Match Info

EFL Cup - 1/64-finals

Date: 8 August 2026, Saturday

Location: Goodison Park (Liverpool)

Referee: Stockbridge S. (Eng)

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	Preston North End		Huddersfield Town

	1	X	2
	2.15	3.50	3.00	Watch
	2.20	3.70	2.95
	2.20	3.55	2.88	Watch
	2.38	3.64	2.88
	2.23	3.67	2.91
	2.35	3.55	2.75
	2.24	3.60	2.92	Watch
	2.37	3.65	3
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.27 ↑ (2.13)	3.61 ↑ (3.6)	2.91 ↓ (3.1)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.75

The best margin for this event is 2.9%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Preston North End
41.6%

Draw
26.1%

Huddersfield Town
32.3%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

43.9%

26%

30.2%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Preston North End has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-2.3%)

Huddersfield Town has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+2.1%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
85.7%	14.3%	0%

Preston North End - Huddersfield Town Predictions

Users Predictions: Preston North End will win (6 of 7 users predict this - 85.71%).
Confidence interval (95%): 59.78% – 100%.

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
1. Iversen D. (G) 24. Offiah O. 19. Gibson L. (C) 16. Hughes A. 2. Valentin P. 8. McCann A. 15. Thompson J. 3. Vukcevic A. 28. Osmajic M. 7. Devine A. 10. Lang C.	1. Young M. (G) 12. Balker R. 6. Whatmough J. 23. Roughan S. 2. Sorensen L. 4. Ledson R. (C) 18. Kasumu D. 7. Gooch L. 30. Sanches Fernandes D. 11. Fletcher A. 10. Harness M.
Substitutes
37. Burgzorg D. 9. Erabi J. 30. Gryba G. 6. Lindsay L. 23. Moran A. 21. Nicholls L. (G) 32. Nolan E. 14. Storey J. 36. Wilson M.	15. Bowat I. 14. Brierley E. 5. Low J. 17. McGuane M. 19. Mumba B. 26. Sebine G. 27. Smith-Sway J. 9. Taylor J. 33. Tzanev N. (G)
Coaches
Heckingbottom P.	Drury M.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 1)
4', Gooch L. 🟨,
21', Gibson L. 🟥,
37', Vukcevic A. 🟨,
38', 0 - 1, Balker R. ⚽, Sorensen L. (A),
2nd Half (1 - 0)
46', Vukcevic A. ↓, Lindsay L. ↑,
46', Gooch L. ↓, Mumba B. ↑,
69', McCann A. 🟨,
71', Fletcher A. ↓, Taylor J. ↑,
71', Sanches Fernandes D. ↓, Smith-Sway J. ↑,
71', Lang C. ↓, Burgzorg D. ↑,
72', Osmajic M. ↓, Erabi J. ↑,
83', Valentin P. ↓, Storey J. ↑,
84', Roughan S. ↓, Bowat I. ↑,
90', Erabi J. 🟨,
90+1', Sorensen L. 🟨,
90+2', Thompson J. ↓, Moran A. ↑,
90+3', 1 - 1, Erabi J. ⚽, Burgzorg D. (A),
Penalties (4 - 3)
1, Ledson R. (Penalty Awarded),
1, Devine A. (Penalty Awarded),
2, Harness M. (Penalty Awarded),
2, Erabi J. (Penalty Awarded),
3, Mumba B. (Penalty Awarded),
3, McCann A. (Penalty Awarded),
4, Smith-Sway J. (Penalty Awarded),
4, Moran A. (Penalty Awarded),
5, Taylor J. (Penalty Awarded),
5, Burgzorg D. (Penalty Awarded),

Preview

Neutral location - Goodison Park. Limited number of spectators.

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Preston won 4.

Huddersfield's performance has dropped in recent matches (in the last 5 games, wins – 1).

Huddersfield may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

Recently, Huddersfield has had a series of away games.

In this match, both teams are almost equally likely to win.

In the last 17 head-to-head matches, Preston won 11 matches, drew 2 matches, lost 4 matches, and goals 32:17. (average 1.9:1).

Including home matches between the teams, Preston won 7 matches, drew 1 match, lost 1 match, and goals 19:7. (average 2.1:0.8).

Last Results with these Odds

Preston North End - the odds 2.13 are the expected chance of winning is 43.85%, but this team recently wins 25% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Preston North End
Club Friendly
01.08.26	Stockport County - Preston North End	1:0 ✺
29.07.26	Bradford City - Preston North End	3:2 ✺
24.07.26	Preston North End - Cambridge United	0:1 ✺
14.07.26	Preston North End - Bamber Bridge	4:1 ✺
English League Championship
02.05.26	Preston North End - Southampton	1:3 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 1.1 LLLWL
- Huddersfield Town
Club Friendly
01.08.26	Huddersfield Town - Blackburn Rovers	1:1 ✺
21.07.26	Fleetwood Town - Huddersfield Town	2:1 ✺
21.07.26	Sheffield United - Huddersfield Town	3:1 ✺
18.07.26	Fylde - Huddersfield Town	1:2 ✺
10.07.26	Birmingham City - Huddersfield Town	3:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 2.9 TLLWL

Latest Head to Head

English League Championship
09.04.24	Preston North End - Huddersfield Town	4:1
12.12.23	Huddersfield Town - Preston North End	1:3
English FA Cup
07.01.23	Preston North End - Huddersfield Town	3:1
English League Championship
26.12.22	Preston North End - Huddersfield Town	1:2
18.10.22	Huddersfield Town - Preston North End	0:1
English League Cup
09.08.22	Huddersfield Town - Preston North End	1:4
English League Championship
09.02.22	Preston North End - Huddersfield Town	0:0

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