Match Info

Championship - Round 28

Date: 20 January 2026, Tuesday

Location: Deepdale (Preston)

Referee: Martin S. (Eng)

Where to Watch on TV:


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	Preston North End		Hull City

	1	X	2
	2.2	3.25	3.2	Watch
	2.23	3.36	3.26	Watch
	2.27	3.36	3.19	Watch
	2.25	3.1	3.1
	2.23	3.24	3.23	Watch
	2.33	3.25	3.2
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.25 ↓ (2.32)	3.26 ↓ (3.42)	3.2 ↑ (2.99)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.25

The best margin for this event is 4.9%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Preston North End
41.8%

Draw
28.8%

Hull City
29.4%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

40.7%

27.6%

31.6%

Our Initial ML Estimation

42%

28.5%

30.6%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Preston North End has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.1%)

Hull City has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-2.2%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Preston North End than the current prediction. (+0.2%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Hull City than the current prediction. (+1.2%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
36.8%	15.8%	47.4%

Preston North End - Hull City Predictions

Users Predictions: 19 users predict this event. Preston will win (votes: 7 - 36.8%). Hull will win (votes: 9 - 47.4%). It will Tie (votes: 3 - 15.8%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Hull: 24.9% – 69.9%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 6 Selected Experts predict this event. Preston (votes: 2 - 33.3%). Hull (votes: 2 - 33.3%). Tie (votes: 2 - 33.3%).

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

O/U 2.5 - over (votes: 3 - 100%) 🥉 Bronze Tip.

BTTS - yes (votes: 1 - 100%) .

O/U 2 - under (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
12. Walton J. (G) 14. Storey J. 19. Gibson L. 42. Offiah O. 4. Whiteman B. (C) 2. Valentin P. 21. Devine A. 15. Thompson J. 26. Small T. 28. Osmajic M. 24. Smith M.	1. Pandur I. (G) 2. Coyle L. (C) 4. Hughes C. 15. Egan J. 23. Famewo A. 25. Crooks M. 27. Slater R. 11. Akintola B. 20. Hadziahmetovic A. 7. Millar L. 9. McBurnie O.
Substitutes
13. Cornell D. (G) 17. Dobbin L. 10. Frokjaer-Jensen M. 9. Jebbison D. 18. Lewis J. 6. Lindsay L. 8. McCann A. 34. Nelson K. 44. Potts B.	31. Debayo J. 21. Gelhardt J. 13. Hirakawa Y. 16. Jacob M. 5. Lundstram J. 58. McCarthy C. 19. Ndala J. 52. Parker H. 12. Phillips D. (G)
Coaches
Heckingbottom P.	Jakirovic S.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 2)
33', 0 - 1, Millar L. ⚽, Akintola B. (A),
45', 0 - 2, Famewo A. ⚽, McBurnie O. (A),
45+2', Offiah O. 🟨,
2nd Half (0 - 1)
46', Valentin P. ↓, Lewis J. ↑,
46', Smith M. ↓, Jebbison D. ↑,
46', Small T. ↓, Dobbin L. ↑,
48', Akintola B. ↓, Hirakawa Y. ↑,
49', 0 - 3, McBurnie O. ⚽, Hirakawa Y. (A),
51', Coyle L. 🟨,
57', Lewis J. 🟨,
59', Egan J. 🟨,
69', Millar L. ↓, Gelhardt J. ↑,
69', Crooks M. ↓, Lundstram J. ↑,
74', Whiteman B. ↓, McCann A. ↑,
74', Thompson J. ↓, Potts B. ↑,
81', McBurnie O. ↓, Ndala J. ↑,
82', Egan J. ↓, McCarthy C. ↑,
90+5', Osmajic M. 🟥,
90+8', Lundstram J. 🟨,

Preview

One of the most interesting matches of the day, featuring two top-table teams (ranked 6 in the zone Promotion ~ Championship (Play Offs: Semi~finals) and 5 in the zone Promotion ~ Championship (Play Offs: Semi~finals)).

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Preston won 1.

Preston has been quite unpredictable recently (last 5 games: 2 wins).

Hull is in great form at the moment (in the last 5 games, wins – 3).

Preston could have a small edge in this match.

There will not play in Preston: Brady R. (Calf Injury) Vukcevic A. (Inactive)

There will not play in Hull: Belloumi M. (Inactive) Destan E. (Knee Injury) Drameh C. (Thigh Injury) Gelhardt J. (Calf Injury) Giles R. (Injury) Gyabi D. (Groin Injury) Matazo E. (Knee Injury) Williams B. (Inactive)

There are questionable in Hull: Ajayi S. (Injury)

In the last 18 head-to-head matches, Preston won 7 matches, drew 5 matches, lost 6 matches, and goals 18:23. (average 1:1.3).

Including home matches between the teams, Preston won 5 matches, drew 2 matches, lost 2 matches, and goals 11:10. (average 1.2:1.1).

Outrights of English League Championship for now

Preston: 0.66%

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
24	Preston	9	1	1	7	8:16	-8	4

Last Results with these Odds

Preston North End - the odds 2.32 are the expected chance of winning is 40.75%, but this team recently wins 33% of matches with these odds.

Hull City - the odds 2.99 are the expected chance of winning is 31.61%, but this team recently wins 38% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Preston North End
English League Championship
17.01.26	Preston North End - Derby County	0:1 ✺
English FA Cup
09.01.26	Preston North End - Wigan Athletic	0:1 ✺
English League Championship
04.01.26	Bristol City - Preston North End	0:2 ✺
01.01.26	Preston North End - Sheffield Wednesday	3:0 ✺
29.12.25	Wrexham - Preston North End	2:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 9.5 LLWWL
- Hull City
English League Championship
17.01.26	Southampton - Hull City	1:2 ✺
English FA Cup
11.01.26	Hull City - Blackburn Rovers	1:0 penalties ✺
English League Championship
01.01.26	Hull City - Stoke City	0:1 ✺
29.12.25	Middlesbrough - Hull City	0:1 ✺
26.12.25	Sheffield Wednesday - Hull City	2:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 24 WWLWT

Latest Head to Head

English League Championship
30.09.25	Hull City - Preston North End	2:2
21.04.25	Hull City - Preston North End	2:1
26.12.24	Preston North End - Hull City	1:0
02.03.24	Preston North End - Hull City	0:0
28.10.23	Hull City - Preston North End	1:0
18.02.23	Hull City - Preston North End	0:0
06.08.22	Preston North End - Hull City	0:0

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