Sheffield Wednesday 2:3 Preston North End: xG & match report · Championship

Saturday, 29/11/2025 at 16:00

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Match report · Championship

Sheffield Wednesday Home 2.33 xG · 12 shots

Preston North End Away 0.94 xG · 7 shots

23 The result went against the chances

Goals

3' Charlie McNeill Sheffield Wednesday · 0.26 xG chance 1–0
10' Ben Whiteman Preston North End · 0.04 xG chance 1–1
14' Charlie McNeill Sheffield Wednesday · 0.08 xG chance 2–1
57' Lewis Dobbin Preston North End · 0.50 xG chance 2–2
76' Mads Frøkjær Preston North End · 0.05 xG chance 2–3

The shots behind it

Sheffield Wednesday Preston North End

Shots: 12; 7
On target: 5; 5
Inside the box: 10; 3
xG per shot: 0.20; 0.13
Open play xG: 1.57; 0.35
Set-piece xG: 0.00; 0.58
Penalties: 1; 0

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: 1.54 for Sheffield Wednesday and 0.94 for Preston North End.

Shot map

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All shots

19 shots · 3.31 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Sheffield Wednesday

0.90 xG created 1.60 xGA

L 1.16 created, 0.99 conceded against Oxford United
D 0.33 created, 1.16 conceded against West Bromwich Albion
D 2.08 created, 1.68 conceded against Norwich City
L 0.81 created, 1.03 conceded against Southampton
L 0.29 created, 2.27 conceded against Sheffield United
L 0.70 created, 2.45 conceded against Millwall

Preston North End

1.31 xG created 1.39 xGA

W 1.57 created, 2.37 conceded against Sheffield United
W 2.24 created, 0.53 conceded against Southampton
W 0.71 created, 0.69 conceded against Swansea City
D 0.68 created, 1.82 conceded against Millwall
L 1.70 created, 1.23 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
D 0.98 created, 1.70 conceded against Watford

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

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