Preston 1–3 Southampton – England Championship, 2 May 2026

Match facts

Preston Southampton

16 Shots 18

5 Shots on target 5

10 Corners 5

11 Fouls 6

3 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (540 league matches this season so far).

Result Southampton to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.67

Expected goals 1.39 – 1.58

Home / Draw / Away

34% 24% 42%

PrestonDrawSouthampton

Under / Over 2.5 goals

43% 57%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

40% 60%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

5% 0

15% 1

23% 2

22% 3

17% 4

18% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.2% 1–2 8.9% 0–1 8.1%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Preston before this match, all matches

1.33points / match

1.20scored / match

1.31conceded / match

15 15 15

WonDrawnLost 45 played · 54:59

Southampton before this match, all matches

1.71points / match

1.76scored / match

1.22conceded / match

21 14 10

WonDrawnLost 45 played · 79:55

Preston all matches all matches Southampton

Per match

1.20 Goals scored 1.76

1.31 Goals conceded 1.22

2.51 Total goals 2.98

10.80 Shots 14.42

3.56 Shots on target 5.33

14.49 Shots faced 12.36

4.33 Corners 5.78

6.36 Corners against 4.67

10.58 Fouls 10.62

2.00 Yellow cards 1.84

0.60 1st-half goals scored 0.78

0.67 1st-half goals conceded 0.47

How often Full Time

33% Wins 47%

33% Draws 31%

33% Losses 22%

96% Over 0.5 goals 93%

80% Over 1.5 goals 87%

47% Over 2.5 goals 62%

22% Over 3.5 goals 33%

7% Over 4.5 goals 13%

0% Over 5.5 goals 7%

58% Both teams scored 71%

20% Clean sheets 24%

27% Failed to score 11%

How often Half Time

33% Wins 33%

33% Draws 44%

33% Losses 22%

80% Over 0.5 goals 67%

36% Over 1.5 goals 38%

11% Over 2.5 goals 13%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Preston all matches

1

3

L

3

L

2

L

3

1

W

2

D

1

D

2

1

W

2

L

1

2

L

3

2

W

Southampton all matches

1

D

2

1

W

1

W

2

W

5

1

W

2

1

W

3

W

2

1

W

2

D

2

D

Preston before this match, at home

1.41points / match

1.23scored / match

1.23conceded / match

8 7 7

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 27:27

Southampton before this match, away

1.50points / match

1.86scored / match

1.64conceded / match

9 6 7

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 41:36

Preston at home away Southampton

Per match

1.23 Goals scored 1.86

1.23 Goals conceded 1.64

2.45 Total goals 3.50

11.05 Shots 13.23

3.32 Shots on target 5.32

13.73 Shots faced 13.95

5.05 Corners 5.23

6.27 Corners against 4.86

10.05 Fouls 11.73

2.00 Yellow cards 2.18

0.50 1st-half goals scored 0.73

0.50 1st-half goals conceded 0.59

How often Full Time

36% Wins 41%

32% Draws 27%

32% Losses 32%

95% Over 0.5 goals 100%

77% Over 1.5 goals 100%

45% Over 2.5 goals 73%

23% Over 3.5 goals 41%

5% Over 4.5 goals 18%

0% Over 5.5 goals 14%

55% Both teams scored 91%

23% Clean sheets 5%

27% Failed to score 5%

How often Half Time

32% Wins 27%

41% Draws 50%

27% Losses 23%

73% Over 0.5 goals 68%

23% Over 1.5 goals 36%

5% Over 2.5 goals 14%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Preston at home

