About Match
Preston North End go into the game 23rd in the table on 3 points; Derby County sit 20th on 4 — a 1-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Preston North End 1 scored and 2 conceded per game, Derby County 1 and 2, with the league averaging 1.43. A win would lift Preston North End to 6 points and up to 11th, overtaking Derby County (other results unchanged).
23 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Preston North End 4, draws 6, Derby County 13, at 1.74 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 35% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 26% of the meetings went over two goals.
Deepdale in Preston, capacity 23,408, hosts the game.