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- 33′West Brom, yellow card:Persistent infringement
- Half-time
- 46′Preston, substitution:off
- 60′West Brom, substitution:off
- 60′West Brom, substitution:off
- 64′Preston, yellow card:Foul
- 70′Preston, substitution:off
- 70′Preston, substitution:off
- 78′Preston, goal:1–0assist
- 82′West Brom, goal:1–1assist
- 83′Preston, yellow card:Graham AlexanderDissent
- 85′West Brom, substitution:off
- 88′West Brom, substitution:off
- Full-time1 – 1
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Preston hold West Brom to 1-1 draw at Deepdale Stadium
Preston and West Brom drew 1-1 at Deepdale Stadium in the Championship on matchday 12, with both goals arriving in a four-minute spell late in the second half. The visitors, sixth in the table, were left to reflect on a game they dominated in terms of the ball but could not turn into three points.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The first half finished goalless and the deadlock lasted until the 78th minute. Léo Leroy created the opening for Andrew Hughes, who put Preston 1-0 ahead, a rare moment of control for a side that had managed only 28% of possession over the afternoon.
West Brom's response was swift. Aune Heggebø levelled in the 82nd minute to make it 1-1, and neither side found a winner in the closing stages. The point lifted Preston to five points and ended a run of three defeats in a row, though they remain 24th and without a win in seven games. West Brom moved to 21 points.
Both sides play away on Saturday 31 October in the Championship: Preston visit Stoke City and West Brom travel to West Ham.
Hughes scored the opener and carried the highest rating of any player on the pitch, 8.48. Heggebø's equaliser earned him a rating of 8.04.
West Brom held 72% of possession yet managed only one more shot than Preston, 20 to 19.
Preston and West Brom drew 1–1 (half-time 0–0).
Preston met West Brom in the Championship (Regular Season - 12). Kick-off was Saturday, 24 October 2026, 14:00 UTC at Deepdale Stadium. Referee: Elliot Bell.
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Key moments
- 78' Goal: Andrew Hughes (assist: Léo Leroy) — 1–0
- 82' Goal: Jimmy Morgan (assist: Aune Heggebø) — 1–1
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Preston (3-4-1-2)
West Brom (4-4-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Preston 26%, the draw 25%, West Brom 49%. It finished Preston 1–1 West Brom.
West Brom's stronger rating gives them the edge — West Brom lead mainly because our strength rating puts them 171 points higher, 1440 to 1269, though Preston's recent finishing below their chances pulls slightly the other way, as cold streaks like this tend to bounce back. The draw sits at 25%, close to its 25% starting point, nudged up by the Championship's usual draw rate but down by that finishing streak.
Why West Brom at 49%?
West Brom sit 171 points higher on our strength rating — 1440 to 1269. Sides with a 160–240-point rating edge on the road won 50.4% of 7,179 such games. Championship home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (26.9% vs 25.4% norm). Championship homes won 42.9% of 8,488 games vs 44.6% across all 107,859 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. The 300 most similar past games finished 32–23–45.
Why only 49%?
Preston sit -0.41 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.5% of 2,932 such games where the class table expected 35.6%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 25.4%. These teams' recent games average 2.8 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 27,159. Championship runs draw-heavy, adding 1.6 points. The bounce-back factor takes 1.2 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
West Brom have averaged 15 percentage points more possession than Preston in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Out: Harry Clarke, an important player, and Lewis Gibson, a rotation player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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On this page: the Preston vs West Brom final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Championship fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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