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Full time · Championship · Sat 29 Aug 2026, 15:00 UTC

Charlton 10 Preston

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What the chances were worth

Charlton
0.74
expected goals (xG)
Preston
1.32
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 1–0; by chance quality the match ran 0.74–1.32.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Charlton
38%
Draw
29%
Preston
32%

The model made Charlton to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 38% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Preston created the better chances — the xG read 0.7–1.3, with the shot count roughly even (15–12, 2–1 on target). Preston's finishing let them down — 0 from 1.3 xG despite 1 of 12 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). The 1–0 flatters Charlton — on chances created, Preston shaded it.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Charlton
Preston
58%
Ball Possession
42%
15
Total Shots
12
2
Shots on Goal
1
3
Shots off Goal
5
10
Blocked Shots
6
4
Shots inside box
5
11
Shots outside box
7
7
Corner Kicks
4
6
Offsides
0
428
Total passes
313
354
Passes accurate
226
10
Fouls
21
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Goalkeeper Saves
1
18
Free Kicks
10

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Charlton
45%
market implied · price 2.11 · opened 43%
Draw
29%
market implied · price 3.27 · opened 29%
Preston
26%
market implied · price 3.60 · opened 28%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Charlton or draw1.2773.8%+2.1 pts
Double chance Preston or draw1.7155.0%-2.0 pts
Double chance either team1.3271.2%-0.1 pts
Draw no bet — Charlton1.4663.0%+3.4 pts
Draw no bet — Preston2.4937.0%-3.4 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.3569.4%+0.8 pts
Over 2.5 goals2.1344.4%+0.5 pts
Over 3.5 goals3.8324.5%+0.1 pts
Both teams to score1.8450.3%+0.2 pts
Charlton over 1.5 team goals2.2342.0%+1.6 pts
Preston over 1.5 team goals3.2628.6%-0.9 pts
Charlton clean sheet2.5037.5%+2.2 pts
Preston clean sheet3.7525.0%-2.1 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 5.93 · 1-0 6.57 · 0-0 8.30 · 2-1 8.34 · 0-1 9.00

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-29 16:10 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
11 Apr 26Charlton1-2Preston
04 Oct 25Preston2-0Charlton