Oxford United vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on August 31st, 2024

Oxford United will be playing against Preston North End in a Championship football match scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 31st, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), in England, check the Oxford United vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Oxford United vs Preston North End will occur

The game will be played in the small The Kassam Stadium stadium, in the city of Oxford, with a capacity for 12500 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Oxford United vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025

Oxford United is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Coventry City in a match valid for Carabao Cup, and the match ended 1-0. The eleven coached by D. Buckingham played in a 4-1-4-1 formation.

The pre-match forecasts made it clear that the defeat was more than clear before the game started. The odds for them to win, of 5.75 were a sign of it.

The whole defensive section of the team suffered a lot from the opponent's raids, but the most in trouble seemed to be Sam Long. The player made many crucial mistakes during the match, and he will have to regain his lucidity as early as the next match in order to return useful to his team.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Carabao Cup, Preston North End, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Harrogate Town team with a final score of 0-5.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of 1.60.

Regarding previous matches between the two teams, we can see that this will be the first time Oxford United and Preston North End will play against each other.

S. Hudson and R. Woodward will be supporting from the sideline while K. Stroud will be on the football field for this match.

Oxford United

Current leaderboard

Oxford United is currently in 12th place in the table, with 3 points achieved up to 4th round.

Oxford United analysis

At the end of round 3 of Championship, Oxford United collected 5 goals scored and 5 goals conceded.

Oxford United average number of shots towards the target is not among the brightest, with only 3 attempts towards the goal per match played; on the contrary, the team's goal-scoring average is very good, as it has scored 1.67 goals per match so far, and thus has gone on goal in 40% of the attempts made towards the opponents' goal.

his average possession rate in the league is 46.33%, which means that the team usually can't take the initiative in the game and has a more reactive style of play. Therefore, for this match Oxford United vs Preston North End 2024/2025, the team should make an effort to keep the possession and be able to attack the opponent.

Preston North End

Current leaderboard

Preston North End is currently in 18th place in the league after the 4th round, having won 3 points from matches so far this season.

Preston North End analysis

After round 3 of Championship we count 1 goals scored by Preston North End and 5 conceded.

Signed this season by Preston North End, Sam Greenwood has been making the fans happy. In the team's most recent duel, against Harrogate Town, he once again performed well, scoring 2 goals, a function for which he arrived. So, the forward continues to justify the investment made in him.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 3.17 per game.

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good betting parameter could be the number of goals scored and conceded by both teams at the start of the championship round. Oxford United didn't score any goal in the last round of games and conceded in 5 opportunities, while Preston North End scored 1 time and didn't concede any goal as well.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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