GolVolt — Preston North End vs Southampton: preview, line-ups, chances

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Championship Matchday 15

Preston North End

16:00 Sat 7 Nov · your time in 4 days 9 h

Southampton

Pre-match chances

21% Preston North End 23% draw Southampton 56%

Pre-match result forecast (provider data).

Stadium: Deepdale, Preston Referee: Tom Nield

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Defence

Preston North End concede 2.4 goals per match

Preston North End2.4 Southampton0.6

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Southampton concede 0.6.

Streak

Preston North End without a win in 8 matches

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 2 draws and 6 defeats. Last win: 5 September, 2:1 against Blackburn Rovers.

Attack

Southampton score 1.8 goals per match

Preston North End0.4 Southampton1.8

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Preston North End score 0.4.

Last time

Last meeting, 2 May: Preston North End – Southampton 1:3

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Streak

Southampton unbeaten in 5 matches

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 4 wins and 1 draw. Last defeat: 19 September, 1:2 against Wrexham.

Players to watch

Championship, this season.

Johnny Kenny

Preston North End · forward

2goals 1assist 7.04avg rating

Last match, Stoke City: rating 6.6.

Finn Azaz

Southampton · midfielder

3goals 5assists 7.22avg rating

Last match, Queens Park Rangers: rating 7.2.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is Preston North End at home and Southampton away, as in this match.

Preston North End

at home · 10

2W1D7L0.7scored per match2.0conceded per match

Southampton

away · 10

4W3D3L1.4scored per match1.1conceded per match

Per match, the last 5 matches in all competitions: corners 4.4 · 5.0; cards 2.2 · 2.4

Head to head

14 meetings since 2005. The last 5 below.

Last time · 2 May 2026 · Championship Preston North End 1:3 Southampton Dobbin 60' · Harwood-Bellis 12' · Stewart 47' · Larin 90+1'

1wins

1 draw3.4 goals per match · both scored in 3 of 5

3wins

2 May 2026Championship Preston North End1:3Southampton Dobbin 60' · Harwood-Bellis 12' · Stewart 47' · Larin 90+1' Details
1 Nov 2025Championship Southampton0:2Preston North End Dobbin 38' · Frøkjaer-Jensen 90+4' Details
16 Apr 2024Championship Southampton3:0Preston North End Adams 19', 29' · Armstrong 33' before our records
25 Oct 2023Championship Preston North End2:2Southampton Osmajic 52' · Potts 55' · Walker-Peters 33' · Evans 90+6' (s) before our records
20 Jul 2019Friendly Preston North End1:3Southampton Bodin 19' · Ings 11', 44' · Vokins 82' before our records

Show older (5)

21 Sep 2011Carabao Cup Southampton2:1Preston North End Hooiveld 27' · Lallana 66' · Barton 51' before our records
21 Feb 2009Championship Southampton3:1Preston North End Surman 19' · Saganowski 29', 42' · Wallace 73' before our records
1 Nov 2008Championship Preston North End2:3Southampton Jones 36' · Elliott 42' · Pearce 64' · Surman 69' · McGoldrick 90' before our records
22 Dec 2007Championship Southampton0:1Preston North End Neal 90' before our records
2 Oct 2007Championship Preston North End5:1Southampton Hawley 12' · Carter 58' · Sedgwick 75' · Agyemang 83', 90+4' · Jones 45' (s) before our records

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Preston North End (3-4-3, last: Stoke City) · Southampton (4-2-3-1, last: Queens Park Rangers).

Official around 15:00, Sat 7 Nov

DIIversen AHHughes JSStorey OOOffiah AVVukcevic JTThompson LLLeroy BPPotts DBBurgzorg JKKenny CLLang DPPeretz JBBree JSStephens KSSchlotterbeck RMManning CBBragg JPWard-Prowse KMMatsuki FAAzaz LSScienza LDDobbin

Preston North EndSouthampton

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Coaches

Graham AlexanderPreston North End Tonda EckertSouthampton

Full squads (59 players)

Preston North End

Goalkeepers

1 Daniel Iversen
21 Lee Nicholls

Defenders

2 Pol Valentín
6 Liam Lindsay
11 Thierry Small
12 Caleb Wiley
14 Jordan Storey
16 Andrew Hughes
19 Lewis Gibson
24 O. Offiah
32 Ed Nolan Preston North End U21
35 Isaac Irwin Preston North End U21

Midfielders

Forwards

Southampton

Goalkeepers

1 Daniel Peretz
25 George Long

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Squad

– Aaron Ramsdale
– Jamie Jones

Who wins?

The data provider's forecast, not GolVolt's. It says how often a match like this ends each way.

21%Preston North End

23%draw

56%Southampton

Out of 20 matches like this, Preston North End win 4, 5 end level and Southampton win 11.

The forecast leans to Southampton. By Volt (strength from league results) Southampton rate higher: 34.5 and 66.6.

Likeliest scores

The five likeliest from the score grid.

1:111%
0:110%
1:210%
0:29%
0:36%

How many goals?

The forecast, and under it what happened in each club's last 10 matches.

2+ goals78% Preston North End 8 of 10 · Southampton 7 of 10
3+ goals55% Preston North End 6 of 10 · Southampton 5 of 10
4+ goals32% Preston North End 4 of 10 · Southampton 4 of 10
5+ goals19% Preston North End 1 of 10 · Southampton 3 of 10

Goals at both ends

Chance that each side scores: 54%.

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Pro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

Volt matchup

34.5 66.6