Blackpool vs Preston Predictions

• Preston have the best away record in the Championship this season
• Blackpool have won one of their last seven league matches (D2, L4)
• Preston’s 16 Championship matches this season have averaged 1.19 goals per game

Lilywhites fancied to edge low-scoring affair

The Championship kicks off on Saturday with a clash between North-West rivals Blackpool and Preston. Preston currently boast the best away record in the Championship this season and are fancied to edge a low-scoring affair at Bloomfield Road on Saturday. Each of the last six meetings between these two sides have gone under 2.5 match goals, while Preston’s 16 Championship matches this have averaged a mere 1.19 goals per game.

Injury-hit Blackpool fell well short of the mark in midweek

Blackpool fell well short of the mark in midweek, a match which ended in a 3-1 defeat at home to fellow strugglers, Hull. Blackpool are now just two points above the relegation zone, with things looking bleak for Michael Appleton whose squad is currently battling with several injuries and suspensions. Blackpool have now won one of their last seven league matches (D2, L4) and face a resilient Preston side who are gunning for back-to-back league wins in the space of four days.

Preston to win in the outright market will be the main selection for Saturday’s game and look overpriced at 9/5, with a 1-0 away victory forming the Correct Score prediction. All five of Preston’s league wins this season have been by a one-goal margin, four of which ended 1-0.