Match Report
The table gap was wide: 26 points between Brentford (3rd, 87 pts) and Preston North End (13th, 61 pts). Recent form flatters Preston North End's table spot — 1st league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 13th. Scoring rates set the scale: Preston North End 1.07 scored and 1.22 conceded per game, Brentford 1.72 and 0.91, with the league averaging 1.15.
Brentford had drawn four in a row.
Across 17 recorded meetings, Preston North End have 5 wins to Brentford's 10, with 2 draws, at 3.47 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 65% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 59%.
The match was played at Deepdale in Preston (capacity 23,408). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Brentford led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-5.