3

W

1

L

3

L

1

W

2

D

2

L

1

3

L

3

1

W

1

D

2

L

Southampton away

1

D

4

L

1

D

2

W

4

3

W

3

1

W

1

D

2

1

W

5

1

W

2

1

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
25.04.26	Sheffield United – Preston	2–3 (0–2)	1.57	4.50	4.33	1.67	2.20
22.04.26	Birmingham – Preston	2–1 (2–1)	1.57	3.50	4.75	1.93	1.93
18.04.26	Preston – West Brom	0–2 (0–1)	3.60	3.30	2.01	2.10	1.73
11.04.26	Charlton – Preston	1–2 (1–1)	2.05	3.30	3.50	2.10	1.73
06.04.26	Preston – QPR	1–1 (0–0)	2.32	3.30	2.82	2.10	1.73
03.04.26	Leicester – Preston	2–2 (1–2)	1.81	3.60	4.10	1.95	1.90
20.03.26	Preston – Stoke	3–1 (1–1)	2.45	3.25	2.75	2.10	1.73
14.03.26	Norwich – Preston	2–0 (2–0)	1.62	4.00	4.75	1.85	2.00
11.03.26	Coventry – Preston	3–0 (2–0)	1.42	4.75	6.00	1.57	2.38
06.03.26	Preston – Oxford	1–3 (1–1)	2.10	3.20	3.50	2.30	1.62

Southampton all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
28.04.26	Southampton – Ipswich	2–2 (0–0)	2.10	3.40	3.10	1.73	2.10
21.04.26	Southampton – Bristol City	2–2 (1–1)	1.39	4.33	8.00	1.73	2.10
18.04.26	Swansea – Southampton	1–2 (1–0)	3.70	4.33	1.76	1.80	2.00
14.04.26	Southampton – Blackburn	3–0 (2–0)	1.51	4.10	5.75	1.88	1.98
11.04.26	Southampton – Derby	2–1 (0–1)	1.71	3.80	4.20	1.80	2.00
07.04.26	Wrexham – Southampton	1–5 (1–2)	2.57	3.25	2.57	1.80	2.00
21.03.26	Southampton – Oxford	2–0 (2–0)	1.51	4.00	6.00	1.73	2.10
18.03.26	Southampton – Norwich	1–0 (1–0)	1.91	3.50	3.75	1.73	2.10
14.03.26	Coventry – Southampton	1–2 (0–0)	1.71	3.80	4.10	1.67	2.20
11.03.26	West Brom – Southampton	1–1 (1–0)	2.70	3.50	2.35	1.98	1.88

Preston at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.04.26	Preston – West Brom	0–2 (0–1)	3.60	3.30	2.01	2.10	1.73
06.04.26	Preston – QPR	1–1 (0–0)	2.32	3.30	2.82	2.10	1.73
20.03.26	Preston – Stoke	3–1 (1–1)	2.45	3.25	2.75	2.10	1.73
06.03.26	Preston – Oxford	1–3 (1–1)	2.10	3.20	3.50	2.30	1.62
28.02.26	Preston – Millwall	0–2 (0–1)	3.10	3.50	2.20	2.10	1.73
14.02.26	Preston – Watford	2–2 (1–0)	3.00	3.20	2.20	2.20	1.67
07.02.26	Preston – Portsmouth	1–0 (1–0)	2.32	3.20	3.10	2.30	1.62
20.01.26	Preston – Hull	0–3 (0–2)	2.25	3.20	3.20	2.10	1.73
17.01.26	Preston – Derby	0–1 (0–0)	2.20	3.10	3.40	2.38	1.57
01.01.26	Preston – Sheffield Weds	3–0 (1–0)	1.46	4.00	7.00	1.85	2.00

Southampton away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.04.26	Swansea – Southampton	1–2 (1–0)	3.70	4.33	1.76	1.80	2.00
07.04.26	Wrexham – Southampton	1–5 (1–2)	2.57	3.25	2.57	1.80	2.00
14.03.26	Coventry – Southampton	1–2 (0–0)	1.71	3.80	4.10	1.67	2.20
11.03.26	West Brom – Southampton	1–1 (1–0)	2.70	3.50	2.35	1.98	1.88
28.02.26	Sheffield Weds – Southampton	1–3 (0–2)	9.50	5.25	1.27	1.57	2.38
10.02.26	Leicester – Southampton	3–4 (3–0)	3.10	3.40	2.20	1.80	2.00
31.01.26	Stoke – Southampton	0–2 (0–1)	2.85	3.40	2.30	1.90	1.95
25.01.26	Portsmouth – Southampton	1–1 (0–0)	3.20	3.40	2.10	1.91	1.91
04.01.26	Middlesbrough – Southampton	4–0 (0–0)	2.10	3.50	3.20	1.73	2.10
29.12.25	Birmingham – Southampton	1–1 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	2.85	1.80	2.00

