Preston North End 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 29 Dec 2024

📅29/12/2024 · 🕒15:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
42%
2.57
Draw
27%
3.04
Away
31%
2.54
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
52%
1.59
Over 2.5
48%
2.23
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.96
No
50%
1.75
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
29%
2.41
2-3 Goals
38%
1.74
4-5 Goals
24%
4.62
6+ Goals
9%
26.0
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
17%
4.11
1/2
8%
34.5
1/X
6%
13.9
X/1
17%
5.48
X/2
11%
5.34
X/X
11%
3.85
2/1
9%
34.5
2/2
11%
3.96
2/X
10%
13.9
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
42%
Home Win
35%
+7.1pp
27%
Draw
29%
-2.0pp
30%
Away Win
36%
-5.1pp
52%
Under 2.5
59%
-7.0pp
48%
Over 2.5
41%
+7.0pp
50%
BTTS Yes
47%
+3.5pp
50%
BTTS No
53%
-3.5pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Preston North End EU Bookmakers 39%
Head to Head
AWAY Sheffield Wednesday EU Bookmakers 39%
+3% / +12% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +0% / +0%
1.14/1.20 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.29/1.46
+0% / +0% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +9% / -9%
51% Ball Possession 49%
14 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
311 · 75% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 297 · 73%
20.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19.3
18.9 Crosses 17.9
2.2 Yellow Cards 1.8
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Preston North End
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Sheffield Wednesday
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
1.15 xG 0.90
56% Ball Possession 44%
10 Total Shots 9
3 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 4
363 Passes 256
76% Pass Accuracy 70%
22 Box Touches 16
22 Crosses 18
1 Yellow Cards 2
07.12.2024 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 HT 0-1 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
29.12.2023 Preston North End Preston North End 0-1 HT 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday İNCL
19.08.2023 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 HT 0-0 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
30.01.2021 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 HT 1-0 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
21.11.2020 Preston North End Preston North End 1-0 HT 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday İNCL
08.07.2020 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 1-3 HT 0-0 Preston North End Preston North End İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Preston North End
3-1
AWAY Sheffield Wednesday
2.86 xG 1.15
42% Ball Possession 58%
14 Total Shots 17
7 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 6
245 Passes 347
78% Pass Accuracy 81%
18 Box Touches 32
13 Crosses 24
2 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH Preston North End vs Sheffield Wednesday
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Preston North End beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1. Half-time: 1-0.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Preston North End as the likeliest winner at 42%, and the 3-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 48% and both teams to score was close to even at 50%.

On the day, Preston North End had 42% of the ball to Sheffield Wednesday's 58%, shots finished 14-17, expected goals 2.86 to 1.15.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Preston North End had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Preston North End and 0.67 for Sheffield Wednesday.

What was the final score of Preston North End vs Sheffield Wednesday?

Preston North End 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday in the England - Championship on 29/12/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Preston North End vs Sheffield Wednesday?

Before kick-off our model rated a Preston North End win the most likely single outcome at about 42%, with the full match-result split Preston North End 42%, draw 27%, Sheffield Wednesday 30%. The final score 3-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Preston North End) — while Under 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Preston North End) ✗ Under 2.5
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