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Huddersfield vs Preston — Championship 2018

Huddersfield
Huddersfield
FT
0 – 1
HT: 0 – 0
Preston
Preston
10/18/2022ChampionshipChampionship · Round 16John Smith's Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 117+ matches

Huddersfield42%
×Draw27%
Preston31%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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.

Huddersfield
1.31
Preston
1.09

Huddersfield creates 20% more chances

Season form · 117 home / 186 away

creates per match

Huddersfield
1.23
Preston
1.03

allows per match

Huddersfield
1.16
Preston
1.39

finishing

Huddersfield+0.00on par
Preston+0.00on par

Total goals

57%Under
  • Under57
  • Over43

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

52%No
  • No52
  • Yes48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Huddersfield ↓

Preston →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–09%
0–110%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–012%
1–113%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–08%
2–18%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–03%
3–14%
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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
69%31%2.5
43%57%3.5
22%78%4.5
10%90%

Double chance

Huddersfield or draw
69%
Huddersfield or Preston
73%
Draw or Preston
58%

Winning margin

Huddersfield wins by 2+
19%
Preston wins by 2+
12%

Team goals

Huddersfield 1+ goals
73%
Huddersfield 2+ goals
38%
Huddersfield 3+ goals
14%
Preston 1+ goals
66%
Preston 2+ goals
30%
Preston 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Huddersfield (draw refunded)
57%
Preston (draw refunded)
43%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
35%
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

Huddersfield at home — creates 1.23, concedes 1.16 · 117 matches

Preston away — creates 1.03, concedes 1.39 · 186 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Huddersfield attack 1.23 + Preston defence 1.39 → ÷2 → 1.31

Preston attack 1.03 + Huddersfield defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 1.09

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 42%?"

Huddersfield scores more
42%
level
27%
Preston scores more
31%

Huddersfield at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Huddersfield 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.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Match Recap: Huddersfield vs Preston

Preston beat Huddersfield 1-0 in Championship on October 18, 2022.

The match was played at John Smith's Stadium in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.