Preston v Swansea

CroJack

CroJack

Key Player
Preston's start of the season has been a disappointing one. Lost the first three fixtures against Hull (H), Reading (A) and Huddersfield (A), won deservedly the last one against Peterborough 1:0 at home turf.

Here are the highlights from these matches

Preston 1:4 Hull


Reading 2:1 Preston


Huddersfield 1:0 Preston


Preston 1:0 Peterborough




Judging by these highlights their weak link is their goalkeeper. Another good news is that their front line is pretty ineffective. Though, Preston are dangerous from counter-attacks and crosses.

Here are some Preston and Swansea stats.

Shots per game for

Preston 11
Swansea 8

Shots on target per game for

Preston 4,5
Swansea 3

Shots per game against

Preston 11
Swansea 14

Tackles per game

Preston 15
Swansea 10.3

Fouls per game

Preston 11.5
Swansea 9.5

Dribbles per game

Preston 6
Swansea 8

Golas scored from open play

Preston 1
Swansea 3

Goals scored from set pieces

Preston 1
Swansea 0

Goals conceded from open play

Preston 6
Swansea 1

Goals conceded from set pieces

Preston 0
Swansea 2

Possession

Preston 50 %
Swansea 62.9 %

Passing accuracy

Preston 73.1 %
Swansea 84.7 %

Aerials won per game

Preston 24
Swansea 12.8

Key passes total

Preston 28
Swansea 19

Long key passes total

Preston 10
Swansea 3

Short key passes total

Preston 18
Swansea 16

Accurate long balls total

Preston 130
Swansea 128
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Inaccurate long balls total

Preston 169
Swansea 114

Preston characteristics

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Preston play in 3-5-2 formation so we'll se one of these two line-ups

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ivoralljack

ivoralljack

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Those stats for us are a bit like the curate's egg; good in parts. :unsure: They are not a top team and we should have a decent chance of three points if we continue to progress. Hopefully our possession game will frustrate them but I'd like to see us get off far more shots in a game than we are currently managing. In other words I'd like to see more end result to our possession. Once we start doing that consistently we should climb the table.
 
Yankee_Jack

Yankee_Jack

Key Player
I'm anticipating Piroe and Whittaker to start plus one other ... Lowe or Paterson?

Neither Piroe nor Whittaker are shy about shooting from outside the box given a glimpse of the goal.

Our only problem in this game is going to be Sinclair for all the usual reasons.
 
Yankee_Jack

Yankee_Jack

Key Player
It's a tad amusing when he describes the uniqueness of what he's trying to do. For us, we're 13 to 14 year veterans of this. For the most part it's nothing new. We brought this style into the Prem in 2011.
 
Yankee_Jack

Yankee_Jack

Key Player
What you just quoted. Every time he says that ... why reference Andy Pandy and the past regime at all ... what he's indirectly pointing back to is the manure he's having to shovel out of the stable just to get to a point of bona fide fitness for purpose.
 
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The Blobster

The Blobster

Prediction Champ
Cullen starts alongside Piroe , with Paterson behind them , Laird and Bidwell wing backs with Grimes and Fulton in midfield with Latibeaudiere , Bennett and Manning as back 3 with Benda in goal
Lowe drops to bench as does Whitaker .
 
Yankee_Jack

Yankee_Jack

Key Player
What does Whittaker have to do to start alongside Piroe ... save a penalty.

What's the deal with Cabango ... another COVID issue or injury?
 
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