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Match report · Championship

Preston North End 1:3 Southampton

Preston North End Home 1.91 xG · 16 shots
Southampton Away 2.41 xG · 18 shots
13 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

  1. 12' Taylor Harwood-Bellis Southampton · 0.08 xG chance 0–1
  2. 47' Ross Stewart Southampton · 0.10 xG chance 0–2
  3. 60' Lewis Dobbin Preston North End · 0.60 xG chance 1–2
  4. 90' Cyle Larin Southampton · 0.92 xG chance 1–3

The shots behind it

Preston North End Southampton
Shots
16
18
On target
5
5
Inside the box
11
13
xG per shot
0.11
0.12
Open play xG
1.14
1.91
Set-piece xG
0.62
0.27
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: 1.72 for Preston North End and 2.21 for Southampton.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Southampton · Cyle Larin · 90' · Goal · 2 m · 0.92 xG Preston North End · Lewis Dobbin · 60' · Goal · 14 m · 0.60 xG Preston North End · Liam Lindsay · 5' · No goal · 4 m · 0.26 xG Southampton · Ross Stewart · 7' · No goal · 4 m · 0.24 xG Southampton · Tom Fellows · 16' · No goal · 16 m · 0.16 xG Preston North End · Brad Potts · 72' · No goal · 8 m · 0.15 xG Preston North End · Odeluga Offiah · 85' · No goal · 9 m · 0.13 xG Southampton · Finn Azaz · 73' · No goal · 13 m · 0.12 xG Southampton · Ross Stewart · 47' · Goal · 13 m · 0.10 xG Southampton · Ross Stewart · 11' · No goal · 7 m · 0.09 xG Preston North End · Lewis Dobbin · 40' · No goal · 11 m · 0.09 xG Preston North End · Alfie Devine · 19' · No goal · 19 m · 0.08 xG Preston North End · Liam Lindsay · 32' · No goal · 10 m · 0.08 xG Southampton · Taylor Harwood-Bellis · 12' · Goal · 10 m · 0.08 xG Preston North End · Ben Whiteman · 19' · No goal · 10 m · 0.07 xG Preston North End · Lewis Dobbin · 57' · No goal · 20 m · 0.06 xG Southampton · Leo Scienza · 27' · No goal · 20 m · 0.06 xG Preston North End · Jordan Thompson · 76' · No goal · 10 m · 0.06 xG Southampton · Cyle Larin · 90' · No goal · 11 m · 0.06 xG Southampton · Leo Scienza · 54' · No goal · 20 m · 0.05 xG Preston North End · Alfie Devine · 38' · No goal · 27 m · 0.05 xG Southampton · Leo Scienza · 79' · No goal · 13 m · 0.05 xG Southampton · Cameron Archer · 62' · No goal · 13 m · 0.05 xG Southampton · Tom Fellows · 2' · No goal · 16 m · 0.05 xG Southampton · Ryan Manning · 90' · No goal · 23 m · 0.05 xG Preston North End · Lewis Dobbin · 20' · No goal · 15 m · 0.04 xG Southampton · Shea Charles · 59' · No goal · 20 m · 0.04 xG Preston North End · Alfie Devine · 17' · No goal · 10 m · 0.03 xG Southampton · Shea Charles · 60' · No goal · 22 m · 0.03 xG Preston North End · Andrew Moran · 50' · No goal · 23 m · 0.03 xG Southampton · Cameron Archer · 65' · No goal · 20 m · 0.03 xG Southampton · Leo Scienza · 74' · No goal · 7 m · 0.03 xG Preston North End · Robbie Brady · 90' · No goal · 27 m · 0.02 xG Preston North End · Andrew Hughes · 38' · No goal · 11 m · 0.02 xG

All shots

34 shots · 3.94 xG

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

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Preston North End

1.50 xG created 1.82 xGA

  • D 0.41 created, 2.01 conceded against Leicester City
  • D 0.63 created, 0.94 conceded against Queens Park Rangers
  • W 1.32 created, 1.32 conceded against Charlton Athletic
  • L 1.29 created, 1.66 conceded against West Bromwich Albion
  • L 2.37 created, 1.95 conceded against Birmingham City
  • W 2.98 created, 3.05 conceded against Sheffield United
Southampton

1.81 xG created 1.08 xGA

  • W 2.35 created, 1.25 conceded against Wrexham
  • W 1.73 created, 0.91 conceded against Derby County
  • W 2.23 created, 0.28 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
  • W 1.19 created, 1.19 conceded against Swansea City
  • D 2.33 created, 0.94 conceded against Bristol City
  • D 1.01 created, 1.92 conceded against Ipswich Town

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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The model never priced this match before kick-off, so there is no projection to read the result against.

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.