Preston stats

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Today saw our 102nd league and cup fixture against Preston North End, a club record overtaking the 101 times we've faced Bristol City.

Here's all the teams we've played on 70 occasions or more:

Preston North End 102
Bristol City 101
Burnley 87
Huddersfield Town 84
Queens Park Rangers 84
Leyton Orient 83
Birmingham City 80
Bolton Wanderers 78
Sheffield United 78
Blackburn Rovers 78
Reading 78
Charlton Athletic 76
Swansea City 75
Blackpool 75
Sheffield Wednesday 74
Millwall 74
Middlesbrough 72
Hull City 71
Fulham 70
Brighton and Hove Albion 70

It might come as no surprise that we've beaten Preston more than any other side in our history with 40 wins. After today we've won more away games at Preston than at any other club, winning our 16th trip there, overtaking the 15 wins we have at Nottingham Forest.

Of the sides in the list above, we've only got better win rates against Middlesbrough (47.2%), Leyton Orient (42.2%) and Birmingham City (40%). The figure against Preston is 39.2%. It might surprise some of you that we have worse win percentages against Hull City, Charlton Athletic, Millwall and Blackpool than we do against the Jacks.

We've also scored more goals against Preston than anyone else (135) and more away goals against them than anyone else (55). Despite winning 40 games to their 37, they have scored 177 goals against us....

[Harry Paget Flashman]

How many times have we played Forest considering we've won away at them 15 times?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

How many times have we played Forest considering we've won away at them 15 times?

31 times. It's quite a record. The only other side we've got a better away win percentage against (excluding sides we've only faced a few times) is Scunthorpe, with 10 wins in 19 visits.

[Harry Paget Flashman]

31 times. It's quite a record. The only other side we've got a better away win percentage against (excluding sides we've only faced a few times) is Scunthorpe, with 10 wins in 19 visits.

*****.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

*****.

Indeed.

[RichardM]

What about Leeds? Don't we beat them almost always?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

What about Leeds? Don't we beat them almost always?

Played them 63 times. Won 29, drawn 16, lost 18. Scored 79, conceded 72.

We have won 16 of the last 28 against them, losing just 4 times.

[the other bob wilson]

Yesterday was our fourth win in our last five matches at Deepdale.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Yesterday was our fourth win in our last five matches at Deepdale.

Yes, we've never managed that before. That follows on from a run of 2 wins in the previous 15, losing 10. Of those 10 defeats, 4 were 3-0 and we also lost 4-0, 5-0 and 6-0. Quite a turnaround!