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Thursday 1 January 2026 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Deepdale, Preston · Referee Gavin Ward

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

In Preston North End's last 10 home games and Sheffield Wednesday's last 10 away games in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 14 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 10 of 20, with 10.7 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 Sheffield Wednesday, full match

47%

Possession

53%

1.91

Expected goals (xG)

0.21

12

Shots

6

7

Shots on target

1

4

Corners

7

10

Fouls

8

2

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

4

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

28'

Goal

Ali McCann PRE

55'

Yellow card

Jordan Storey PRE

61'

Goal

Milutin Osmajić PRE

70'

Yellow card

Milutin Osmajić PRE

85'

Goal

Lewis Dobbin PRE

At a glance

Preston North End

14th in the table

L

D

W

D

Sheffield Wednesday

24th in the table

D

L

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Preston North End's home games and Sheffield Wednesday'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 Sheffield Wednesday's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

70%

14/20 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

30%

6/20 games · League 25%

Over 9.5 corners

63%

12/19 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

10/20 games · League 53%

Preston North End clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 25%

Sheffield Wednesday clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 25%

Preston North End fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 25%

Sheffield Wednesday fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.5

League 2.6

Corners (19 games)

10.7

League 10.3

Cards

3.4

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Preston North End

3-1-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Daniel Iversen

DEFENDERS

2

14

16

18

42

MIDFIELDERS

4

Ben Whiteman

8

Ali McCann

21

Alfie Devine

FORWARDS

24

Michael Smith

28

Milutin Osmajić

SUBSTITUTES

12

6

26

15

44

7

9

10

17

Sheffield Wednesday

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Pierce Charles

DEFENDERS

2

6

12

16

22

MIDFIELDERS

10

Barry Bannan

37

Jarvis Thornton

FORWARDS

8

Svante Ingelsson

17

Charlie McNeill

18

Bailey Cadamarteri

SUBSTITUTES

24

27

28

32

4

20

9

15

41

Referee: Gavin Ward

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

Cards per game

3.1

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.0

Red cards per game

0.13

Fouls per game

20.6

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

SHE

Match

League

Goals per match

2.3

2.7

2.5

2.6

Over 0.5

92%

22/24

91%

21/23

91%

43/47

94%

Over 1.5

75%

18/24

83%

19/23

79%

37/47

75%

Over 2.5

42%

10/24

61%

14/23

51%

24/47

51%

Over 3.5

17%

4/24

30%

7/23

23%

11/47

25%

Over 4.5

8%

2/24

9%

2/23

9%

4/47

11%

Bet

PRE

SHE

Match

League

Yes

67%

16/24

52%

12/23

60%

28/47

59%

Yes and win

21%

5/24

0%

0/23

19%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

42%

10/24

39%

9/23

40%

19/47

43%

Yes and draw

33%

8/24

26%

6/23

30%

14/47

22%

Yes and loss

13%

3/24

26%

6/23

19%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/24

9%

2/23

4%

2/47

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Bet

PRE

SHE

Match

League

Corners per match

9.9

10.8

10.4

10.2

Over 7.5

70%

16/23

82%

18/22

76%

34/45

79%

Over 8.5

61%

14/23

73%

16/22

67%

30/45

69%

Over 9.5

52%

12/23

55%

12/22

53%

24/45

54%

Over 10.5

26%

6/23

55%

12/22

40%

18/45

43%

Over 11.5

26%

6/23

36%

8/22

31%

14/45

33%

Over 12.5

13%

3/23

32%

7/22

22%

10/45

23%

Referee Gavin Ward: 3.1 cards and 20.6 fouls per game in 23 games this season

Bet

PRE

SHE

Match

League

Cards per match

3.6

3.1

3.4

3.8

Over 2.5

67%

16/24

57%

13/23

62%

29/47

75%

Over 3.5

50%

12/24

43%

10/23

47%

22/47

51%

Over 4.5

29%

7/24

22%

5/23

26%

12/47

32%

Over 5.5

17%

4/24

9%

2/23

13%

6/47

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Milutin Osmajić

9 starts · 0.5 per 90

13%

1/8

44%

4/9

0%

0/9

0%

0/9

Alfie Devine

17 starts · 0.3 per 90

13%

2/16

24%

4/17

0%

0/17

0%

0/17

Charlie McNeill

10 starts · 0.3 per 90

22%

2/9

20%

2/10

10%

1/10

0%

0/10

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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.