📏 Form Guide

Preston North End

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Preston North End will play in this match following a 1-1 Championship drawn game versus Wrexham.

In that game, Preston North End had 57% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Preston North End was Harrison Armstrong (81'). For their opponents, Wrexham had 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Kieffer Moore (4') scored for Wrexham.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Preston North End have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Preston North End have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 8 goals on the way. Let’s see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Coming into this contest, Preston North End haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Coventry City

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Ipswich Town in Championship competition, Coventry City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Coventry City managed 62% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. At the other end, Ipswich Town had 10 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Sindre Walle Egeli (43'), George Hirst (60') and Azón (95') scored for Ipswich Town.

Indicating their penchant for action-packed matches, we’ve seen goals 25 times in the prior 6 games in which Coventry City have sent out their troops, yielding a mean average of 4.17 goals each fixture. Opposition teams have hit 9 of these goals.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 31/08/2022 shows us that Preston North End have won 4 of these and Coventry City 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A sum of 13 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 9 of them for The Lilywhites and 4 for The Sky Blues. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The last league game between these sides was Championship match day 34 on 22/02/2025 when it finished Coventry City 2-1 Preston North End.

That time, Coventry City had 52% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The goals were scored by Jack Rudoni (30') and Bobby Thomas (37').

Preston North End got 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Will Keane (82') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Oliver Langford.

📋 Team News: Preston North End

Will Keane (Calf injury), Robbie Brady (Calf injury), Jordan Thompson (Ankle surgery) and Josh Seary (Knee injury) will be missing for Preston North End boss Paul Heckingbottom.

It looks as if The Lilywhites should kick off with a 3-4-1-2 system in the match, beginning the first half with Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Odel Offiah, Ben Whiteman, Harrison Armstrong, Thierry Small, Alfie Devine, Daniel Jebbison and Michael Smith.

📋 Team News: Coventry City

Thanks to a mainly healthy squad, there’s only the sole fitness problem for the Coventry City boss Frank Lampard to contend with. Oliver Dovin (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

There’s a good chance that The Sky Blues appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup using Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Josh Eccles, Matt Grimes, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark and Ellis Simms.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Preston North End may well find it hard to get anything against this Coventry City side who we think will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

Therefore, we predict a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning margin for Coventry City after 90 minutes.

There should be little in it.

Peter Guest, 19:03 09/12/2025