📊 Form Guide
Preston North End DWLLWW
Preston North End fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 0-2 Championship triumph versus Southampton.
In their last six games, Paul Heckingbottom's Preston North End have netted a total of 8 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match of 1.33.
Coming into this fixture, Preston North End haven't won against Swansea City in their previous 3 league matches.
Swansea City LDLWLD
Last time out, Swansea City drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with Charlton Athletic.
In that game, Swansea City had 58% possession and 11 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Swansea City was Adam Idah (64'). On the other side, Charlton Athletic got 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Charlie Kelman (46') scored for Charlton Athletic.
The stats tell the story, and Swansea City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. At the back, Swansea City seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this game, though.
Leading up to this clash, Swansea City:
- have left without a victory over Preston North End in away games against them for the last 4 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
- are undefeated in their last 3 league matches away from home.
- are without an away win for the past 2 league games.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 01/11/2022 shows us that Preston North End have won 2 of them & Swansea City 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.
16 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them from The Lilywhites and 10 for The Swans. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.
The last league clash between these clubs was Championship match day 35 on 04/03/2025 when the final score was Preston North End 0-0 Swansea City.
In that match, Preston North End managed 49% possession and 20 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.
On the other side, Swansea City had 8 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Stephen Martin.
🗞️ Team News: Preston North End
The Preston North End boss Paul Heckingbottom will be thankful to have no fitness concerns at all before this clash thanks to a completely healthy squad available to select from.
It seems likely that The Lilywhites will probably employ a 3-5-2 system for the game, beginning the first half with Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Odel Offiah, Alfie Devine, Ben Whiteman, S. T. Thórdarson, Thierry Small, Milutin Osmajic and Lewis Dobbin.
📰 Team News: Swansea City
Due to a completely healthy group to choose from, the Swansea City manager Alan Sheehan has zero fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game.
There’s a good chance that The Swans seem most likely to begin the game with a 5-4-1 system, giving starts to Lawrence Vigouroux, Josh Key, Ben Cabango, Kaelan Casey, Cameron Burgess, Josh Tymon, Ronald, Jay Fulton, Ethan Galbraith, Ji-sung Eom and Adam Idah.
💡 Prediction
We’re thinking that Swansea City will really need to work well to score goals against this Preston North End team who should end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.
We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought 1-0 advantage for Preston North End at full-time.
Should be an interesting one.
Lucas Pereira, 19:04 05/11/2025