Preston vs West Bromwich Albion Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th September 2023

At Deepdale, West Bromwich Albion and Preston battle it out for three points in a Championship match where both are in need of points to boost their tally.

Preston are third in the Championship standings after collecting 20 points from their initial eight encounters. West Bromwich Albion trail them on ten points after eight rounds, leaving them as number 13 in the table.

Preston have been in a good run since the start to their Championship campaign and the momentum is on their side before taking on West Bromwich Albion.

Preston only average a modest 1.4 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 14 goals. They also conceded 13 for an average of 1.3 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring twice.

West Bromwich Albion scored 16 times in their previous ten matches, an average of 1.6 per game. They also conceded 15 goals for an average of 1.5 a game, pulling off two clean sheets in these.

Preston were defeated by 2-0 in their last encounter with West Bromwich Albion, but did win the reverse match 1-0, though.

Preston vs West Bromwich Albion Prediction

Preston Form

Preston collected seven points from their last three matches, as they ran out 2-1 and 2-1 winners against Plymouth and Birmingham, respectively. Against Rotherham, they had to settle for a draw after a 1-1 draw. In their last six Championship home matches, Preston won four times. They've drawn once and lost once, while scoring nine and conceding eight goals.

West Bromwich Albion Form

In their previous three matches, West Bromwich Albion drew 0-0 with Bristol City, 2-2 with Watford and 0-0 with Millwall. In their last six Championship away matches, West Bromwich Albion failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn three and lost three, scoring six while also conceding ten times.

Both Preston and visitors West Bromwich Albion seem to struggle just a wee bit much right now, with keeping a clean sheet. We go out on a limb here and suggest that, both teams will find the back of the net.

Preston recorded ten points following three wins from their last four games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored six goals, but also conceded two. Preston are looking at a record of six wins, two draws and zero defeats in the Championship this season. West Bromwich Albion show off two wins, four draws and two defeats in the Championship.

Preston vs West Bromwich Albion Squads

Preston Squad

Lowe will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against West Bromwich Albion from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season):

David Cornell (0/0), Freddie Woodman (0/8), Andrew Hughes (1/8), Brad Potts (0/8), Calvin Ramsay (0/0), Gregory Cunningham (0/1), Jack Whatmough (0/6), Jordan Storey (0/8), Joshua Seary (0/0), Kian Best (0/4), Patrick Bauer (0/0), Alan Browne (0/8), Alistair McCann (0/7), Ben Whiteman (0/3), Duane Holmes (2/8), Kian Taylor (0/0), Kitt Nelson (0/0), Liam Lindsay (2/8), Mads Froekjaer-Jensen (1/8), Milutin Osmajic (0/0), Noah Mawene (0/1), Robert Brady (0/3), Ryan Ledson (0/8), Benjamin Woodburn (0/5), Ched Evans (0/0), Emil Riis Jakobsen (0/0), Felipe (0/0), Layton Stewart (0/1), Liam Millar (0/0), Will Keane (4/5).

West Bromwich Albion Squad

Below is the full team squad of West Bromwich Albion. The manager Corberan will pick his starting XI against Preston from these players:

Alex Palmer (0/8), Joshua Griffiths (0/0), Cedric Kipre (1/7), Conor Townsend (0/8), Darnell Furlong (0/8), Erik Pieters (0/7), Kyle Bartley (0/4), Martin Kelly (0/0), Semi Ajayi (1/7), Adam Reach (0/0), Alex Mowatt (0/6), Brandon Thomas-Asante (2/7), Grady Diangana (0/3), Jayson Molumby (0/8), Jed Wallace (1/8), John Swift (4/8), Matthew Phillips (1/8), Nathaniel Chalobah (0/6), Okay Yokuslu (0/8), Pipa (0/0), Tom Fellows (0/0), Daryl Dike (0/0), Jeremy Sarmiento (1/8), Josh Maja (0/5).

Preston vs West Bromwich Albion Team News

At the time of writing, Preston have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

Will Keane, Calvin Ramsay, Ched Evans and Emil Riis Jakobsen nurses various injuries and won't take part for Preston against West Bromwich Albion at Deepdale.

Going into their next game on Saturday, West Bromwich Albion have almost all their players available for selection, with only two of them seemingly unable to play.

West Bromwich Albion need to do without Adam Reach and Daryl Dike, who are not fit enough to travel to Deepdale.

Preston vs West Bromwich Albion Lineups

Preston vs West Bromwich Albion H2H

Preston were defeated by 2-0 in their last encounter with West Bromwich Albion, but did win the reverse match 1-0, though. West Bromwich Albion seem to have a bit of a love affair with Preston, as they have beaten them six times in last ten encounters. The bookies have West Bromwich Albion to win this match at best price odds of 2/1.

Preston vs West Bromwich Albion Results

At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in the last ten matches between West Bromwich Albion and Preston. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 4/5 with the bookies.

Preston vs West Bromwich Albion Betting Tips

While John Swift added three strikes to his account in his last six games in the Championship, Will Keane scored twice in his last six.

Preston claimed six wins in their previous 10 home games across all tournaments, while drawing two of the games. They suffered defeat in two of these outings. West Bromwich Albion won zero of their last 10 games away, drew five and lost five. Preston have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at Deepdale. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just two wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Less than 2.5 goals came out three times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet six times. Preston managed an average of 0.9 goals, with West Bromwich Albion averaging 1.6 goals. Preston saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. In the previous ten matches for West Bromwich Albion, betting on over 2.5 goals turned out to be a winning bet in seven of them. On average, West Bromwich Albion scored 1.6 times goals per game.