Plymouth vs Preston

26 October 2024 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee A Davies

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Frederick Issaka 55’
Andre Gray 82’
Morgan Whittaker 90+2’

Sam Greenwood 16’
Mads Frøkjær 45+3’
Brad Potts 48’

Match summary

Plymouth and Preston drew 3-3. Preston led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Sam Greenwood put Preston ahead in the 16th minute and Mads Frøkjær made it 0-2 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Brad Potts made it 0-3 in the 48th minute, Frederick Issaka pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 55th minute, Andre Gray made it 2-3 with a header in the 82nd minute, and Morgan Whittaker equalised in stoppage time.

Preston had the better of the chances, with 2.09 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Plymouth's 1.10 from 12.

Match stats

12 Shots 16

6 Shots on Target 8

2 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.19 xG 2.09

1.19 Non-penalty xG 2.09

Key events

Plymouth Preston

Kick-off

16’

Sam Greenwood

0-1

45+3’

Mads Frøkjær

0-2

Half-time0-2

48’

Brad Potts

0-3

Frederick Issaka

1-3

55’

Andre Gray

2-3

82’

Morgan Whittaker

3-3

90+2’

Full-time3-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Preston

Kaine Kesler-Hayden
Sam Greenwood

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Plymouth 1.10 xGPreston 2.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Preston attacking Plymouth attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players16 players


Daniel Grimshaw	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Edwards Taken off	50′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kornél Szűcs	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Victor Pálsson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bali Mumba	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Adam Forshaw Taken off	58′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Randell	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Morgan Whittaker	90′	1	–	4	0.15	–	–	–
Rami Al Hajj Taken off	58′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Frederick Issaka Taken off	72′	1	–	2	0.33	–	–	–
Michael Obafemi Taken off	72′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Julio Pleguezuelo Came on as a substitute	40′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Darko Gyabi Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	1	0.10	–	–	–
Andre Gray Came on as a substitute	32′	1	–	2	0.38	–	–	–
Ryan Hardie Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mustapha Bundu Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Freddie Woodman	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan Storey	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Lindsay	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andrew Hughes	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Kaine Kesler-Hayden Taken off	72′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–
Mads Frøkjær Taken off	63′	1	–	2	0.07	–	–	–
Ben Whiteman	90′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–	–
Ali McCann	90′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Robbie Brady Taken off	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Greenwood	90′	1	–	5	0.88	–	–
Emil Riis Jacobsen	90′	–	–	4	0.56	–	–	–
Brad Potts Came on as a substitute	59′	1	–	1	0.34	–	–	–
Duane Holmes Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Stefán Teitur Þórðarson Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Plymouth win 31% Avg odds 3.05

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.31

Preston win 40% Avg odds 2.37

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Plymouth W L W L L

Preston L W D W D

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Plymouth 0-1 Preston, 16 Mar 24 Next meeting: Preston 1-2 Plymouth, 26 Apr 25 All Plymouth vs Preston meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.