Huddersfield vs Preston

Huddersfield welcome Preston at John Smith's Stadium for this EFL (Carabao) Cup 1/64 – finals match early Wednesday morning Beijing time. The odds on the visitors have been coming down heavily and they are now narrow favorites on the betting market and with both teams’ current situation and expected lineups this is understandable.. The hosts will be without at least (injured) Kasumu and Pearson. Preston are missing Evans, Maguire and possibly Diaby. I see the visitors as bigger favorites than the bookies do and they have a 45% chance to win this battle. With the recommend bet +0.5 goals on Preson my fans and me have an over 70% chance of winning. Neither team have convinced offensively lately and a draw is more probable here than the odds on the betting market would suggest. I would be surprised if we were to see many goals here. Interestingly, Preston have played too 0-0 draws in a row..

Preston were actually quite good in their most recent match against Hull despite the final score. They recorded a 63% ball possession and whopping 20 scoring attempts. Hull, a mediocre team had just six. Preston also had six shots on target whereas the visitors only recorded one. I expect a very solid, organized and well-structured defensive performance here. Preston also recorded much more passes, completed passes attacks and dangerous attacks (73-33) than Hull. In all competitions they have lost just two of their latest 10 matches. Before the match against Hull, they faced Wigan, a dangerous team, away from home and were forced to defend quite a lot and did so very well showing great defensive attitude. According to my sourced they also have a very good team spirit at this point of the season at least. The hosts, on the other hand have been disappointing lately and have won just one of their latest six matches. They have huge problems with their offense, and I expect them to perform worse than last season..