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

Sat 15th Mar, 15:00 BST, Deepdale, Preston

Paul Heckingbottom's Preston North End side are on home soil in the Championship on Saturday afternoon, as John Mousinho's Portsmouth travel to the Deepdale. The predictions shown are based on extensive statistical analysis of both teams, across seventeen major betting markets. The data and the odds change with each market, and head-to-head statistics are included across the board.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We don't think there's a clear favourite to claim victory here, but what is clear is that the odds suggest it'll have 3 goals or less. Our statistical analysis says the same. Preston and Portsmouth have delivered a host of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance stats point towards an extension of that record. We feel confident predicting under 3.5 goals on Saturday afternoon, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.36.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Preston are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 57% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.00.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 57%	19/20	1/1 3%
Draw 24%	12/5	5/2 3%
Portsmouth 19%	29/10	14/5 1%
Preston 1-0 13%	7/1	6/1
Draw 1-1 11%	11/2	11/2
Preston 2-0 11%	17/2	8/1 6%
Preston 2-1 10%	15/2	7/1
Draw 0-0 8%	10/1	8/1 5%
Portsmouth 1-0 7%	11/1	9/1 5%
Preston 3-0 6%	16/1	12/1
Preston 3-1 5%	14/1	12/1
Portsmouth 2-1 5%	12/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 4%	12/1	11/1
Portsmouth 2-0 3%	20/1	14/1
Preston 4-0 3%	33/1	25/1 13%
Preston 3-2 2%	25/1	18/1
Preston 4-1 2%	33/1	22/1
Portsmouth 3-1 1%	28/1	22/1 10%
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	10/11	17/20
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	10/11	17/20
Home 1st Goal 56%	8/13	-
Away 1st Goal 39%	6/4	-
No 1st Goal 5%	10/1	-
BTTS - Yes 47%	8/11	3/4
BTTS - No 53%	1/1	1/1 3%
BTTS - Home Win 22%	3/1	14/5 1%
BTTS - Draw 16%	10/3	17/5 4%
BTTS - Away Win 8%	6/1	11/2
Home/draw 81%	1/4	1/4
Away/draw 43%	4/5	4/5 2%
Home/away 76%	3/10	3/10 1%
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	2/7	2/7
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	11/4	12/5
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	11/5	21/10
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	4/11	1/3
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	5/1	19/4
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/8	1/8 1%
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	12/1	10/1
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/25	1/33
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/20	1/20
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	10/1	8/1 5%
Home DNB 74%	2/5	2/5
Away DNB 36%	7/4	13/8 3%
Preston win to nil 35%	5/2	-
Portsmouth win to nil 11%	6/1	-
Preston / Preston 25%	11/5	21/10 3%
Preston / Portsmouth 3%	33/1	25/1
Preston / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1 8%
Draw / Preston 16%	4/1	19/5
Draw / Portsmouth 10%	7/1	13/2
Draw / Draw 16%	9/2	19/5 4%
Portsmouth / Preston 4%	22/1	18/1
Portsmouth / Portsmouth 13%	5/1	5/1 4%
Portsmouth / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1 8%

Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 37 matches so far this season and lay in 15th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 6 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 44 goals to 37 goals.

Home League Performance

Preston have played 18 games at home winning 6, drawing 10 and losing 2 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Portsmouth are in 17th position in the Championship on 42 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

12 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 41 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 6 and won 8. Portsmouth have conceded 39 goals, scored 34, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 6 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 Portsmouth
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	37	24	7	6	24	77	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A
2	Leeds	36	22	10	4	49	76	d 1-1F	Apr 12	w 1-0F	d 3-3A
3	Burnley	37	20	15	2	39	75	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	l 2-1F
4	Sunderland	37	19	12	6	21	69	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	l 1-3A	l 1-0A
5	West Brom	37	13	17	7	14	56	d 1-1A	l 3-1A	l 0-3A	l 5-1A
6	Coventry	37	16	8	13	4	56	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	w 4-1A	Apr 9
7	Bristol C	37	13	15	9	7	54	l 1-3A	May 3	w 3-0F	l 3-0A
8	M'Boro	37	15	8	14	9	53	w 2-1F	d 1-1A	w 2-1A	d 2-2F
9	Blackburn	36	15	7	14	4	52	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	Mar 29	l 3-0A
10	Sheff Wed	37	14	9	14	-5	51	w 3-1F	d 1-1F	l 1-2F	Apr 26
11	Norwich	37	12	13	12	7	49	d 2-2F	w 0-1F	d 0-00-0	Apr 18
12	Watford	36	14	7	15	-4	49	w 3-0F	w 1-2F	Apr 21	l 2-1F
13	Millwall	36	12	12	12	-1	48	d 1-1A	l 3-1A	l 0-1A	Apr 5
14	QPR	37	11	11	15	-6	44	Apr 18	l 2-1F	w 2-1F	w 1-2A
15	Preston Home	37	9	17	11	-6	44	-	-	w 3-1F	Mar 15
16	Swansea	36	12	8	16	-8	44	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A	w 4-0F	d 2-2F
17	Portsmouth Away	36	11	9	16	-13	42	Mar 15	l 3-1A	-	-
18	Oxford Utd	36	9	12	15	-16	39	d 1-1A	l 3-1F	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
19	Hull	36	9	10	17	-9	37	w 1-0F	Apr 21	May 3	d 1-1A
20	Stoke	36	8	12	16	-14	36	Apr 5	d 0-00-0	w 3-1F	l 6-1A
21	Cardiff	37	8	12	17	-21	36	Apr 8	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	l 2-0A
22	Derby	37	9	8	20	-12	35	d 1-1F	Apr 2	Apr 12	l 4-0A
23	Luton	37	9	7	21	-26	34	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
24	Plymouth	36	6	12	18	-37	30	Apr 26	d 3-3F	Mar 12	l 1-0A

