Preston North End resume part two of their week-long trilogy of home fixtures as the Lilywhites entertain Billy Davies' Nottingham Forest.

Preston are unbeaten in the last three games going into this fixture against a Forest side that are pushing for automatic promotion.

On the road, Forest have had a steady run, winning four, drawing nine and losing four. North End have again proven to be hard to beat at Deepdale, winning seven of their games, drawing another seven and losing just three times at home in the league.

In view of these statistics, pnebetting believe that the most likely outcome this weekend will be a draw, with the bookies offering a draw at odds of 9/4. After this, North End are at 9/5 to pick up their eighth home league win of the season with Forest at 6/4 to leave Deepdale with all three points.

Last season's game at Deepdale saw the Lilywhites beat Forest 2-1, with second half goals by Youl Mawene and Neil Mellor scoring for Preston. The reverse fixture ended with the same scoreline but with Forest running out winners, with Robert Earnshaw scoring either side of Jon Parkin's goal.

They are the only current North End players to have scored for Preston in this fixture and they are at long odds in the first goalscorer market. Mellor is favourite with odds of 6/1, followed by Parkin at 7/1 and then Mawene at 40/1.

Other goalscorers to take into consideration are Captain Callum Davidson and winger Danny Mayor at 4/1 to score at anytime, and 18/1 for Chris Sedgwick to score first against his former manager.

A fact that will encourage fans ahead of tomorrow's game is that North End hasn't lost to Forest at home for 50 years. The most common scoreline in this period has been 2-1 to Preston, a score that is offered at 9/1 by pnebetting.com

Finally, our bet of the week is 175/1 for Paul Coutts to score first in a 2-1 victory. This is the most common scoreline in this fixture in the past 50 years and what a game for Coutts to get his first ever goal in the Championship as Preston look to climb up the table.

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