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1 1 1

Preston winsDrawsSouthampton wins

3matches

3.00goals / match

67%over 2.5

33%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
01.11.25E1	Southampton – Preston	0–2 (0–1)	1.68	3.90	4.33	1.88	1.98
16.04.24E1	Southampton – Preston	3–0 (3–0)	1.33	5.25	9.00	1.57	2.38
25.10.23E1	Preston – Southampton	2–2 (0–1)	3.50	3.40	2.10	1.75	2.05

England Championship table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	45	27	11	7	93	45	+48	92
2	Ipswich	45	22	15	8	77	47	+30	81
3	Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	+13	80
4	Middlesbrough	45	22	13	10	70	45	+25	79
5	Southampton	45	21	14	10	79	55	+24	77
6	Wrexham	45	19	13	13	67	63	+4	70
7	Hull	45	20	10	15	68	65	+3	70
8	Derby	45	20	9	16	66	57	+9	69
9	Norwich	45	19	8	18	62	54	+8	65
10	Birmingham	45	17	12	16	56	55	+1	63
11	Swansea	45	17	10	18	54	58	-4	61
12	Preston	45	15	15	15	54	59	-5	60
13	Bristol City	45	16	11	18	57	59	-2	59
14	QPR	45	16	10	19	61	70	-9	58
15	Sheffield United	45	17	6	22	64	65	-1	57
16	Watford	45	14	15	16	53	61	-8	57
17	Stoke	45	15	10	20	51	54	-3	55
18	Portsmouth	45	14	12	19	48	63	-15	54
19	West Brom	45	13	14	18	47	56	-9	53
20	Charlton	45	13	14	18	43	55	-12	53
21	Blackburn	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52
22	Leicester	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	49
23	Oxford	45	11	14	20	45	57	-12	47
24	Sheffield Weds	45	1	12	32	27	88	-61	15

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	23	17	4	2	51	19	+32	55
2	Ipswich	22	13	8	1	40	17	+23	47
3	Southampton	23	12	8	3	38	19	+19	44
4	Birmingham	23	12	8	3	39	22	+17	44
5	Middlesbrough	23	12	6	5	34	18	+16	42
6	Millwall	22	12	3	7	31	25	+6	39
7	Watford	22	10	7	5	30	23	+7	37
8	Swansea	22	10	6	6	31	26	+5	36
9	Derby	22	10	6	6	30	25	+5	36
10	Wrexham	22	10	6	6	39	35	+4	36
11	Hull	22	10	5	7	33	33	0	35
12	West Brom	23	8	10	5	28	25	+3	34
13	Stoke	23	9	6	8	34	28	+6	33
14	QPR	23	10	3	10	40	37	+3	33
15	Sheffield United	23	9	4	10	38	33	+5	31
16	Preston	22	8	7	7	27	27	0	31
17	Charlton	23	9	4	10	23	26	-3	31
18	Norwich	23	9	3	11	27	28	-1	30
19	Portsmouth	22	8	5	9	24	22	+2	29
20	Oxford	23	7	8	8	24	27	-3	29
21	Bristol City	22	8	4	10	31	31	0	28
22	Leicester	23	7	7	9	31	34	-3	28
23	Blackburn	22	4	9	9	19	26	-7	21
24	Sheffield Weds	22	0	7	15	12	43	-31	7

