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This page shows the ELO score history of the selected club - mapping their best and worst sides of all time, and their most unlikely victories and defeats based on their ELO score.

Inspired by ClubELO.com, the ELO rating system is a method of calculating and comparing the relative strengths of teams in competition. For every match played, the ELO scores of the two teams are considered, and adjusted for other factors (such as home advantage), to calculate the likelihood of the match result. When the actual result of the game is known, the ELO score is adjusted accordingly, comparing the expected outcome of the game with the actual outcome - so a victory over Manchester United will be worth more points than one over Supermarine. The resulting ELO score can be used to compare the strengths of teams over time, and to project future results based on the current form of all teams.

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Preston North End

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Preston North End's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

A list of the top 15 Preston North End sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year Date Recorded ELO Score
1889 Saturday October 12th, 1889 4,230.35
1890 Saturday September 27th, 1890 4,221.65
1892 Saturday January 30th, 1892 4,182.02
1891 Saturday January 10th, 1891 4,176.06
1888 Saturday December 29th, 1888 4,174.11
1958 Monday September 1st, 1958 4,169.64
1893 Saturday February 4th, 1893 4,166.80
1957 Saturday November 23rd, 1957 4,116.16
1953 Wednesday August 26th, 1953 4,113.74
1938 Saturday April 16th, 1938 4,106.79
1954 Monday September 6th, 1954 4,105.40
1897 Saturday April 10th, 1897 4,100.57
1948 Saturday March 20th, 1948 4,097.32
1959 Saturday November 28th, 1959 4,092.12
1906 Friday April 13th, 1906 4,089.89

Worst Teams in History

A list of the worst 15 Preston North End sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year Date Recorded ELO Score
1986 Tuesday March 18th, 1986 3,340.78
1985 Saturday December 21st, 1985 3,404.93
1994 Saturday October 29th, 1994 3,448.85
1995 Monday January 2nd, 1995 3,490.85
1993 Tuesday August 17th, 1993 3,502.52
1987 Thursday January 1st, 1987 3,504.46
1991 Saturday February 23rd, 1991 3,511.43
1984 Saturday December 29th, 1984 3,515.03
1990 Saturday February 17th, 1990 3,524.89
1992 Saturday March 14th, 1992 3,533.24

Significant Victories

A list of the twenty most significant victories in Preston North End history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match Win % Score ELO +/-
Preston North End (3,676) vs. Blackburn Rovers (4,017)
Tuesday September 30th, 1997 		16.88% 1-0 +8.3
Preston North End (3,788) vs. Tottenham Hotspur (4,073)
Saturday March 5th, 1966 		26.13% 2-1 +14.8
Preston North End (3,518) vs. Millwall (3,797)
Saturday April 13th, 1985 		25.54% 2-1 +14.9
Preston North End (3,797) vs. Aston Villa (4,066)
Saturday December 13th, 1924 		29.76% 3-2 +14.0
Preston North End (3,882) vs. Arsenal (4,141)
Wednesday December 26th, 1934 		32.46% 2-1 +13.5
Preston North End (3,811) vs. Bolton Wanderers (4,062)
Saturday February 14th, 1925 		31.97% 1-0 +13.6
Preston North End (3,986) vs. Aston Villa (4,231)
Saturday November 6th, 1897 		34.17% 3-1 +19.7
Middlesbrough (3,755) vs. Preston North End (3,518)
Saturday January 10th, 1987 		13.36% 0-1 +17.3
Preston North End (3,812) vs. Liverpool (4,045)
Saturday March 14th, 1925 		34.20% 4-0 +24.7
Queens Park Rangers (3,917) vs. Preston North End (3,687)
Saturday January 27th, 1968 		12.75% 1-3 +26.2
Preston North End (3,500) vs. Walsall (3,717)
Saturday April 6th, 1985 		32.83% 1-0 +13.4
Bolton Wanderers (3,961) vs. Preston North End (3,747)
Wednesday January 13th, 1932 		12.08% 2-5 +30.8
Preston North End (3,695) vs. Sunderland (3,909)
Tuesday September 10th, 1974 		34.22% 2-0 +19.7
Aston Villa (4,098) vs. Preston North End (3,885)
Thursday September 1st, 1904 		11.98% 1-2 +17.6
York City (3,713) vs. Preston North End (3,501)
Saturday May 11th, 1985 		14.72% 0-1 +17.1
Preston North End (3,401) vs. Blackpool (3,613)
Tuesday September 2nd, 1986 		32.81% 2-1 +13.4
Preston North End (3,779) vs. Leeds United (3,988)
Tuesday December 26th, 2023 		26.98% 2-1 +14.6
Bolton Wanderers (3,855) vs. Preston North End (3,646)
Saturday April 20th, 1974 		14.25% 0-2 +25.7
Mansfield Town (3,574) vs. Preston North End (3,366)
Saturday March 29th, 1986 		15.20% 2-3 +17.0
Preston North End (3,599) vs. Stockport County (3,804)
Saturday April 19th, 1997 		30.89% 1-0 +13.8

