Championship

Championship | Gameweek 20

Dec 18, 2020 at 8pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
1 - 0
Bristol City

Johnson (21' pen.)
Fisher (51')

FT(HT: 1-0)

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Bristol City manager Dean Holden pictured in October 2020

Bristol City manager Dean Holden bemoans "soft" penalty in Preston defeat

Daniel Johnson scored the penalty winner for Preston.

Dec 19, 00:00

The Match

Match Report

The midfielder's first-half penalty inflicted a third straight loss on the Robins.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Bristol City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Preston North End win with a probability of 40.36%. A win for Bristol City had a probability of 32.53% and a draw had a probability of 27.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.17%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.45%) and 2-0 (7.34%). The likeliest Bristol City win was 0-1 (9.78%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.85%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 11.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Preston North End in this match.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Bristol City
40.36%	27.11%	32.53%

Both teams to score 50%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.73%

55.27%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.5%

76.5%

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.14%

26.86%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.83%

62.17%

Bristol City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.36%

31.63%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.96%

68.04%

Score Analysis

Preston North End 40.36%

Bristol City 32.53%

Draw 27.11%

Preston North End	Draw	Bristol City
1-0 @ 11.17% 2-1 @ 8.45% 2-0 @ 7.34% 3-1 @ 3.7% 3-0 @ 3.22% 3-2 @ 2.13% 4-1 @ 1.22% 4-0 @ 1.06% Other @ 2.07% Total : 40.36%	1-1 @ 12.85% 0-0 @ 8.5% 2-2 @ 4.86% Other @ 0.9% Total : 27.11%	0-1 @ 9.78% 1-2 @ 7.4% 0-2 @ 5.63% 1-3 @ 2.84% 0-3 @ 2.16% 2-3 @ 1.87% Other @ 2.86% Total : 32.53%

How you voted: Preston vs Bristol City

Preston North End

43.8%

Draw

21.4%

Bristol City

34.8%