The Lilywhites have actually been excellent at home so far this season, both from a result and a performance perspective.

Preston beat Leicester and dominated the xG count whilst doing so, they then defeated Ipswich, and only a last-gasp equaliser prevented them from turning the early league leaders, Middlesbrough.

Since then, they have added the scalp of Derby, away from home no less, with another excellent defensive display. All of this doesn’t seem to have overly impressed the bookmakers, who have Bristol City as favourites to win this match.

I like Bristol City myself, but dispassionately looking at the form against the prices, I really think that Gerhard Struber’s men are currently overestimated in the market. On a neutral venue, Bristol City are being seen as a strong favourite in this match according to current odds. Either Bristol City are overrated here, or Preston’s home advantage is not in for enough of the prices.

Bristol City had two impressive back-to-back wins, but they were against Hull and Sheffield Wednesday; they were distinctly second best at home to Oxford on Sunday as well. The Yellows added to their goals in injury time, but they were worthy of the victory, and I think that Preston will have been able to take something from that Oxford display for themselves.

Walsall are a bigger price than I expected them to be.

Accrington have managed to pick up a couple of results to ease the pressure on John Doolan and the club, giving them some distance from relegation, but those results don’t massively upgrade what I thought about Accrington beforehand. They are a bottom-half League Two team, who could get into midtable, but, in my mind, not much more than that.

Conversely, I believe Walsall to be a promotion contender. They were league leaders for many weeks last season, famously, and I have seen little this season to dissuade me that they are capable of another promotion challenge this campaign. Their 4-2 victory over Tranmere, along with the performance, upgraded Walsall slightly in my mind into that upper echelon in League Two.

Accrington were a similar price against Colchester recently, but I would rate Walsall at a higher level than Colchester. Therefore, I am expecting the price to be nearer 2.0-2.1 come matchday.