Significant Defeats

A list of the twenty most significant defeats in Preston North End history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match Win % Score ELO +/-
Nottingham Forest (3,223) vs. Preston North End (4,182)
Saturday February 13th, 1892 		99.30% 2-0 -29.8
Whitley Bay (3,119) vs. Preston North End (3,605)
Saturday December 9th, 1989 		91.35% 2-0 -27.4
Shrewsbury Town (3,373) vs. Preston North End (3,838)
Tuesday August 22nd, 2000 		90.80% 1-0 -9.1
Scarborough (3,273) vs. Preston North End (3,675)
Saturday December 13th, 1975 		84.86% 3-2 -17.0
Doncaster Rovers (3,501) vs. Preston North End (3,867)
Wednesday September 23rd, 1964 		81.97% 1-0 -16.4
Swansea City (3,496) vs. Preston North End (3,837)
Saturday January 24th, 2004 		83.46% 2-1 -8.3
Bristol Rovers (3,699) vs. Preston North End (4,034)
Saturday January 12th, 1952 		79.91% 2-0 -24.0
Preston North End (3,826) vs. Morecambe (3,497)
Tuesday August 14th, 2007 		89.82% 1-2 -9.0
Stoke (3,852) vs. Preston North End (4,176)
Saturday January 17th, 1891 		77.63% 3-0 -27.2
Preston North End (3,961) vs. Brighton and Hove Albion (3,645)
Monday January 20th, 1908 		92.74% 0-1 -18.5
Preston North End (3,964) vs. Coventry City (3,670)
Saturday January 15th, 1910 		91.77% 1-2 -18.4
Preston North End (3,792) vs. Rochdale (3,507)
Saturday January 4th, 2003 		88.25% 1-2 -8.8
Chesterfield Town (3,667) vs. Preston North End (3,950)
Saturday October 26th, 1901 		70.36% 2-0 -21.1
Charlton Athletic (3,661) vs. Preston North End (3,938)
Saturday February 3rd, 1923 		71.81% 2-0 -21.5
Derby County (3,954) vs. Preston North End (4,230)
Saturday October 19th, 1889 		72.74% 2-1 -14.5
Newton Heath (3,837) vs. Preston North End (4,109)
Saturday April 1st, 1893 		71.10% 2-1 -14.2
Doncaster Rovers (3,716) vs. Preston North End (3,973)
Thursday April 26th, 1951 		71.83% 2-0 -21.5
Burnley (3,906) vs. Preston North End (4,162)
Saturday March 7th, 1891 		70.11% 6-2 -26.3
Leeds City (3,697) vs. Preston North End (3,952)
Saturday February 22nd, 1913 		68.38% 5-1 -25.6
Preston North End (3,856) vs. Watford (3,602)
Wednesday January 11th, 1950 		88.16% 0-1 -17.6

Opponents

A complete listing of Preston North End's fortunes against all opponents that they have played ten or more matches against - ranked from most to least successful, based on the average ELO points gained or lost in each match.

