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Preston vs Wolves — Championship 2025

Preston
Preston
Preview
14:00
Wolves
Wolves
8/22/2026ChampionshipChampionship · Round 2Deepdale
38%
Preston
model favours
38%26%35%

Wolves score first in only 15% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
51%
under 2.5 goals
53%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 5+ matches

Preston38%
×Draw26%
Wolves35%
✓ 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
1.34
Wolves
1.28

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 32 home / 5 away

creates per match

Preston
1.28
Wolves
1.40

allows per match

Preston
1.16
Wolves
1.40

finishing

Preston+0.00on par
Wolves+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Under
  • Under51
  • Over49

Close call

Both teams score

53%Yes
  • Yes53
  • No47

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Preston ↓

Wolves →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–19%
0–26%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–010%
1–112%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–18%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
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 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
74%26%2.5
49%51%3.5
27%73%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Preston or draw
65%
Preston or Wolves
74%
Draw or Wolves
62%

Winning margin

Preston wins by 2+
17%
Wolves wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Preston 1+ goals
74%
Preston 2+ goals
39%
Preston 3+ goals
15%
Wolves 1+ goals
72%
Wolves 2+ goals
37%
Wolves 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Preston (draw refunded)
52%
Wolves (draw refunded)
48%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
41%
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 1.28, concedes 1.16 · 32 matches

Wolves away — creates 1.40, concedes 1.40 · 5 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 1.28 + Wolves defence 1.40 → ÷2 → 1.34

Wolves attack 1.40 + Preston defence 1.16 → ÷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 38%?"

Preston scores more
38%
level
26%
Wolves scores more
35%

Preston at 38% 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 38% 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

  • Preston score first in only 17% of matches
  • Wolves win just 0% of their away games
  • Both teams score in 76% of Preston’s matches
  • 38% of Wolves’s goals come after the 75th minute
  • Preston and Wolves have never met before

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Form
Preston
WLWL
Wolves
DDLDL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Preview: Preston host Wolves

August 22, 2026: Preston take on Wolves in Championship. Track every goal, card, and substitution live on Scoreo as the action unfolds.

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