Two sides separated by three points in the top half of the EFL Championship will square off this Tuesday when Preston North End square off Swansea City at the Deepdale stadium. Kickoffs at 22:45 EAT.
Despite conceding in five of the last six Championship fixtures, the hosts still possess the joint-best defensive record in the Championship with only 15 goals allowed, the same number as fellow mid-table dwellers Birmingham City. Coming into this game, Preston won three and lost three of their last six matches (WLLWLW).
Preston North End will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 2-1 Championship victory vs Middlesbrough. In that match, Preston North End had 51% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Preston North End, the scorers were Emil Riis (35′) and Jordan Storey (90′). Middlesbrough had 9 shots on goal with 1 on target. Chuba Akpom (8′) scored for Middlesbrough.
Meanwhile Swansea managed to extend their unbeaten run to three games and keeping themselves just inside the playoffs with 28 points from 17 matches. The visitors will be looking to extend their unbeaten run to four games in the second tier here.
Last time out, Swansea City drew 1-1 in the Championship match with Bristol City. In that match, Swansea City managed 72% possession and 14 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Swansea City was Olivier Ntcham (76′). Bristol City had 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Tommy Conway (24′) scored for Bristol City.
Preston North End vs. Swansea City head to head
Swansea boasts a slight upper hand in the head to head history of this match having won nine times from the 15 meetings since 2004; Preston North End won four times while two matches ended in draws.
- Swansea 1-0 Preston 22/01/22
- Preston 3-1 Swansea 28/08/21
- Swansea 0-1 Preston 05/04/21
- Preston 0-1 Swansea 12/09/20
- Preston 1-1 Swansea 01/02/20
Home
- Preston 2-1 Middlesbrough
- Blackpool 4-2 Preston
- Huddersfield 0-1 Preston
- Preston 0-2 Stoke
- Bristol City 2-1 Preston
Away
- Bristol City 1-1 Swansea
- Swansea 2-0 Cardiff
- Swansea 3-2 Reading
- Burnley 4-0 Swansea
- Swansea 2-1 Sunderland
Preston North End team news
Manager Ryan Lowe will be without the services of Troy Parrott who is on the sidelines through injury.
Swansea City team news
Manager Russell Martin on the other side has a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Prediction and odds
- Swansea Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
