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Preston North End vs Wolverhampton Wanderers Prediction: Early Season Test at Deepdale
The Championship's second matchweek brings Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers together at Deepdale on 22 August 2026, with both clubs carrying some early unease into it. Preston started with a 2-1 loss at Bolton, Wolves drew 2-2 with Blackburn.…
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- Preston North End vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers in week 2 of the 2026-2027 Championship kicks off at 15:00 GMT on 2026-08-22.
- With the data available to us, P. Heckingbottom and César Peixoto have not met as managers before.
- Preston North End currently rank 19th (with 0 pts), versus Wolverhampton Wanderers at 12th on 1 pt.
- Preston North End misses 2 players: T. Carroll (Ankle Injury), B. Potts (Injury) whereas Wolverhampton Wanderers misses 6 players: J. Bellegarde (Inactive), S. Johnstone (Knock), Y. Mosquera (Ankle Injury), R. Said (Inactive), K. Trippier (Knee Injury), Xu Bin (Injury).
- Our forecast has Preston North End in a 4-man backline (4-4-2), with Wolverhampton Wanderers set to counter in 3-4-2-1.
- In their last outing, Preston North End's highest-rated performer was Pol Valentín (7.3), while Wolverhampton Wanderers's standout was D. Møller Wolfe (6.5).
- Preston North End suffered a 1-2 defeat to Bolton Wanderers, while Wolverhampton Wanderers managed a 2-2 draw versus Blackburn Rovers.
- Preston North End's form is 0-1-4 recently, but Wolverhampton Wanderers are on a roll with 3-1-1 in their last 5 matches.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers hold the upper hand H2H: of 19 meetings, they've triumphed 7 times, conceded 5 times and shared 7 draws.
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| 8' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 14' | A. Hughes | ||
| 43' | M. Munetsi | ||
HT 0 - 1 | |||
| 50' | A. McCann | ||
| 55' | L. Leroy | ||
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| 71' | 0 - 2 | ||
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| 82' | 0 - 3 | ||
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| 90' | H. Clarke | ||
| 90+1' | 1 - 3 | ||
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Preston is going head to head with Wolves on 22/8/2026 14:00 GMT for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Preston v Wolves H2H statistics!