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Preston vs Southampton — Championship 2025

Preston
Preston
Preview
15:00
Southampton
Southampton
11/7/2026ChampionshipChampionship · Round 15Deepdale
Big match
44%
Southampton
model favours
30%26%44%

Southampton score first in only 13% of matches

brightest fact of this match

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

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 9+ matches

Preston30%
×Draw26%
Southampton44%
✓ 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.

Preston
1.14
Southampton
1.46

Southampton creates 28% more chances

Season form · 17 home / 9 away

creates per match

Preston
0.90
Southampton
1.63

allows per match

Preston
1.30
Southampton
1.37

finishing

Preston+0.28scores more
Southampton+0.15scores more

Total goals

52%Under
  • Under52
  • Over48

Close call

Both teams score

52%Yes
  • Yes52
  • No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Preston ↓

Southampton →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–111%
0–28%
0–34%
0–41%
1
1–08%
1–112%
1–29%
1–34%
1–42%
2
2–05%
2–17%
2–25%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–02%
3–13%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
73%27%2.5
48%52%3.5
26%74%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Preston or draw
56%
Preston or Southampton
74%
Draw or Southampton
70%

Winning margin

Preston wins by 2+
12%
Southampton wins by 2+
22%

Team goals

Preston 1+ goals
68%
Preston 2+ goals
32%
Preston 3+ goals
11%
Southampton 1+ goals
77%
Southampton 2+ goals
43%
Southampton 3+ goals
18%

Draw no bet

Preston (draw refunded)
40%
Southampton (draw refunded)
60%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
40%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

Preston at home — creates 0.90, concedes 1.30 · 17 matches

Southampton away — creates 1.63, concedes 1.37 · 9 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Preston attack 0.90 + Southampton defence 1.37 → ÷2 → 1.14

Southampton attack 1.63 + Preston defence 1.30 → ÷2 → 1.46

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 44%?"

Preston scores more
30%
level
26%
Southampton scores more
44%

Southampton at 44% 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 44% does not mean "Southampton 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

  • Preston score first in only 17% of matches
  • Southampton have scored in 12 games running
  • 81% of Southampton’s matches go over 2.5 goals
  • Both teams score in 88% of Southampton’s matches
  • Both teams score in 76% of Preston’s matches
  • Preston sit 14, Southampton 4 in the table

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles
Preston
Balanced
Southampton
Possession-dominant
45%Possession59%
71%Pass accuracy85%
10.1Shots14.9
0.99xGBiggest gap1.68
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
PrestonSouthampton

Head-to-head

5 previous meetings

1
Preston
1
Draws
3
Southampton
Avg goals: 3.2BTTS: 60%
1–32–00–32–21–2

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

Form
Preston
WLWL
Southampton
DDWD

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Preston vs Southampton — Match Preview

Preston face Southampton on November 7, 2026 in this Championship fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.

Preston host Southampton at Deepdale.

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