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Win / draw / win form

Preston have drawn 3 consecutive home league games

Preston have not lost in 11 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Preston	0 - 1	Norwich

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Preston	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Preston	1 - 1	West Brom

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Luton	1 - 0	Portsmouth
Oxford Utd	0 - 2	Portsmouth
Sheff Utd	2 - 1	Portsmouth
West Brom	5 - 1	Portsmouth
Blackburn	3 - 0	Portsmouth
Sunderland	1 - 0	Portsmouth
Bristol C	3 - 0	Portsmouth
Watford	2 - 1	Portsmouth
Derby	4 - 0	Portsmouth
Swansea	2 - 2	Portsmouth
Plymouth	1 - 0	Portsmouth
Hull	1 - 1	Portsmouth
Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
QPR	1 - 2	Portsmouth
Stoke	6 - 1	Portsmouth
Burnley	2 - 1	Portsmouth
M'Boro	2 - 2	Portsmouth
Leeds	3 - 3	Portsmouth
Lincoln	0 - 2	Portsmouth
Bolton	1 - 1	Portsmouth

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Portsmouth	1 - 0	Leeds
A	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Luton
H	Portsmouth	2 - 1	QPR
A	Portsmouth	2 - 0	Oxford Utd
H	Portsmouth	2 - 1	Cardiff
A	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
H	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Burnley
H	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Millwall
A	Portsmouth	1 - 5	West Brom
H	Portsmouth	3 - 1	Stoke
H	Portsmouth	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Portsmouth	0 - 3	Blackburn
A	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Sunderland
H	Portsmouth	4 - 0	Swansea
A	Portsmouth	0 - 3	Bristol C
A	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Watford
H	Portsmouth	4 - 1	Coventry
A	Portsmouth	0 - 4	Derby
H	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Norwich
H	Portsmouth	3 - 0	Bristol C

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Preston have not lost to Portsmouth in 5 consecutive home league meetings

Preston

Portsmouth

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 5

2 / 5

Clean sheets

3 / 5

0 / 5

PNE

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

Portsmouth

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 6

5 / 6

Clean sheets

1 / 6

3 / 6

PNE

POR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portsmouth
Portsmouth	3 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Portsmouth	3 - 2
	0 - 1	Preston
	0 - 1	Preston

Goal Statistics

	Preston 15th	Portsmouth 17th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	0.9 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 43% 1 36% 2 16% 3 4+ There is a 79% probability of Portsmouth scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-25 Preston have scored 25% fewer goals at home than predicted	-1 Portsmouth’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.0 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	2.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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PNE

POR

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Games scored	26		23
Failed to score	10		13
Scored first	16		14
Goals scored	36		44
Avg. goals scored	1		1.2
Avg. shots per game	7		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	13		15
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.3
KickOff rating		+1%

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PNE

POR

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Games conceded	23		28
Clean sheets	13		8
Conceded first	13		18
Goals conceded	42		57
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	15%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.5
KickOff rating		+21%

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Preston Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	10	4	11
F Woodman	E Riis	M Frökjaer-Jensen	L Lindsay

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
F Woodman GLK	36			6 1
E Riis FWD	36	10	2	2 -
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	35		3	5 -
A Hughes DEF	33		1	7 -
S Greenwood MID	33	5	2	7 1
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	31	2	4	5 -
S Thórdarson MID	30	1	2	4 -
J Storey DEF	29	1	1	6 -
B Potts DEF	29	4	2	4 -
D Holmes MID	29	1	1	3 -
A McCann MID	29	1		9 -
L Lindsay DEF	26		1	8 3
B Whiteman MID	26		1	11 -
M Osmajic FWD	26	7	3	3 -
R Ledson MID	21	1	1	5 -
W Keane FWD	21	3		-
R Brady MID	20		1	3 -
J Whatmough DEF	16		1	4 -
L Gibson DEF	11			2 -
J. Meghoma DEF	8		1	1 -
R Porteous DEF	7			2 -
C Evans FWD	3			-
D Cornell GLK	2			-
P Bauer DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	28	4	22
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	14	3	3
S Greenwood MID	5	26	2	22
B Potts DEF	4	10	2	14
W Keane FWD	3	4		2
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	2	3	4	21
R Ledson MID	1	2	1	4
S Thórdarson MID	1	4	2	11
J Storey DEF	1	2	1	9
D Holmes MID	1	2	1	8
A McCann MID	1	4		13
L Gibson DEF		2		1
C Evans FWD		1		1
J. Meghoma DEF		1	1	1
B Whiteman MID		4	1	13
J Whatmough DEF			1	3
R Brady MID		2	1	10
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
1513	98	191
A Hughes	A McCann	A Hughes

