Preston vs Burnley Betting Tips & Predictions

Burnley will go top of the Championship for 18 hours at least if they can pick up the win here. With just two games to play following this games, this is no time for slip-ups and with Middlesbrough and Brighton in red hot form they will know that anything other than 3 points could cost them a place in the top two.

The Clarets rescued a point late on through Michael Keane in their top of the table clash with Middlesbrough on Tuesday night. The centre-back did exactly what he did at Brighton earlier in the month and popped up with an injury time equaliser against promotion rivals and in doing so extended Burnley’s unbeaten run to 20 league games. However 4 of the last 6 have been draws and if they end the season unbeaten in 23 but in the play-offs that will be more a sign of their failure to kill off matches than anything.

This is Burnley’s toughest remaining game with a home game against QPR and trip to already relegated Charlton still to come and they won’t expect any favours from their Lancashire rivals. Preston are a solid side that have had a good season and any suggestions that their minds are on the beach were dispelled on Tuesday when they staged a late comeback of their own to draw 2-2 at Birmingham. They are winless in 4 matches though and haven’t won any of their last 4 at home but have only lost 1 of their last 7 at Deepdale and Middlesbrough, Brighton and Hull have all failed to win here already this season.

The recent matches of these two suggest there will be goals here. Both teams have scored in 6 of Preston’s last 7 games and they have looked a bit more vulnerable at the back in recent weeks than what they have done for most of the campaign. Both teams have scored in 6 of Burnley’s last 8 matches and all of their last 5 on the road so backing both teams to score at 11/10 looks to offer real value here.