Ace Football previews the Championship game between Preston and Millwall who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Millwall go up against Preston this coming Saturday for a Championship meeting at Deepdale.
Two places behind the league-leaders, Millwall claimed 59 points from 34 rounds, while Preston amassed 49 points. They now rank as number 9 in the Championship standings.
Team form: Preston vs Millwall
Preston Form
Preston have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Watford, they recorded a 2-2 draw, before coming up short against Blackburn, who ran out 1-0 winners. Lately, they recorded another draw in a 1-1 match with Swansea. Preston claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Championship. They also drew two and lost two, scored seven goals and conceded seven.
Millwall Form
The results have been up and down for Millwall, who beat Sheffield Wednesday by 1-2. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 1-3 against Portsmouth, before claiming a victory in a 3-0 game against Birmingham. Millwall won three of a possible six away matches in the Championship, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored seven while also conceding five times.
Betting stats for Preston and Millwall
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Preston and Millwall played across all tournaments.
- In 15 of the last 17 Preston matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Preston matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 13 of the last 15 Preston home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Preston home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Preston matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 8 Millwall away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Millwall matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 9 Millwall away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Millwall away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Millwall have won 3 of the last 4 away matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
Players in form: Preston vs Millwall
Having scored just once in six Championship matches, Lewis Gibson hope to rediscover his scoring instincts on Saturday. Simultaneously, Millwall hope to see Jake Cooper adding to his recent strike of a single goal in six Championship outings.
Popular betting markets: Preston vs Millwall
Full-time result
Preston claimed two wins, drew four and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Millwall won four, drew two and lost four of their last 10 games away. Millwall scored at least once in their previous 9 matches. Millwall have not lost to Preston in 6 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Preston scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Millwall scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Millwall managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Preston have scored in 5 consecutive league meetings with Millwall.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Preston, who scored an average of 0.7 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Millwall, who scored 1.9 times on average in these matches. Millwall scored at least once in their previous 9 matches on the bounce.
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