Preston North End 1–3 Wolverhampton — Match Stats & Analysis

Championship · 2026Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTC

Preston North End

1–3Full-time analysis

Wolverhampton

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Wolverhampton won 1–3.

Shots: 1315
Shots on target: 25
Expected goals: 0.661.48
Possession: 45%55%

Full time

What the match recorded

Wolverhampton beat Preston North End 3–1. Recorded in this match (Preston North End – Wolverhampton): shots 13–15, shots on target 2–5, expected goals 0.66–1.48, possession 45%–55%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots15 shotsPreston North End 13 shots, Wolverhampton 15 shots
Shots on target2 shots5 shotsPreston North End 2 shots, Wolverhampton 5 shots
Expected goals0.66 xG1.48 xGPreston North End 0.66 xG, Wolverhampton 1.48 xG
Possession45%55%Preston North End 45%, Wolverhampton 55%
Corners5 corners4 cornersPreston North End 5 corners, Wolverhampton 4 corners
Fouls11 fouls10 foulsPreston North End 11 fouls, Wolverhampton 10 fouls
Yellow cards4 cards1 cardPreston North End 4 cards, Wolverhampton 1 card

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Preston North End: 13 shots, 2 on target, 0.67 xG. Wolverhampton: 15 shots, 5 on target, 1.45 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Preston North End 0.67 xG · Wolverhampton 1.45 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7.1 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.79 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4