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Preston to Win Again as QPR's Disastrous Form Continues

Preston North End vs QPR - 17/12/2022

Preston to Win Again as QPR's Disastrous Form Continues
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Preston North End will welcome Queens Park Rangers to Deepdale this weekend as the two sides battle it out for a spot in the playoffs with the North East side moving into sixth after one of their best results of the season last time out.

It’s been a sensational season for PNE so far. Their campaign started off with them conceding just two goals in the first eight outings, scoring only four of their own.

It was one of the lowest goals difference records in recent history at that stage in the season, and Preston have since gone on to move up into sixth in the table and put down their marker on the playoff spots.

Last time out, the club smashed Lancashire rivals, Blackburn Rovers. Not only was this their biggest statement yet of the season, it was also on the road and Preston's biggest goals difference win of the season, as Ben Woodburn scored alongside a goal from Ben Whiteman, while Ched Evans also netted twice throughout the 4-1 win.

That win was the first game of the past month for Championship sides, because of the World Cup break. Millwall ended up beating them 4-2 at Deepdale just prior to the break, although Preston did put together a three-game winning run just before that.

The Deepdale faithful now see their side two points above seventh-placed Millwall and behind Watford in fifth by only goals difference. In fact, Preston even sit two points behind Blackburn after that stunning win.

As for QPR, it's been a struggle for them in the past few months and they have now moved down into ninth. QPR have actually failed to win a game for almost three months when you take into account the recent break for the World Cup.

Losing to Birmingham City, West Brom, Huddersfield, Coventry and most recently, Burnley. They also drew with Norwich City this time and the last victory came against Wigan Athletic back in mid-October.

The London side have won the same amount of games as Preston with nine each, but in conceding 27 times, they have the third-worst defensive record in the top 12 after Swansea City and Reading. At the same time, they have scored 26 goals of their own, which is four more than PNE.

Forebet predicts a win here for Preston as QPR's run of form is too poor to consider a victory. Forebet also predicts the game to see over 2.5 goals.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
413722
1
2 - 1
3.29
2.30
2.30 3.25 3.10 no no no
FT
0 - 1(0 - 0)
-
- - -
Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 97 46 31 4 11 48
2
Ipswich Town 96 46 28 12 6 35
3
Leeds United 90 46 27 9 10 38
4
Southampton 87 46 26 9 11 24
5
West Bromwich 75 46 21 12 13 23
6
Norwich City 73 46 21 10 15 15
7
Hull City 70 46 19 13 14 8
8
Middlesbrough 69 46 20 9 17 9
9
Coventry City 64 46 17 13 16 11
10
Preston North End 63 46 18 9 19 -11
11
Bristol City 62 46 17 11 18 2
12
Cardiff City 62 46 19 5 22 -17
13
Millwall 59 46 16 11 19 -10
14
Swansea City 57 46 15 12 19 -6
15
Watford 56 46 13 17 16 0
16
Sunderland 56 46 16 8 22 -2
17
Stoke City 56 46 15 11 20 -11
18
QPR 56 46 15 11 20 -11
19
Blackburn Rovers 53 46 14 11 21 -14
20
Sheffield Wednesday 53 46 15 8 23 -24
21
Plymouth Argyle 51 46 13 12 21 -11
22
Birmingham City 50 46 13 11 22 -15
23
Huddersfield 45 46 9 18 19 -29
24
Rotherham 27 46 5 12 29 -52

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