Burnley vs Preston North End Prediction

The EFL Championship season continues on Saturday 5th October 2024 as Burnley look to go top of the table with a victory against Preston North End at Turf Moor.

Burnley vs Preston North End Key Stats

• Burnley are unbeaten in their last 5 games
• Preston have only won 1 of their last 6 matches
• Burnley have only conceded 2 in their last 4 fixtures
• Preston have conceded 8 goals in 6

Burnley vs Preston North End Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

This match will be seen as a must win for both teams for different reasons. Burnley will be desperate for a win as they could go top of the league after this game whereas Preston need a win to take them further away from the relegation zone.

This will therefore be a very interesting match.

Burnley Preview

Burnley Predicted Lineup - James Trafford; Lucas Pires, Maxime Estève, CJ Egan-Riley, Bashir Humphreys; Josh Cullen; Jaidon Anthony, Josh Brownhill, Hannibal Mejbri, Luca Koleosho; Lyle Foster

As it stands, Burnley are second in the league on 17 points from eight games. This one point off first placed Sunderland who play fourth placed Leeds United on Friday night. You can check out our prediction for that game on our website.

Burnley’s points tally is huge thanks to not only the goals they score but also the very few goals they concede. They have scored the joint second most goals in the league (14) while also conceding the least (4). This something they will look to continue into this game.

Preston North End Preview

Preston North End Predicted Lineup - Freddie Woodman; Andrew Hughes, Liam Lindsay, Jordan Storey; Robbie Brady, Stefán Teitur Þórðarson, Ben Whiteman, Ali McCann, Kaine Kesler-Hayden; Mads Frøkjær-Jensen; Milutin Osmajic

Preston on the other hand have struggled this season and are currently 21st in the league. This is just one point off the relegation zone.

Currently they have the joint third worst goal difference in the league with a minus five goal difference right now. However that was greatly improved following their 3-0 battering of Watford just a few days ago. Can they recreate that result in this match?

Head To Head Stats: Burnley vs Preston North End

Burnley have faced Preston on 139 occasions in their histories making this the 140th meeting between them.

Interestingly, Preston North End actually have the advantage over Burnley having won 56 of the games to Burnley’s 55 wins. However Burnley can level it up with a win here. There have also been 28 draws in that time.

Despite this Burnley have won five of the last seven games against Preston. The last time Preston won a game was back in December 2015.

11th February 2023 - Burnley 3-0 Preston North End - EFL Championship

13th September 2022 - Preston North End 1-1 Burnley - EFL Championship

22nd April 2016 - Preston North End 0-1 Burnley - EFL Championship

5th December 2015 - Burnley 0-2 Preston North End - EFL Championship

27th August 2013 - Burnley 2-0 Preston North End - League Cup

Betting Tips For Burnley vs Preston North End

This is bound to be a close game with Preston on the back of a huge win. However Burnley’s squad is a lot better than Preston’s so we would expect that strength to prevail in this game.

Our team of professional tipping experts are backing Burnley To Win at odds of 7/10 in this game. These odds mean that £10 has the potential to return up to £17.

(Odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Burnley vs Preston North End

Burnley 2-0 Preston North End

Although Preston won in their previous match against a very good Watford side this is a much tougher challenge. Burnley should come away with a comfortable win and potentially take top spot in the league.

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