Walsall face a trip to Preston North End at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Saddlers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 15 and win only 5 of the 24 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in March 2003, with Preston N.E. annihilating their visitors 5 - 0 in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Sep | Walsall | 2 - 1 | Preston N.E. | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 18 Mar | Preston N.E. | 5 - 0 | Walsall | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Oct | Walsall | 3 - 3 | Preston N.E. | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 12 Jan | Walsall | 1 - 2 | Preston N.E. | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 18 Aug | Preston N.E. | 1 - 1 | Walsall | LD1 |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 20 Apr | Preston N.E. | 1 - 0 | Walsall | LD2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 05 Dec | Preston N.E. | 2 - 0 | Walsall | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Preston North End are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 10.
The away form of Walsall is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Saddlers have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Preston N.E.'s 52 points from 37 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Walsall are currently lying in 19th place in Nationwide League Division One having mustered a points tally of 41 from their 37 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Preston N.E. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| Walsall | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the North End, as the Saddlers have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Preston N.E. | Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Walsall | Not won in previous 6 away matches. |