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Preston North End club crestPreston North End 2–3 Sheffield United club crestSheffield United

Kick-off
Status
Finished
Venue
Deepdale Stadium

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Match overview

Final score: Preston North End 2–3 Sheffield United.

Preston North End are 24th in the Championship table with 5 points from 14 matches; Sheffield United are 9th with 22 points from 14.

Last 5 results in our archive, newest first: Preston North End L D L L L; Sheffield United W D W L W.

In their last 5 settled matches Preston North End scored 0.4 and conceded 2.4 goals per game; Sheffield United scored 1.6 and conceded 0.8 in their last 5.

The Championship averages 2.9 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 2.6. Over 2.5 landed in 40% and both teams scored in 40% of their recent games.

Before kick-off the model’s pick was Sheffield United to win at 49% probability, and it came in.

All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced

Settled

The model’s pre-match pick and how it went

Pick
Sheffield United to win
Probability
49%
Outcome
Came in

Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Championship record

Goals in recent matches

From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.

ClubPForAgainstOver 2.5BTTSClean sheet
Preston North End50.42.440%40%0%
Sheffield United51.60.840%40%60%

Championship average this season: 2.9 goals per match.

Championship table: the two clubs

Full table
#ClubPW-D-LGoalsPts
24.Preston North End club crestPreston North End141-2-1112:305
9.Sheffield United club crestSheffield United146-4-420:1722

Recent form

Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.

Head-to-head

Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).

No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.

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