Preston vs Cardiff championship fixture will go down this Saturday when Preston host the match at the Deepdale stadium.
Preston are ranked at the 11th place in the standings with 62 points, 64 goals scored and 63 goals received in the last 46 league games. Cardiff City on a temporary basis following the sacking of Mick McCarthy, Steve Morison has since been awarded the job on a permanent basis and this marks his first encounter.
The hosts have proven incredibly inconsistent in recent fixtures in terms of their results but have also strong side at home and have not lost in the league at Deepdale since they lost in the opening fixture of the season.
Preston North End will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 3-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Nottingham Forest. Preston North End had 61% possession and 4 shots at goal with 2 on target in the away fixture.
Cardiff on the other end are ranked on the 12th place in the standings with 62 points, 60 goals scored and 61 goals received this season in English League Championship. Cardiff City now goes to this meeting following on from a 2-1 Championship win against Huddersfield Town.
Cardiff City had 56% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 on target thanks to the double score from Kieffer Moore in the 74 and 93 minutes. At the defensive side, Cardiff City have not been doing too well and have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents getting a total of 12 goals. The attacking skills of Cardiff are common; they won 2games from the last 5 played.
Preston North end vs Cardiff City head to head
In 26 encounters, the hosts have won 9 times with 7 draws whereas the visitors have won 10 times. Preston haven’t won any of their last 3 games against Cardiff. However, Cardiff haven’t won any of their last 5 away matches.
- Cardiff 4-0 Preston 20/02/21
- Preston 0-1 Cardiff 18/10/20
- Preston 1-3 Cardiff 27/06/20
- Cardiff 0-0 Preston 21/12/19
- Cardiff 0-1 Preston 29/12/17
Home
- Nottingham 3-0 Preston
- Bournemouth 1-2 Preston
- Preston 2-0 Luton
- Preston 0-2 Liverpool
- Blackpool 2-0 Preston
Away
- Cardiff 2-1 Huddersfield
- Cardiff 0-1 QPR
- Stoke 3-3 Cardiff
- Cardiff 0-2 Middlesbrough
- Fulham 2-0 Cardiff
Preston North end team news
Frankie McAvoy has zero fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match.
Cardiff city team news
Steve Morison does not have any fitness concerns coming to this match.
Prediction and odds
- Preston to win
- Goals under 2.5
- Both sides to score (No)
