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Match report · Championship

Preston North End 3:0 Sheffield Wednesday

Preston North End Home 1.91 xG · 12 shots
Sheffield Wednesday Away 0.21 xG · 6 shots
30 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

  1. 28' Ali McCann Preston North End · 0.65 xG chance 1–0
  2. 61' Milutin Osmajić Preston North End · 0.25 xG chance 2–0
  3. 85' Lewis Dobbin Preston North End · 0.16 xG chance 3–0

The shots behind it

Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday
Shots
12
6
On target
7
1
Inside the box
8
1
xG per shot
0.16
0.03
Open play xG
1.68
0.11
Set-piece xG
0.19
0.10
Penalties
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Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.91 for Preston North End and 0.20 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Preston North End · Ali McCann · 28' · Goal · 8 m · 0.65 xG Preston North End · Alfie Devine · 30' · No goal · 5 m · 0.36 xG Preston North End · Milutin Osmajić · 61' · Goal · 13 m · 0.25 xG Preston North End · Jordan Storey · 15' · No goal · 6 m · 0.16 xG Preston North End · Lewis Dobbin · 85' · Goal · 12 m · 0.16 xG Preston North End · Ali McCann · 30' · No goal · 15 m · 0.14 xG Sheffield Wednesday · Charlie McNeill · 56' · No goal · 20 m · 0.06 xG Preston North End · Lewis Dobbin · 84' · No goal · 11 m · 0.04 xG Sheffield Wednesday · Sean Fusire · 53' · No goal · 23 m · 0.04 xG Sheffield Wednesday · Liam Palmer · 21' · No goal · 24 m · 0.04 xG Preston North End · Ben Whiteman · 84' · No goal · 24 m · 0.03 xG Sheffield Wednesday · Jamal Lowe · 89' · No goal · 21 m · 0.03 xG Preston North End · Ben Whiteman · 11' · No goal · 26 m · 0.03 xG Sheffield Wednesday · Nathan Redmond · 90' · No goal · 19 m · 0.02 xG Preston North End · Alfie Devine · 65' · No goal · 22 m · 0.02 xG Preston North End · Ali McCann · 10' · No goal · 26 m · 0.02 xG Sheffield Wednesday · Bailey Cadamarteri · 24' · No goal · 5 m · 0.02 xG Preston North End · Jordan Storey · 32' · No goal · 10 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

18 shots · 2.07 xG

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  • Preston North End
  • Sheffield Wednesday
  • Filled = goal
  • Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Preston North End

0.86 xG created 1.49 xGA

  • D 1.43 created, 1.40 conceded against Wrexham
  • D 0.29 created, 1.95 conceded against Coventry City
  • W 0.61 created, 1.57 conceded against Oxford United
  • D 1.14 created, 0.40 conceded against Norwich City
  • D 0.59 created, 1.06 conceded against Stoke City
  • L 1.07 created, 2.53 conceded against Wrexham
Sheffield Wednesday

0.97 xG created 1.77 xGA

  • L 2.33 created, 0.94 conceded against Preston North End
  • D 0.48 created, 2.78 conceded against Watford
  • L 0.18 created, 1.64 conceded against Derby County
  • L 0.80 created, 2.92 conceded against Ipswich Town
  • D 1.56 created, 1.52 conceded against Hull City
  • D 0.47 created, 0.81 conceded against Blackburn Rovers

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Preston North End: 1 won · 0 drawn · 0 lost

Model details

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Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.