -
C O'Dowda MID	35	2	2	7 -
D Goutas DEF	33	1	1	3 1
P Ng DEF	32	1	1	9 -
C Robinson FWD	31	12	1	1 2
J Alnwick GLK	29			2 -
A Robertson MID	29	3	2	6 -
Y Méïté FWD	29	2		2 -
J Bagan DEF	28		1	4 1
C Willock MID	28	2	1	-
A Rinomhota MID	25		1	7 -
A Ghazi FWD	25	3	1	-
O Tanner FWD	24	2	2	1 -
C. Ashford MID	21	2	3	-
J Ralls MID	19		1	6 -
J Daland DEF	16			3 -
W Fish DEF	14			2 -
D Turnbull MID	14	1		2 -
Y Salech FWD	13	5		1 -
E Horvath GLK	10			-
S Mannsverk MID	10		1	3 -
A Ramsey MID	8			1 -
W Alves MID	7		3	-
I Davies FWD	6	2		1 -
J Collins DEF	3			1 -
R. Kpakio DEF	2		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	27	4	34
C Robinson	C Robinson	R Colwill	A Robertson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Robinson FWD	12	27	1	13
Y Salech FWD	5	12
A Ghazi FWD	3	14	1	6
A Robertson MID	3	6	2	34
O Tanner FWD	2	10	2	7
C O'Dowda MID	2	8	2	22
I Davies FWD	2	3
Y Méïté FWD	2	10		7
C. Ashford MID	2	3	3	5
C Willock MID	2	7	1	16
C Chambers DEF	2	6	1	10
D Turnbull MID	1	10		8
R Colwill MID	1	18	4	22
P Ng DEF	1	7	1	21
D Goutas DEF	1	5	1	6
A Rinomhota MID		1	1	6
J Bagan DEF		2	1	5
J Ralls MID		3	1	15
J Daland DEF				4
W Fish DEF		2
S Mannsverk MID		1	1
A Ramsey MID		5
W Alves MID		2	3	2
J Collins DEF				1
R. Kpakio DEF			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1764	72	188
C Chambers	P Ng	C O'Dowda

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Chambers DEF	1764	64	156
D Goutas DEF	1435	41	149
P Ng DEF	1222	72	182
C O'Dowda MID	1044	62	188
A Robertson MID	1015	54	134
R Colwill MID	832	57	151
J Alnwick GLK	806	1	16
J Bagan DEF	609	31	67
A Rinomhota MID	561	63	126
J Ralls MID	560	22	47
D Turnbull MID	470	13	19
J Daland DEF	457	11	52
C Robinson FWD	444	6	52
C Willock MID	428	25	81
O Tanner FWD	352	39	84
A Ramsey MID	330	16	29
W Fish DEF	314	11	50
A Ghazi FWD	303	8	60
S Mannsverk MID	301	14	43
E Horvath GLK	267		1
C. Ashford MID	237	14	56
Y Salech FWD	161	9	83
Y Méïté FWD	139	17	98
W Alves MID	82	9	26
J Collins DEF	64	5	8
I Davies FWD	42	6	16
R. Kpakio DEF	34	3	5

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Preston North End v Cardiff City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Preston have played 39 matches so far this season and lay in 14th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Cardiff are in 22nd position in the Championship on 40 points having played 39 matches so far this season.

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Performance against teams above them in the league

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