Head to head · season 2026/27 · Championship
Preston vs Sheffield Utd
Two sides in the same league, read through the same numbers: who is ahead, who scores more, who keeps it tighter at the back. They meet on Tuesday 3 November at 20:45, Italian time.
4Points9
1-1-6Won-drawn-lost2-3-3
0.5Points per match1.1
8Goals for9
15Goals against11
0Clean sheets2
DLLWLFormLLWLW
winless in 3Current run2 defeats in a row
1-0-3 · 3 ptsAt home (W-D-L)1-1-2 · 4 pts
0-1-3 · 1 ptsAway (W-D-L)1-2-1 · 5 pts
11.7 in 8Expected goals for (xG)7.7 in 8
10.9Expected goals against (xG)12.4
6.59Average player rating6.67
Callum Lang (3)Top scorer—
This season's meetings
They have not met yet this season: the first time is Tuesday 3 November.
Preston v Sheffield Utd, Tuesday 3 November at 20:45The match page, with line-ups and the live score.Open →The data forecast
for Preston v Sheffield Utd on Tuesday 3 NovemberPreston v Sheffield UtdArena Rete's estimate from goals, expected goals, attack and defence in the league
Preston 45%draw 26%Sheffield Utd 29%
Most likely score1-112% on its own
Over or under 2.5 goalsUnder49% over · 51% under
Both teams to scoreYes52% yes
Goals the model expects1.49 – 1.13Preston – Sheffield Utd
Poisson model on 8 matches for Preston and 8 for Sheffield Utd, actual goals and expected goals weighted equally; early in the season teams start from the league average. This is an estimate, not betting advice.
Previous meetings
every match in the archive5Preston wins
3draws
7Sheffield Utd wins
15 meetings in our data provider's archive · goals: Preston 20, Sheffield Utd 25 · 3 per match
- 25 Apr 2026Sheffield Utd2-3PrestonChampionship
- 24 Oct 2025Preston3-2Sheffield UtdChampionship
- 8 Mar 2025Sheffield Utd1-0PrestonChampionship
- 9 Aug 2024Preston0-2Sheffield UtdChampionship
- 29 Apr 2023Sheffield Utd4-1PrestonChampionship
- 17 Sept 2022Preston0-2Sheffield UtdChampionship
- 18 Jan 2022Preston2-2Sheffield UtdChampionship
- 14 Sept 2021Sheffield Utd2-2PrestonChampionship
- 4 Sept 2020Sheffield Utd2-2PrestonClub Friendlies
- 6 Apr 2019Preston0-1Sheffield UtdChampionship
- 22 Sept 2018Sheffield Utd3-2PrestonChampionship
- 28 Apr 2018Sheffield Utd0-1PrestonChampionship
and 3 older ones.
Tables are rebuilt from league results (points deductions not included); expected goals and ratings come from our data provider, where it supplies them. More in head to head.
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