Preston North End boosted their hopes of securing a Championship play-off spot with a narrow home win against struggling Portsmouth on Saturday.
Paul Heckingbottom named recent loan signing Milos Lukovic in his starting eleven and fellow new boy Andrew Moran had to settle for a place on the bench. A third recent addition, Callum Lang, missed out on an immediate reunion with his old club as he was left out of the matchday squad after only featuring in one training session ahead of Saturday’s game.
However, it was a summer signing that did the damage for North End as Alfie Devine’s header helped his side secure the points that have taken them to within a point of the play-off places - but where are North End predicted to finish in this season’s Championship table after their win over Pompey?
We take a look at the latest predicted final table provided by the stats experts at Opta.
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