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Millwall	23	11	8	4	31	24	+7	41
2	Coventry	22	10	7	5	42	26	+16	37
3	Middlesbrough	22	10	7	5	36	27	+9	37
4	Norwich	22	10	5	7	35	26	+9	35
5	Hull	23	10	5	8	35	32	+3	35
6	Ipswich	23	9	7	7	37	30	+7	34
7	Wrexham	23	9	7	7	28	28	0	34
8	Southampton	22	9	6	7	41	36	+5	33
9	Derby	23	10	3	10	36	32	+4	33
10	Bristol City	23	8	7	8	26	28	-2	31
11	Blackburn	23	9	4	10	23	29	-6	31
12	Preston	23	7	8	8	27	32	-5	29
13	Sheffield United	22	8	2	12	26	32	-6	26
14	Swansea	23	7	4	12	23	32	-9	25
15	QPR	22	6	7	9	21	33	-12	25
16	Portsmouth	23	6	7	10	24	41	-17	25
17	Charlton	22	4	10	8	20	29	-9	22
18	Stoke	22	6	4	12	17	26	-9	22
19	Leicester	22	4	9	9	26	34	-8	21
20	Watford	23	4	8	11	23	38	-15	20
21	West Brom	22	5	4	13	19	31	-12	19
22	Birmingham	22	5	4	13	17	33	-16	19
23	Oxford	22	4	6	12	21	30	-9	18
24	Sheffield Weds	23	1	5	17	15	45	-30	8

Preston Southampton

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	7	Hull	45	16	29	1.5	1.4	20	10	15	68	65	70
2	1	Coventry	45	17	28	2.1	1.0	27	11	7	93	45	92
3	5	Southampton	45	17	28	1.8	1.2	21	14	10	79	55	77
4	14	QPR	45	17	28	1.4	1.6	16	10	19	61	70	58
5	15	Sheffield United	45	19	26	1.4	1.4	17	6	22	64	65	57
6	22	Leicester	45	20	25	1.3	1.5	11	16	18	57	68	49
7	4	Middlesbrough	45	21	24	1.6	1.0	22	13	10	70	45	79
8	2	Ipswich	45	22	23	1.7	1.0	22	15	8	77	47	81
9	8	Derby	45	22	23	1.5	1.3	20	9	16	66	57	69
10	24	Sheffield Weds	45	22	23	0.6	2.0	1	12	32	27	88	15
11	3	Millwall	45	23	22	1.4	1.1	23	11	11	62	49	80
12	6	Wrexham	45	23	22	1.5	1.4	19	13	13	67	63	70
13	11	Swansea	45	23	22	1.2	1.3	17	10	18	54	58	61
14	9	Norwich	45	24	21	1.4	1.2	19	8	18	62	54	65
15	10	Birmingham	45	24	21	1.2	1.2	17	12	16	56	55	63
16	12	Preston	45	24	21	1.2	1.3	15	15	15	54	59	60
17	13	Bristol City	45	24	21	1.3	1.3	16	11	18	57	59	59
18	16	Watford	45	24	21	1.2	1.4	14	15	16	53	61	57
19	23	Oxford	45	24	21	1.0	1.3	11	14	20	45	57	47
20	17	Stoke	45	25	20	1.1	1.2	15	10	20	51	54	55
21	18	Portsmouth	45	25	20	1.1	1.4	14	12	19	48	63	54
22	19	West Brom	45	25	20	1.0	1.2	13	14	18	47	56	53
23	21	Blackburn	45	27	18	0.9	1.2	13	13	19	42	55	52
24	20	Charlton	45	28	17	1.0	1.2	13	14	18	43	55	53

