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Saturday 7 February 2026 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Deepdale, Preston · Referee Adam Herczeg

Preston North End v Portsmouth: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Preston North End's last 10 home games and Portsmouth's last 10 away games in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 11 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 10 of 20, with 11.2 corners per match (league 10.3) and 3.4 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Preston North End v Portsmouth, full match

37%

Possession

63%

0.58

Expected goals (xG)

1.23

7

Shots

12

3

Shots on target

4

2

Corners

14

15

Fouls

10

3

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

40'

Goal

Alfie Devine PRE

71'

Yellow card

Ali McCann PRE

89'

Yellow card

Jordan Thompson PRE

90'

Yellow card

David Cornell PRE

90'

Yellow card

Aji Alese POR

At a glance

Preston North End

14th in the table

D

L

W

Portsmouth

18th in the table

W

D

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Preston North End's home games and Portsmouth's away games in the Championship this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Preston North End's last 10 home games and Portsmouth's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

55%

11/20 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

80%

16/20 games · League 76%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

10/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

20%

4/20 games · League 25%

Over 9.5 corners

74%

14/19 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 cards

40%

8/20 games · League 53%

Preston North End clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 25%

Portsmouth clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 25%

Preston North End fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 25%

Portsmouth fail to score

40%

4/10 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.6

League 2.6

Corners (19 games)

11.2

League 10.3

Cards

3.4

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Preston North End

4-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

David Cornell

DEFENDERS

3

14

19

42

MIDFIELDERS

4

8

21

26

FORWARDS

17

Lewis Dobbin

22

Miloš Luković

SUBSTITUTES

12

2

18

36

15

23

34

35

24

Portsmouth

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Nicolas Schmid

DEFENDERS

3

5

22

24

MIDFIELDERS

21

Andre Dozzell

36

Conor Chaplin

38

Ebou Adams

FORWARDS

10

Adrian Segečić

27

Millenic Alli

40

Jacob Brown

SUBSTITUTES

26

2

17

34

7

8

16

25

47

Referee: Adam Herczeg

23 games in the Championship this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.8

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.7

Red cards per game

0.13

Fouls per game

22.1

League 21.5

Penalties per game

0.13

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

PRE

POR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.4

2.3

2.6

Over 0.5

93%

28/30

93%

26/28

93%

54/58

94%

Over 1.5

77%

23/30

68%

19/28

72%

42/58

75%

Over 2.5

43%

13/30

43%

12/28

43%

25/58

50%

Over 3.5

17%

5/30

18%

5/28

17%

10/58

24%

Over 4.5

7%

2/30

7%

2/28

7%

4/58

10%

Bet

PRE

POR

Match

League

Yes

57%

17/30

50%

14/28

53%

31/58

56%

Yes and win

17%

5/30

11%

3/28

18%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

33%

10/30

29%

8/28

31%

18/58

40%

Yes and draw

30%

9/30

25%

7/28

28%

16/58

20%

Yes and loss

10%

3/30

14%

4/28

18%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/30

0%

0/28

0%

0/58

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Bet

PRE

POR

Match

League

Corners per match

10.3

10.4

10.3

10.2

Over 7.5

76%

22/29

78%

21/27

77%

43/56

79%

Over 8.5

69%

20/29

70%

19/27

70%

39/56

69%

Over 9.5

59%

17/29

59%

16/27

59%

33/56

55%

Over 10.5

38%

11/29

44%

12/27

41%

23/56

44%

Over 11.5

31%

9/29

41%

11/27

36%

20/56

34%

Over 12.5

14%

4/29

30%

8/27

21%

12/56

23%

Referee Adam Herczeg: 3.8 cards and 22.1 fouls per game in 23 games this season

Bet

PRE

POR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.6

3.8

3.7

3.8

Over 2.5

67%

20/30

75%

21/28

71%

41/58

74%

Over 3.5

47%

14/30

43%

12/28

45%

26/58

50%

Over 4.5

30%

9/30

32%

9/28

31%

18/58

32%

Over 5.5

20%

6/30

21%

6/28

21%

12/58

19%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Ebou Adams

3 starts · 0.7 per 90

0%

0/3

67%

2/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Lewis Dobbin

18 starts · 0.4 per 90

19%

3/16

28%

5/18

0%

0/18

0%

0/18

Adrian Segečić

16 starts · 0.3 per 90

20%

3/15

25%

4/16

0%

0/16

0%

0/16

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.