Preston North End Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Coca-Cola Championship Tuesday 11th March 2008
Alan Irvine will be doing everything he can to prevent history repeating itself as the last time North End enjoyed two back to back away wins it was followed by a defeat at home. The home game in question though does happen to fall on a Tuesday night, where I will not have to remind you of the run Preston are enjoying in terms of Tuesday night home league games. After a magnificent win at the Valley and two great goals from January signing Chris Brown, confidence will be that little bit higher going into the game against Mick McCarthy's men. Confidence is one thing, but expecting a win is another, which seemed to be the case in Preston's last home game against Crystal Palace. Preston will hopefully learn from their mistakes this time round.
Wolves, who have only managed 8 points from 16 in recent weeks, still have it all to play for in terms of a play-off spot and will be hoping to extend their unbeaten run to four games at Deepdale on Tuesday night. A win for Wolves could take them up to 8th, where as three points for North End would seem them jump up three places to 14th and put them on the same points as Norwich.
Previous Meetings
The reverse fixture this season saw Wolves take away all the points after a 1-0 win at Molineux. However the same fixture last season resulted in a 3-1 win for Paul Simpson's Preston after a brace from David Nugent and a wonderful solo effort from Simon Whaley.
In the game at Deepdale though last season, a goal after just 8 minutes was enough to see Wolves take all three points back to the midlands. A repeat of this on Tuesday will be the last thing Alan Irvine's Preston will want.
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