Championship · Matchday 11 Match report

Wrexham 4-1 Preston North End: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Wrexham

4-1Full time

Preston North End

Saturday 17 October 2026, 14:00 UTC Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (Wrecsam)

Our picks against the result

10 of 12 right

Result Wrexham win50% 4-1
Double chance Wrexham or draw (1X)78% 4-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.553% 5 goals
More corners Wrexham66% Wrexham (8-2)
Yellow cards Around average 0 yellow cards · league 3.0
Yellow cards 0 yellow cards 3.5 Under62% 4.5 Under80% 5.5 Under90%
Corners Around average 10 corners · league 10.5
Corners 10 corners 8.5 Over69% 9.5 Over58% 10.5 Under52%

Match stats

Wrexham Preston North End

4 Goals 1
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
8 Corners 2

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

Championship Matchday 11 brings Wrexham vs Preston North End to the Racecourse Ground on Saturday 17 October 2026, and our model goes with a Wrexham win, with a Wrexham win or draw as the double chance pick.

Why this pick?

Our model sides with Wrexham, and the main reason is that it rates them slightly the stronger of the two on its xG-based strength rating: Wrexham sit a little below the Championship average, while Preston are clearly beneath it, and the home advantage at the Racecourse Ground adds to that. The point against is Wrexham's recent attacking play, which has produced few shots and few clear chances. What covers for it is Preston themselves — bottom of the table on four points, eight goals scored and twenty conceded, with one draw and four defeats in their last five. It is a moderate call rather than a clear one.

Form guide

Wrexham

L 1-2 vs West Bromwich Albion (H) Championship · 13 Oct
D 1-1 at Derby County (A) Championship · 10 Oct
W 2-1 vs Southampton (H) Championship · 19 Sep
L 0-6 at West Ham United (A) Championship · 11 Sep
D 1-1 vs Burnley (H) Championship · 8 Sep

Preston North End

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
L 1-2 at Watford (A) Championship · 8 Sep

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

Attack and defence ratings

WrexhamPreston North End

Attack 61 9 1.1 goals per match this season0.8 goals per match this season

Defence 35 9 1.5 conceded per match this season2.0 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.