Preston North End vs Burnley prediction | 16 Mar 2027 | xGtoday

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pre-match analysis

16 March 2027
Championship
Preston North End Rating: 59.3
H
30%
D
28%
Burnley Rating: 65.1
A
41%
Preston North End
Ranking: #413 overall, #48 in England

61.5 → 59.3 (-2.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
4-0 13 Oct 26 Birmingham (A) 61.2 -0.5
4-1 17 Oct 26 Wrexham (A) 61.0 -0.2
1-1 24 Oct 26 West Brom (H) 60.9 -0.1
2-0 31 Oct 26 Stoke City (A) 59.9 -1.0
2-3 03 Nov 26 Sheff Utd (H) 59.3 -0.6
Burnley
Ranking: #226 overall, #33 in England

67.1 → 65.1 (-2.0 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-2 13 Oct 26 Charlton (H) 65.0 -1.2
1-2 16 Oct 26 Wolves (H) 64.6 -0.4
4-1 24 Oct 26 Lincoln City (A) 64.9 +0.3
0-0 31 Oct 26 Portsmouth (H) 65.8 +0.9
1-1 03 Nov 26 QPR (A) 65.1 -0.7

Preston North End vs Burnley: by the numbers

Preston North End trail Burnley by 187 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 15 in England.

Over their last 10 matches Burnley have moved -2.0 rating points, against -2.2 for Preston North End.

Burnley gained 0.4 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 15 February 2025.

The best xGtoday rating Preston North End have ever held is 68.9, first set on 9 February 2019.

Burnley first climbed to joint #36 in our European rankings on 30 November 2019.