Preston vs Southampton — Championship: prediction, stats, lineups & analysis
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Predicted from each team's recent lineups and the latest injury news. Official team sheets usually land about an hour before kick-off.
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Preston vs Southampton — the facts
Preston meet Southampton in the Championship (Regular Season - 15). Kick-off is Saturday, 7 November 2026, 15:00 UTC at Deepdale.
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Sirius · Why these numbers
Preston 12% · Draw 22% · Southampton 66%
Southampton's strength gap drives a clear lead — We give Southampton 66% mainly because they sit 345 points higher on our strength rating, 1602 to 1257, and home sides in the Championship tend to under-perform, which trims Preston's usual home advantage. The draw sits at 22%, starting from 21% for a gap this size, nudged up by the Championship's usual draw rate and slightly down by typical scoring in both sides' recent games.
Why Southampton at 66%?
Southampton sit 345 points higher on our strength rating — 1602 to 1257. Sides with a more than 240-point rating edge on the road won 65.7% of 6,325 such games. Championship home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (26.9% vs 25.3% norm). Championship homes won 43.0% of 8,523 games vs 44.6% across all 108,444 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. The 300 most similar past games finished 13–22–65.
Why only 66%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 66% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 22% and Preston at 12%.
Why is the draw only 22%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 20.9%. These teams' recent games average 2.9 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.7% of 27,360. Championship runs draw-heavy, adding 1.6 points.
What did we measure but not count?
Southampton have averaged 16 percentage points more possession than Preston in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Preston are 6 games into a new manager (G. Alexander), appointed 37 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: kickoff time and matchday details for Preston vs Southampton, the head-to-head record and recent form, stats-based pre-match analysis, confirmed lineups about an hour before kick-off — then the live score, goal clips and video highlights once this Championship fixture kicks off.
- Live score updates and a goal-by-goal timeline once play begins.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Confirmed starting lineups, usually about an hour before kick-off.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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