Preston NE bottom after Birmingham rout leaves goal difference at -12
Preston NE sit 24th on 4 points from 10 games, with 8 scored and 20 conceded after a 4-0 defeat at Birmingham.
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Preston NE lost 4-0 at Birmingham on Tuesday 13 October, a result that leaves them bottom of the Championship table on 4 points after 10 matches. One win, one draw, eight defeats. The goal difference reads -12.
The numbers behind that are grim rather than unlucky. 8 goals scored across 10 games, 20 conceded. Only 1 win all season, against 8 losses, and the current run is 2L. The last five read LLDLL.
What makes the position stranger is the home and away split. At home Preston NE have 4 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats. Away from home it is 3 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats. Neither set of numbers looks like the worst team in the division, yet the table says otherwise. Four points from ten games is the reality.
For context, Swansea lead on 23 points with a goal difference of +9, and Middlesbrough are second on 21. That is a gap of nineteen points between top and bottom after ten matchdays. West Ham, in third, have scored their way to +17.
Can a team that has conceded 20 in 10 matches stay up? The scoring charts offer little comfort either. William Lankshear leads the division with 8 for Middlesbrough, more than Preston NE have managed as a squad.
The next chance comes on Saturday 17 October, away at Wrexham in matchday 11. Lose that, and the 2L becomes three.