Following successive league wins over Preston in March and December 2018, Sheffield Wednesday have won just one of their last five league games against them (D1 L3), though that win came in the most recent fixture (3-1 in January 2021).

Preston have lost six of their last seven league trips to Sheffield Wednesday (W1), with five of those six defeats coming in the Championship.

Sheffield Wednesday, having lost their opening two league games of the season, could lose their first three for the first time since 2007-08, also in the Championship.

Preston have lost just one of their last nine league games against newly promoted sides (W5 D3), though that defeat was the most recent one on the final day of last season against Sunderland (3-0).

Preston striker Will Keane has scored in each of this first two league games this season (2 goals), one more than he managed in 20 league games for them in 2015-16. Indeed, he has four goals in his last five Championship games, although has never scored in three successive appearances in the competition before.

Sky Bet Championship: Pre-match stat pack

Sky Bet Championship: Pre-match stat pack