Both teams will feel confident of continuing their respective encouraging form when they take to the pitch at Deepdale. However, as a result of Coventry's winning streak and Preston's poor efforts at Deepdale, we are backing the visitors to edge this contest by the odd goal in three.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Coventry City win with a probability of 43.46%. A win for Preston North End had a probability of 29.16% and a draw had a probability of 27.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Coventry City win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.32%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.64%) and 0-2 (8.27%). The likeliest Preston North End win was 1-0 (9.61%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.89%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 9.2% likelihood.
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