# Opponent P W D L Avg ELO +/-
1 Milton Keynes Dons MK Dons 10 3 7 0 +4.02
2 York City York City 13 8 1 4 +4.02
3 Swindon Town Swindon 33 16 8 9 +2.98
4 Hereford Hereford 16 8 6 2 +2.89
5 Accrington Accrington 11 7 4 0 +2.79
6 Coventry City Coventry City 49 23 16 10 +2.50
7 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 33 19 6 8 +2.40
8 Darlington Darlington 12 7 4 1 +2.31
9 Notts County Notts County 89 43 23 23 +2.22
10 Southend United Southend United 26 12 7 7 +2.05
11 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 30 17 4 9 +2.03
12 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 20 9 5 6 +1.84
13 Luton Town Luton Town 54 28 12 14 +1.70
14 Wrexham Wrexham 33 15 9 9 +1.59
15 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 34 13 13 8 +1.40
16 Northampton Town Northampton Town 32 17 8 7 +1.39
17 Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic 49 21 15 13 +1.32
18 Portsmouth Portsmouth 82 34 25 23 +1.15
19 Leicester City Leicester City 65 31 17 17 +1.13
20 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 115 47 33 35 +1.11
21 Glossop North End Glossop North End 13 8 3 2 +1.08
22 Blackpool Blackpool 98 47 19 32 +1.05
23 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 75 37 14 24 +1.05
24 Watford Watford 50 20 16 14 +1.04
25 Stockport County Stockport County 33 16 7 10 +0.98
26 Lincoln City Lincoln City 40 20 9 11 +0.93
27 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 39 14 11 14 +0.75
28 Newcastle United Newcastle United 83 32 12 39 +0.71
29 Stoke City Stoke City 115 51 26 38 +0.68
30 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 33 13 7 13 +0.60
31 Cardiff City Cardiff City 105 39 26 40 +0.59
32 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 123 49 27 47 +0.56
33 Birmingham City Birmingham 105 42 25 38 +0.53
34 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 102 41 24 37 +0.51
35 Hull City Hull City 70 30 17 23 +0.49
36 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 109 43 32 34 +0.43
37 Bolton Wanderers Bolton 141 53 39 49 +0.40
38 Leeds United Leeds United 66 26 16 24 +0.38
39 Liverpool Liverpool 70 22 19 29 +0.37
40 Hartlepool United Hartlepool United 17 9 3 5 +0.35
41 Norwich City Norwich City 62 19 20 23 +0.34
42 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 65 27 18 20 +0.30
43 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 36 18 5 13 +0.29
44 Bristol City Bristol City 101 35 36 30 +0.24
45 Port Vale Port Vale 52 23 12 17 +0.23
46 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 55 20 17 18 +0.21
47 Burnley Burnley 134 53 29 52 +0.20
48 Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers 19 9 6 4 +0.15
49 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 67 30 19 18 +0.11
50 Derby County Derby County 126 52 25 49 +0.04
51 Carlisle United Carlisle United 35 13 9 13 -0.02
52 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 118 47 26 45 -0.07
53 Torquay United Torquay United 17 8 2 7 -0.11
54 Bury Bury 105 41 29 35 -0.12
55 Everton Everton 98 32 28 38 -0.12
56 Chesterfield Chesterfield 52 21 17 14 -0.24
57 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 69 21 17 31 -0.41
58 Brentford Brentford 60 22 13 25 -0.45
59 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 122 41 28 53 -0.53
60 Arsenal Arsenal 81 26 19 36 -0.54
61 Sunderland Sunderland 127 36 36 55 -0.56
62 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 45 15 12 18 -0.58
63 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 56 23 12 21 -0.63
64 Walsall Walsall 58 23 10 25 -0.69
65 Reading Reading 67 27 13 27 -0.71
66 Barnsley Barnsley 62 27 15 20 -0.73
67 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 36 16 9 11 -0.74
68 Aston Villa Aston Villa 117 38 21 58 -0.79
69 Southampton Southampton 44 14 14 16 -0.83
70 Rochdale Rochdale 19 10 3 6 -0.89
71 Manchester City Man City 94 33 18 43 -0.95
72 Bradford City Bradford 65 22 21 22 -0.98
73 Manchester United Man Utd 76 22 22 32 -1.02
74 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 35 15 9 11 -1.04
75 Sheffield United Sheffield United 125 36 33 56 -1.06
76 Chelsea Chelsea 75 26 17 32 -1.09
77 West Ham United West Ham United 35 12 7 16 -1.10
78 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 35 13 12 10 -1.10
79 Gillingham Gillingham 55 18 22 15 -1.20
80 Millwall Millwall 77 26 16 35 -1.26
81 Fulham Fulham 71 25 14 32 -1.33
82 Peterborough United Peterborough United 26 10 6 10 -1.36
83 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 111 36 27 48 -1.38
84 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 39 13 12 14 -1.38
85 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 60 18 21 21 -1.53
86 Swansea City Swansea City 73 24 19 30 -1.74
87 Rotherham United Rotherham United 64 18 24 22 -2.07
88 Exeter City Exeter City 25 11 5 9 -2.17
89 Oxford United Oxford United 27 9 5 13 -2.25
90 Colchester United Colchester United 33 13 8 12 -2.39
91 Chester Chester 31 9 9 13 -2.81
92 Cambridge United Cambridge United 20 6 4 10 -3.37
93 Aldershot Town Aldershot 13 4 4 5 -4.09
94 FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town 13 5 2 6 -4.17
95 AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon 12 2 4 6 -5.63