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	14	QPR	23	5	18	1.7	1.6	10	3	10	40	37	33
2	15	Sheffield United	23	6	17	1.7	1.4	9	4	10	38	33	31
3	1	Coventry	23	8	15	2.2	0.8	17	4	2	51	19	55
4	7	Hull	22	9	13	1.5	1.5	10	5	7	33	33	35
5	17	Stoke	23	10	13	1.5	1.2	9	6	8	34	28	33
6	2	Ipswich	22	10	12	1.8	0.8	13	8	1	40	17	47
7	3	Millwall	22	10	12	1.4	1.1	12	3	7	31	25	39
8	5	Southampton	23	11	12	1.7	0.8	12	8	3	38	19	44
9	6	Wrexham	22	10	12	1.8	1.6	10	6	6	39	35	36
10	22	Leicester	23	11	12	1.3	1.5	7	7	9	31	34	28
11	10	Birmingham	23	12	11	1.7	1.0	12	8	3	39	22	44
12	11	Swansea	22	11	11	1.4	1.2	10	6	6	31	26	36
13	13	Bristol City	22	11	11	1.4	1.4	8	4	10	31	31	28
14	4	Middlesbrough	23	13	10	1.5	0.8	12	6	5	34	18	42
15	9	Norwich	23	13	10	1.2	1.2	9	3	11	27	28	30
16	12	Preston	22	12	10	1.2	1.2	8	7	7	27	27	31
17	19	West Brom	23	13	10	1.2	1.1	8	10	5	28	25	34
18	20	Charlton	23	13	10	1.0	1.1	9	4	10	23	26	31
19	23	Oxford	23	13	10	1.0	1.2	7	8	8	24	27	29
20	24	Sheffield Weds	22	12	10	0.5	2.0	0	7	15	12	43	7
21	16	Watford	22	13	9	1.4	1.0	10	7	5	30	23	37
22	18	Portsmouth	22	13	9	1.1	1.0	8	5	9	24	22	29
23	8	Derby	22	14	8	1.4	1.1	10	6	6	30	25	36
24	21	Blackburn	22	15	7	0.9	1.2	4	9	9	19	26	21

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	5	Southampton	22	6	16	1.9	1.6	9	6	7	41	36	33
2	7	Hull	23	7	16	1.5	1.4	10	5	8	35	32	35
3	8	Derby	23	8	15	1.6	1.4	10	3	10	36	32	33
4	4	Middlesbrough	22	8	14	1.6	1.2	10	7	5	36	27	37
5	1	Coventry	22	9	13	1.9	1.2	10	7	5	42	26	37
6	22	Leicester	22	9	13	1.2	1.5	4	9	9	26	34	21
7	24	Sheffield Weds	23	10	13	0.7	2.0	1	5	17	15	45	8
8	16	Watford	23	11	12	1.0	1.7	4	8	11	23	38	20
9	2	Ipswich	23	12	11	1.6	1.3	9	7	7	37	30	34
10	9	Norwich	22	11	11	1.6	1.2	10	5	7	35	26	35
11	11	Swansea	23	12	11	1.0	1.4	7	4	12	23	32	25
12	12	Preston	23	12	11	1.2	1.4	7	8	8	27	32	29
13	18	Portsmouth	23	12	11	1.0	1.8	6	7	10	24	41	25
14	21	Blackburn	23	12	11	1.0	1.3	9	4	10	23	29	31
15	23	Oxford	22	11	11	1.0	1.4	4	6	12	21	30	18
16	3	Millwall	23	13	10	1.3	1.0	11	8	4	31	24	41
17	6	Wrexham	23	13	10	1.2	1.2	9	7	7	28	28	34
18	10	Birmingham	22	12	10	0.8	1.5	5	4	13	17	33	19
19	13	Bristol City	23	13	10	1.1	1.2	8	7	8	26	28	31
20	14	QPR	22	12	10	1.0	1.5	6	7	9	21	33	25
21	19	West Brom	22	12	10	0.9	1.4	5	4	13	19	31	19
22	15	Sheffield United	22	13	9	1.2	1.5	8	2	12	26	32	26
23	17	Stoke	22	15	7	0.8	1.2	6	4	12	17	26	22
24	20	Charlton	22	15	7	0.9	1.3	4	10	8	20	29	22

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.