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Preston to pick up first league win of the season in Yorkshire

Huddersfield vs Preston North End - 17/08/2021

Preston to pick up first league win of the season in Yorkshire
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The Championship is still very much in its early stages and it is difficult to take much from the games so far. However, two teams that have not enjoyed a great start to their seasons, Huddersfield and Preston meet at the John Smith’s Stadium on Tuesday night.

Huddersfield opened their campaign with a 1-1 draw at Derby County. However, last time out they suffered a 5-1 home humiliation against Fulham, who had Harry Wilson dismissed on 72 minutes.

The results so far have the Terriers 22nd place in the table. However, that is only due to the negative goal difference from the defeat against the Cottagers.

Such is the early nature of the table a victory here could well propel the home team up the standings.

The Yorkshire outfit has found victories hard to come by in the Championship of late, as they have won just one of their last 12 matches in the English second tier.

Preston have made an even worse start to the season than their hosts, suffering back-to-back league defeats to Hull City and last time out Reading.

At least they recorded a 3-0 win over Mansfield in between in the League Cup. However, conceding six goals in their first two league matches of the season will be a major concern for Preston boss Frank McAvoy and his team.

The two straight league defeats were quite disappointing considering that North End finished last season with a run of four consecutive wins in the Championship. They had also conceded just one goal in their last five matches in the second tier.

The 2-1 defeat against Reading last time out ended a four-game unbeaten run on their travels for the visitors in the Championship.

Forebet predicts that Preston will record their first league win of the season in a high-scoring encounter.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
253242
2
1 - 2
2.70
14°
3.14
2.45 3.15 3.14 -1 -1 1
FT
1 - 0(0 - 0)
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- - -
Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 94 44 30 4 10 47
2
Leeds United 90 44 27 9 8 43
3
Ipswich Town 89 43 26 11 6 32
4
Southampton 84 44 25 9 10 24
5
West Bromwich 72 44 20 12 12 23
6
Norwich City 72 44 21 9 14 16
7
Hull City 69 44 19 12 13 9
8
Coventry City 63 43 17 12 14 13
9
Middlesbrough 63 44 18 9 17 4
10
Preston North End 63 44 18 9 17 -5
11
Cardiff City 62 44 19 5 20 -11
12
Bristol City 59 44 16 11 17 4
13
Sunderland 56 44 16 8 20 1
14
Swansea City 56 44 15 11 18 -5
15
Watford 53 44 12 17 15 1
16
Millwall 53 44 14 11 19 -12
17
Stoke City 50 44 13 11 20 -16
18
QPR 50 44 13 11 20 -16
19
Blackburn Rovers 49 44 13 10 21 -16
20
Plymouth Argyle 48 44 12 12 20 -11
21
Sheffield Wednesday 47 44 13 8 23 -29
22
Birmingham City 46 44 12 10 22 -16
23
Huddersfield 44 44 9 17 18 -27
24
Rotherham 24 44 4 12 28 -53

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