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Hughes DEF	1513	57	191
J Storey DEF	1231	45	156
F Woodman GLK	1226	1	18
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	1053	46	188
L Lindsay DEF	1032	27	144
A McCann MID	971	98	165
B Whiteman MID	929	43	68
B Potts DEF	798	57	158
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	738	37	74
S Thórdarson MID	707	25	80
J Whatmough DEF	649	27	81
S Greenwood MID	578	40	111
L Gibson DEF	481	21	64
R Brady MID	405	25	64
E Riis FWD	357	19	91
R Ledson MID	323	30	66
D Holmes MID	288	17	59
R Porteous DEF	244	11	31
W Keane FWD	210	5	24
J. Meghoma DEF	148	15	19
M Osmajic FWD	134	7	34
D Cornell GLK	23
C Evans FWD	8	1	4
P Bauer DEF	1	1	1

Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	10	9	10
C Ogilvie	C Lang	J Murphy	M Pack

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Ogilvie DEF	34	4	1	4 -
M Pack MID	32		1	9 1
J Murphy FWD	32	6	9	6 -
M Ritchie MID	30	4		5 -
A Dozzell MID	29	1	1	9 -
C Lang FWD	28	10	3	10 -
N Schmid GLK	27		1	2 -
F Potts MID	27	1	4	5 -
Z Swanson DEF	26	1	1	3 -
T Devlin MID	25		1	1 -
C Saydee FWD	24	2		5 -
C Bishop FWD	22	6	2	-
P Lane FWD	21	1	1	2 -
R Poole DEF	17			4 -
J Williams DEF	14			5 -
R Towler DEF	11	1		3 -
I Hayden MID	11			-
M O’Mahony FWD	10	3		1 -
K Yengi FWD	10			2 -
R Atkinson DEF	9		1	3 -
H Blair FWD	8			3 -
C Bramall DEF	6			-
H. Matthews DEF	6			-
C Shaughnessy DEF	6	1		1 -
A Aouchiche MID	6			-
A Kamara MID	5			1 -
J Archer GLK	2			-
K Gordon FWD	2			-
T. Waddingham FWD	2	1		-
J. Farrell DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	22	9	23
C Lang	J Murphy	J Murphy	J Murphy

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Lang FWD	10	21	3	18
J Murphy FWD	6	22	9	23
C Bishop FWD	6	15	2	8
C Ogilvie DEF	4	9	1	17
M Ritchie MID	4	12		22
M O’Mahony FWD	3	4		2
C Saydee FWD	2	5		4
T. Waddingham FWD	1	2
C Shaughnessy DEF	1	4		1
P Lane FWD	1	5	1	12
R Towler DEF	1	1
F Potts MID	1	3	4	21
A Dozzell MID	1	3	1	5
Z Swanson DEF	1	2	1	5
T Devlin MID		2	1	7
H. Matthews DEF				1
A Kamara MID				1
A Aouchiche MID		1
N Schmid GLK			1	2
H Blair FWD		1		1
R Atkinson DEF			1	2
K Yengi FWD				5
M Pack MID		2	1	14
J Williams DEF				1
R Poole DEF		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1225	63	207
M Pack	Z Swanson	C Ogilvie

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pack MID	1225	31	154
C Ogilvie DEF	952	32	207
N Schmid GLK	917		12
F Potts MID	858	45	156
A Dozzell MID	677	43	84
R Poole DEF	579	28	72
Z Swanson DEF	558	63	114
M Ritchie MID	486	29	69
C Bishop FWD	481	19	162
J Murphy FWD	447	28	127
J Williams DEF	404	33	61
T Devlin MID	403	19	78
R Towler DEF	329	10	30
R Atkinson DEF	295	3	54
C Lang FWD	269	26	124
I Hayden MID	234	24	39
P Lane FWD	234	13	38
C Shaughnessy DEF	202		19
C Saydee FWD	166	10	39
H. Matthews DEF	99	6	15
A Kamara MID	83	4	7
A Aouchiche MID	75	5	12
K Yengi FWD	57	1	23
M O’Mahony FWD	57	3	22
J Archer GLK	52
J. Farrell DEF	40	1	4
C Bramall DEF	24	1	3
K Gordon FWD	18	4	6
H Blair FWD	16	4	13
T. Waddingham FWD	2	2	3

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Preston have played 37 matches so far this season and lay in 15th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Portsmouth are in 17th position in the Championship on 42 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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