Preston vs Sheffield Utd prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2022-09-16 14:00.
Preston North End fans were somewhat spoiled on Tuesday night as their side’s 1-1 Championship draw with Burnley – their sixth stalemate this season – produced 40% of the goals their league games have seen this term! The contest petered out after an exciting start, but manager Ryan Lowe was still pleased despite the continued lack of second-half action. “I'll take a point, it could be an important one,” he said.
There’s been no scoring after half-time in league action at Deepdale this term with Preston’s opener against Burnley their first here at any time this season. If you aren’t scoring, you must defend well, as Preston have done, keeping three clean sheets here so far (D4, L1) and as Lowe completes a two-game touchline ban, he’ll hope for more of the same to consolidate their mid-table position.
Table-topping Sheffield United will test Preston’s backline as they’re eight league games unbeaten (W6, D2) after beating Swansea City 1-0 on Tuesday night. They’ve also kept clean sheets in four of their last five league fixtures (W4, D1) and as their midweek winner came in injury time, they could be the side to break Deepdale’s second-half scoring hoodoo!
This fixture was first played in 1893, with Sheffield United leading the overall H2H (W52, D32, L36) and having the better of recent encounters, after only losing one of the last eight meetings at this ground (W3, D4). Perhaps unsurprisingly, only one of the last seven of those fixtures featured over 2.5 goals so this seems set up to be another low-scoring encounter.
Players to watch: Jordan Storey has never ended up on the losing side after scoring, following his equaliser for Preston against Burnley (W5, D2), while fellow centre-back Anel Ahmedhodžić has scored twice and been booked twice across his last three Championship outings for Sheffield United.
Hot streak: Sheffield United have netted once after the 70th minute in each of their last three Championship games.