The Invincibles are heading into the match on the back of a comprehensive 4-1 win over Huddersfield Town on Tuesday night, while the visitors were held to a 2-2 draw by Sheffield Wednesday last time out.
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Norwich City will be hoping to strengthen their hold on the sixth position, the final playoff spot in the EFL Championship standings, when they travel to Deepdale to take on Norwich City on Saturday. The Canaries have collected 68 points from 42 league games so far, five clear of their nearest challengers Coventry City and the hosts, both of whom have a game in hand. The Invincibles are heading into the match on the back of a comprehensive 4-1 win over Huddersfield Town on Tuesday night, while the visitors were held to a 2-2 draw by Sheffield Wednesday last time out.
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Preston didn’t have a great start to this month, losing 1-0 to Birmingham City on April 1 before playing out a goalless draw with Watford last week. However, the Invincibles returned to winning ways courtesy of defeating Huddersfield on Tuesday. Although the Terriers took the lead through Josh Koroma’s opener three minutes before the break, the Lilywhites came out all guns blazing in the second-half and netted four times thanks to Will Keane’s 53rd-minute equaliser from the penalty spot and Milutin Osmajic’s late hat-trick. It was their 18th second tier victory of the campaign. Having collected ten points from last 15, Preston now have a very good chance to challenge for the top six. A victory on Saturday will take Ryan Lowe’s side to within two points of the playoffs.
Norwich, on the other hand, suffered a 3-1 defeat to leaders Leicester City at the start of this month, but quickly bounced back with a narrow 1-0 win over second-placed Ipswich Town last week thanks to Marcelino Nunez’s first-half effort. However, on Tuesday, the Canaries were forced to share the spoils away to relegation battlers Sheffield Wednesday despite taking a 2-0 lead through early efforts from Josh Sarget and Borja Sainz. The Owls netted two late goals through Michael Ihiekwe and Michael Smith. Meanwhile, David Wagner’s side hold a dismal away-record in the this season’s Championship, recording just five wins from 21 outings.
Preston North End probable starting lineup: Woodman, Storey, Lindsay, Cunningham, Brady, Holmes, McCann, Hughes, Frokjaer-Jensen, Riis, Keane
Norwich City probable starting lineup: Gunn, Stacey, Batth, Gibson, McCallum, Nunez, McLean, Sara, Barnes, Sainz, Sargent
Preston North End
| Opponents | Score |
| Huddersfield | 4-1 (W) |
| Watford | 0-0 (D) |
| Birmingham | 1-0 (L) |
| Rotherham | 3-0 (W) |
| Plymouth | 0-1 (W) |
Norwich City
| Opponents | Score |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2-2 (D) |
| Ipswich | 1-0 (W) |
| Leicester | 3-1 (L) |
| Plymouth | 2-1 (W) |
| Stoke | 0-3 (W) |
| Last 5 match-results | Score |
| Norwich draw Preston | 0-0 |
| Norwich beat Preston | 0-4 |
| Preston beat Norwich | 2-3 |
| Preston draw Norwich | 1-1 |
| Norwich draw Preston | 2-2 |
The EFL Championship fixture Preston and Norwich will take place at Deepdale on Saturday at 7:30 pm IST.
| Preston vs Norwich | Key Details |
| Date | April 13 |
| Venue | Deepdale |
| Kickoff time in UK | 3:00 pm |
| Kickoff time in India | 7:30 pm |
Unfortunately, there is no reliable information available regarding the live streaming of this match.
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