West Ham vs Preston Prediction

Form guide tells two very different stories

West Ham's recent matches show a side winning far more often than not, with a 6-0 win over Wrexham standing out among several comfortable victories. There have been draws mixed in too, so it hasn't been flawless, but the losses are rare.

West Ham: 20 completed matches; Preston: 20 completed matches.

West Ham

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

51

Conceded

22

Difference

+29

Preston

20 matches

Win

10% 2 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

75% 15 / 20

Scored

19

Conceded

42

Difference

-23

Preston's sample over the same stretch is rough reading. Heavy defeats crop up again and again, including a 0-4 loss to Everton and a 1-3 defeat to Wolves, and the wins are few and far between. It's worth noting this spread of matches crosses the League Cup and friendlies as well as league games, so it's a general form snapshot rather than a pure Championship record.

Preston's away form in particular has leaked goals regularly, which is a concern heading into a tough fixture.

Comparative Team Statistics: West Ham vs Preston

League table underlines the gap

West Ham sit second in the Championship with 22 points from 11 games, built on six wins and only one defeat. Their goal difference, 30 scored against 12 conceded, backs up how well they've been doing.

Preston are down in 24th with just 4 points from the same number of matches, having won only once. Nine defeats and a goal difference of minus 15 tell their own story.

Players carrying the goal threat

Jarrod Bowen and Konstantinos Mavropanos have each scored four goals for West Ham in their recent matches, with Bowen also chipping in three assists. Marvin Solomon and Valentin Castellanos have been setting up goals too, so the threat isn't coming from one source alone.

West Ham:

Best scorers:

K. Mavropanos - 4

J. Bowen - 4

M. Kanté - 3

Best assist providers:

J. Bowen - 3

M. Solomon - 2

V. Castellanos - 2

Penalty cards:

M. Kanté x 1 x 1

Preston:

Best scorers:

C. Lang - 3

Penalty cards:

H. Clarke x 4

J. Thompson x 3

Preston's main scoring output has come from Cherif Lang, who has three goals from eight matches. On discipline, Preston's Harvey Clarke and Josh Thompson have both picked up yellow cards fairly often, and West Ham's Mallo Kanté has already seen a red card this season alongside a yellow, though none of this guarantees how this particular game will be officiated.