Championship

Championship | Gameweek 23

Jan 2, 2021 at 3pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
0 - 1
Nott'm Forest

Ledson (24')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Grabban (70' pen.)
Sow (21'), Figueiredo (52'), Taylor (90+5')

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Preston North End manager Alex Neil pictured in September 2020

Alex Neil left fuming after controversial penalty in Forest defeat

Lewis Grabban scored from the spot.

Jan 2, 18:38

The Match

Match Report

Grabban appeared to slip as he took his spot-kick, with a suggestion that he may have hit the ball twice.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Nottingham Forest, 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 42.82%. A win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 28.84% and a draw had a probability of 28.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.3%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.43%) and 2-1 (8.32%). The likeliest Nottingham Forest win was 0-1 (10.34%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.12%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 10.3% likelihood.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Nottingham Forest
42.82%	28.33%	28.84%

Both teams to score 45.08%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

39.2%

60.8%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

19.16%

80.84%

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.87%

28.13%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.19%

63.81%

Nottingham Forest Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.72%

37.28%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.93%

74.06%

Score Analysis

Preston North End 42.82%

Nottingham Forest 28.84%

Draw 28.32%

Preston North End	Draw	Nottingham Forest
1-0 @ 13.3% 2-0 @ 8.43% 2-1 @ 8.32% 3-0 @ 3.57% 3-1 @ 3.52% 3-2 @ 1.74% 4-0 @ 1.13% 4-1 @ 1.12% Other @ 1.7% Total : 42.82%	1-1 @ 13.12% 0-0 @ 10.48% 2-2 @ 4.11% Other @ 0.62% Total : 28.32%	0-1 @ 10.34% 1-2 @ 6.48% 0-2 @ 5.11% 1-3 @ 2.13% 0-3 @ 1.68% 2-3 @ 1.35% Other @ 1.76% Total : 28.84%

How you voted: Preston vs Nott'm Forest

Preston North End

63.3%

Draw

25.0%

Nottingham Forest

11.7%