Preston North End v Coventry City
Championship | Deepdale
Saturday, 4 November 2023 @ 3.00pm
Preston North End are on a terrible run ahead of hosting Coventry City at Deepdale on Saturday, with just two points collected from their last six games.
The Lilywhites have picked up two draws and four losses in their last six Championship games, and face a Sky Blues side whose last six games have brought two wins and one draw.
In the last 10 years, Preston and Coventry have played each other on nine occasions. Preston won six of them and they drew three times.
On average, the Lilywhites scored 1.2 goals and the Sky Blues 0.3 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on February 28, when they played out a 0-0 draw.
Coventry are 20th in the table after 14 games, of which they have won three and drawn six, earning 15 points.
Preston are 11 places ahead of City in ninth, with six wins and four draws putting them on 22 points.
With 17 goals in 14 games so far this season, the Sky Blues are scoring at below the league average rate with 1.2 goals per game. But they are conceding fewer than average too, letting in 18 goals at a rate of 1.3 per game.
North End are also below average scorers, with 1.3 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.5 goals per game.
Preston's last match was on October 28, a 1-0 loss against Hull City.
Coventry lost 2-0 against West Bromwich Albion last time out, on Monday.