Championship (England) WON 4–1
Sat, Oct 17 · 16:00 · Racecourse Ground
Wrexham Home
VS
Preston Away
Wrexham vs Preston — Championship
Tipster's pick Preston Over 0.5 Goals
Confidence High
Odds 1.53 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Preston Look To Break Duck Against Leaky Wrexham

Preston have managed just 0.8 goals per away game this season yet Wrexham concede 1.4 at home. Their matches have produced both teams scoring in six of ten outings while Wrexham have kept only two clean sheets overall. Head to head records show Wrexham winning two of the last three but two of those games went over 2.5 goals. Preston sit bottom with four defeats in five but still average 0.8 away and face a Wrexham side missing four players including defenders Cleworth and Cacace. Wrexham average 1.2 goals scored at home but their defense has allowed 1.5 per game across the campaign. Preston’s own absences include midfielders McCann and Gibbs which may limit their creation yet the visitors have found the net in enough recent fixtures to suggest they will register at least once here.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
4–1 WON

Our pick “Preston Over 0.5 Goals” at odds 1.53 won — final score 4–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Andrija Vukčević 9'
  3. Benjamin Whiteman 21'
  4. Joe Worrall assist Danny Imray 31'
  5. Alfie Devine 36'
  6. Benjamin Whiteman 42'
  7. Second half
  8. Brad Potts ↓ Liam Lindsay 56'
  9. Sam Smith assist Benjamin Whiteman 59'
  10. Andrew Hughes 62'
  11. Kieffer Moore assist Joe Worrall 63'
  12. Jordan Thompson 66'
  13. Issa Kabore ↓ Danny Imray 68'
  14. Delano Burgzorg ↓ Johnny Kenny 69'
  15. Jusef Erabi ↓ Callum Lang 70'
  16. Ed Nolan ↓ Alfie Devine 79'
  17. Leo Leroy 80'
  18. Callum Doyle 80'
  19. Oliver Rathbone ↓ Callum O'Hare 81'
  20. B. Cadamarteri ↓ Kieffer Moore 81'
  21. George Dobson ↓ Matty James 81'
  22. Lewis O'Brien ↓ Sam Smith 90'
This season
Wrexham Preston
Over 2.5 goals 50% 70%
Clean sheet 20% 0%
Failed to score 20% 40%
Scored per game 1.1 0.8
Conceded per game 1.5 2.0
Scored home / away 1.2 / 1.0 0.8 / 0.8

Across 10 and 10 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
16 POR Portsmouth 9 3 2 4 11
17 WRE Wrexham ▲ 10 2 5 3 11
18 LIN Lincoln 10 3 2 5 11
19 CAR Cardiff 10 2 4 4 10
20 NOR Norwich 10 3 0 7 9
21 BUR Burnley 11 1 5 5 8
22 WAT Watford 10 2 2 6 8
23 DER Derby 10 1 3 6 6
24 PRE Preston ▲ 10 1 1 8 4
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Wrexham DLWDL
D vs Burnley 1–1 Sep 8
L @ West Ham 0–6 Sep 11
W vs Southampton 2–1 Sep 19
D @ Derby 1–1 Oct 10
L vs West Brom 1–2 Oct 13
Preston LLDLL
L @ Watford 1–2 Sep 8
L vs Lincoln 0–1 Sep 12
D @ QPR 2–2 Sep 19
L vs Millwall 0–1 Oct 10
L @ Birmingham 0–4 Oct 13
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Wrexham
Scored 1.0 avg
1 0 2 1 1
Conceded 2.2 avg
1 6 1 1 2
Preston
Scored 0.6 avg
1 0 2 0 0
Conceded 2.0 avg
2 1 2 1 4
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 Wrexham
1 Draws
0 Preston
Dec 2025 Wrexham 2–1 Preston Wrexham
Dec 2025 Preston 1–1 Wrexham Draw
Aug 2025 Preston 2–3 Wrexham Wrexham

Over 2.5 goals in 2 of the last 3 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Wrexham 3-4-2-1
  • 22 A. Patterson G
  • 6 J. Worrall D
  • 5 D. Hyam D
  • 2 C. Doyle D
  • 30 Daniel Edward Peter Imray M
  • 37 M. James M
  • 8 B. Whiteman M
  • 3 J. Ekomié M
  • 28 S. Smith M
  • 17 C. O'Hare M
  • 19 K. Moore F
Bench B. Cadamarteri, G. Dobson, A. James, I. Kaboré, R. Longman, L. O'Brien, O. Rathbone, Z. Vyner, D. Ward

P. Parkinson

Preston 3-4-1-2
  • 1 D. Iversen G
  • 24 O. Offiah D
  • 14 J. Storey D
  • 16 A. Hughes D
  • 6 L. Lindsay M
  • 27 L. Leroy M
  • 15 J. Thompson M
  • 3 A. Vukčević M
  • 7 A. Devine M
  • 10 C. Lang F
  • 38 J. Kenny F
Bench B. Potts, T. Small, Pol Valentín, A. Moran, J. Erabi, L. Nicholls, D. Burgzorg, Isaac Irwin, Ed Nolan

G. Alexander

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Wrexham
  • OUT N. Broadhead Thigh Injury
  • OUT L. Cacace Calf Injury
  • OUT M. Cleworth Muscle Injury
  • OUT M. James Back Injury
  • OUT B. Sheaf Injury
  • OUT G. Thomason Thigh Injury
  • OUT J. Windass Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT S. Revan Hamstring Injury
  • OUT N. Broadhead Thigh Injury
  • OUT L. Cacace Calf Injury
  • OUT M. Cleworth Muscle Injury
  • OUT M. James Back Injury
  • OUT B. Sheaf Injury
  • OUT G. Thomason Thigh Injury
  • OUT J. Windass Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT S. Revan Hamstring Injury
Preston
  • OUT H. Clarke Knee Injury
  • OUT L. Gibbs Muscle Injury
  • OUT A. McCann Hamstring Injury
  • OUT S. Mills Red Card
  • OUT B. Potts Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT T. Carroll Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT J. Kenny Inactive
  • DOUBT C. Wiley Inactive
  • OUT H. Clarke Knee Injury
  • OUT L. Gibbs Muscle Injury
  • OUT A. McCann Hamstring Injury
  • OUT S. Mills Red Card
  • OUT B. Potts Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT T. Carroll Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT J. Kenny Inactive
  • DOUBT C. Wiley Inactive