Preston North End 0:2 West Bromwich Albion: xG & match report · Championship

Saturday, 18/04/2026 at 16:00

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Match report · Championship

Preston North End Home 1.29 xG · 9 shots

West Bromwich Albion Away 1.66 xG · 8 shots

02 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

11' Josh Maja West Bromwich Albion · 0.57 xG chance 0–1
77' Daryl Dike West Bromwich Albion · 0.59 xG chance 0–2

The shots behind it

Preston North End West Bromwich Albion

Shots: 9; 8
On target: 1; 3
Inside the box: 7; 6
xG per shot: 0.09; 0.23
Open play xG: 0.30; 1.15
Set-piece xG: 0.54; 0.70
Penalties: —; —

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: 0.86 for Preston North End and 1.83 for West Bromwich Albion.

Shot map

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All shots

17 shots · 2.69 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Preston North End

1.36 xG created 1.69 xGA

L 0.44 created, 4.00 conceded against Coventry City
L 2.52 created, 0.88 conceded against Norwich City
W 2.81 created, 0.99 conceded against Stoke City
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

West Bromwich Albion

1.64 xG created 0.87 xGA

D 1.55 created, 1.09 conceded against Southampton
W 2.28 created, 0.34 conceded against Hull City
W 2.51 created, 0.18 conceded against Bristol City
D 1.59 created, 1.73 conceded against Wrexham
D 0.53 created, 0.75 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
D 1.35 created, 1.10 conceded against Millwall

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

Head to head

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

West Bromwich Albion 2:1 Preston North End 18/10/2025 xG 1.30 – 1.39

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