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Bristol City vs Preston — Championship 2025

Bristol City
Bristol City
Preview
18:45
Preston
Preston
4/21/2027ChampionshipChampionship · Round 44Ashton Gate Stadium
37%
Preston
model favours
36%27%37%

Preston score first in only 17% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
53%
under 2.5 goals
52%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 18+ matches

Bristol City36%
×Draw27%
Preston37%
✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Bristol City
1.27
Preston
1.28

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 18 home / 20 away

creates per match

Bristol City
1.05
Preston
1.12

allows per match

Bristol City
1.44
Preston
1.50

finishing

Bristol City+0.01on par
Preston+0.08on par

Total goals

53%Under
  • Under53
  • Over47

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

52%Yes
  • Yes52
  • No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bristol City ↓

Preston →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–110%
0–26%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–010%
1–113%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–06%
2–18%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–13%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
72%28%2.5
47%53%3.5
25%75%4.5
11%89%

Double chance

Bristol City or draw
63%
Bristol City or Preston
73%
Draw or Preston
64%

Winning margin

Bristol City wins by 2+
16%
Preston wins by 2+
16%

Team goals

Bristol City 1+ goals
72%
Bristol City 2+ goals
36%
Bristol City 3+ goals
14%
Preston 1+ goals
72%
Preston 2+ goals
37%
Preston 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Bristol City (draw refunded)
50%
Preston (draw refunded)
50%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
39%
Both score & under 3
13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Bristol City at home — creates 1.05, concedes 1.44 · 18 matches

Preston away — creates 1.12, concedes 1.50 · 20 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Bristol City attack 1.05 + Preston defence 1.50 → ÷2 → 1.27

Preston attack 1.12 + Bristol City defence 1.44 → ÷2 → 1.28

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 37%?"

Bristol City scores more
36%
level
27%
Preston scores more
37%

Preston at 37% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 37% does not mean "Preston will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Match Insights

  • Bristol City score first in only 20% of matches
  • Both teams score in 76% of Preston’s matches
  • Preston win just 21% of their away games

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles
Bristol City
Balanced
Preston
Direct / counter-attacking
48%Possession45%
77%Pass accuracyBiggest gap71%
11.1Shots10.3
1.04xG1.06
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
Bristol CityPreston

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form
City
WLDLD
Preston
WLWL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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