Championship · Matchday 12 Match report

Preston North End 1-1 West Bromwich Albion: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Preston North End

1-1Full time

West Bromwich Albion

Saturday 24 October 2026, 14:00 UTC Deepdale, Preston

Our picks against the result

7 of 12 right

Result West Bromwich Albion win45% 1-1
Double chance Preston North End or West Bromwich Albion (12)75% 1-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.552% 2 goals
More corners West Bromwich Albion50% West Bromwich Albion (6-9)
Yellow cards Around average 2 yellow cards · league 2.7
Yellow cards 2 yellow cards 3.5 Under69% 4.5 Under85% 5.5 Under94%
Corners Around average 15 corners · league 10.4
Corners 15 corners 8.5 Over66% 9.5 Over56% 10.5 Under55%

Match stats

Preston North End West Bromwich Albion

1 Goals 1
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
6 Corners 9

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Preston North End vs West Bromwich Albion is the Championship fixture at Deepdale on Saturday 24 October 2026, and our model goes for an away win, with the double chance covering either team but not the draw.

Why this pick?

West Bromwich Albion are the pick because our model rates them well above a Preston North End side sitting bottom of the Championship with four points from eleven games. The strongest argument on the other side is simply home advantage. The pick holds because the gap is wide: West Bromwich Albion's defence ranks among the best in the division, Preston have created clearly fewer big chances than the league average across their last five outings and give up more shots and more dangerous situations than most, and the recent head-to-head record leans heavily towards the visitors. It stays a narrow call.

Form guide

Preston North End

L 1-4 at Wrexham (A) Championship · 17 Oct
L 0-4 at Birmingham City (A) Championship · 13 Oct
L 0-1 vs Millwall (H) Championship · 10 Oct
D 2-2 at Queens Park Rangers (A) Championship · 19 Sep
L 0-1 vs Lincoln City (H) Championship · 12 Sep

West Bromwich Albion

W 3-2 vs Blackburn Rovers (H) Championship · 17 Oct
W 2-1 at Wrexham (A) Championship · 13 Oct
L 0-1 vs Birmingham City (H) Championship · 10 Oct
L 0-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) Championship · 20 Sep
D 1-1 vs Queens Park Rangers (H) Championship · 12 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Preston North EndWest Bromwich Albion

Attack 4 30 0.8 goals per match this season1.4 goals per match this season

Defence 4 78 2.2 conceded per match this season1.1 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Championship clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.