Championship

Championship | Gameweek 28

Feb 6, 2021 at 3pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
1 - 2
Rotherham

Evans (65')
Evans (37')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Rafferty (1' og.), Wiles (55')
Barlaser (26'), Ihiekwe (72'), Crooks (90+3')

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Preston North End manager Alex Neil pictured in December 2020

Preston boss Alex Neil rues "horrific" own goal in Rotherham defeat

Joe Rafferty inadvertently opened the scoring in the first minute.

Feb 6, 18:48

The Match

Match Report

Joe Rafferty scored an own goal after just 17 seconds.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Rotherham United, 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 Rotherham United win with a probability of 38.59%. A win for Preston North End had a probability of 34.26% and a draw had a probability of 27.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Rotherham United win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.25%) and 0-2 (6.93%). The likeliest Preston North End win was 1-0 (10.05%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.87%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Rotherham United would win this match.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Rotherham United
34.26%	27.15%	38.59%

Both teams to score 50.27%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.89%

55.11%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.64%

76.36%

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.6%

30.4%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.4%

66.6%

Rotherham United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.23%

27.77%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.64%

63.35%

Score Analysis

Preston North End 34.26%

Rotherham United 38.58%

Draw 27.14%

Preston North End	Draw	Rotherham United
1-0 @ 10.05% 2-1 @ 7.67% 2-0 @ 5.99% 3-1 @ 3.04% 3-0 @ 2.38% 3-2 @ 1.95% 4-1 @ 0.91% Other @ 2.28% Total : 34.26%	1-1 @ 12.87% 0-0 @ 8.44% 2-2 @ 4.91% Other @ 0.92% Total : 27.14%	0-1 @ 10.81% 1-2 @ 8.25% 0-2 @ 6.93% 1-3 @ 3.52% 0-3 @ 2.96% 2-3 @ 2.1% 1-4 @ 1.13% 0-4 @ 0.95% Other @ 1.94% Total : 38.58%