Bristol City vs Preston North End Result (0-2) - Championship on 4 January 2026

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Highlights

Bristol City

Preston North End

End of game

Y. Hirakawa

R. McCrorie

90+1'

S. Bell

S. Armstrong

78'

77'

L. Lindsay

O. Offiah

73'

A. McCann

J. Thompson

70'

(0-2) A. Devine

69'

J. Thompson

67'

D. Jebbison

M. Osmajic

67'

M. Frokjaer-Jensen

L. Dobbin

E. Riis

A. Mehmeti

55'

C. Pring

R. Atkinson

55'

S. Morsy

S. Twine

54'

46'

P. Valentin

B. Potts

Half-time

J. Knight

37'

34'

J. Storey

(0-1) L. Dobbin

J. Thompson

Kick-off

Game Statistics

Bristol City

Preston North End

Possession (%)

Total shots

Shots on target

Corners

Free Kicks

Fouls

Yellow card

Offside

Shots off target

Shots blocked

Saves

Clearances

Substitutions

Form

Table

Teams	Pts	P	W	D	L	GD
12 Bristol City	62	46	17	11	18	0
14 Preston North End	60	46	15	15	16	-7

Last matches

Bristol City Last matches

All Home Away

D L W W L W

Wins

3/6 (50%)

Draw

1/6 (17%)

Losses

2/6 (33%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

3 Total goals

50% BTTS

2 Goals scored

1 Goals conceded

67% Over 2.5

33% Under 2.5

1 Jan 2026 - Championship

Bristol City

5 : 0

Portsmouth

29 Dec 2025 - Championship

Millwall

2 : 1

Bristol City

26 Dec 2025 - Championship

West Brom

1 : 2

Bristol City

20 Dec 2025 - Championship

Bristol City

2 : 0

Middlesbrough

13 Dec 2025 - Championship

Coventry City

1 : 0

Bristol City

10 Dec 2025 - Championship

Bristol City

2 : 2

Leicester

L W L D W W

Wins

3/6 (50%)

Draw

1/6 (17%)

Losses

2/6 (33%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2.67 Total goals

17% BTTS

2 Goals scored

0.67 Goals conceded

50% Over 2.5

50% Under 2.5

1 Jan 2026 - Championship

Bristol City

5 : 0

Portsmouth

20 Dec 2025 - Championship

Bristol City

2 : 0

Middlesbrough

10 Dec 2025 - Championship

Bristol City

2 : 2

Leicester

6 Dec 2025 - Championship

Bristol City

0 : 1

Millwall

22 Nov 2025 - Championship

Bristol City

3 : 0

Swansea

4 Nov 2025 - Championship

Bristol City

0 : 1

Blackburn

D L W L W L

Wins

2/6 (33%)

Draw

1/6 (17%)

Losses

3/6 (50%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2 Total goals

50% BTTS

0.83 Goals scored

1.17 Goals conceded

33% Over 2.5

67% Under 2.5

29 Dec 2025 - Championship

Millwall

2 : 1

Bristol City

26 Dec 2025 - Championship

West Brom

1 : 2

Bristol City

13 Dec 2025 - Championship

Coventry City

1 : 0

Bristol City

29 Nov 2025 - Championship

Portsmouth

0 : 1

Bristol City

26 Nov 2025 - Championship

Wrexham

2 : 0

Bristol City

7 Nov 2025 - Championship

Watford

1 : 1

Bristol City

Preston North End Last matches

All Home Away

D W D D L W

Wins

2/6 (33%)

Draw

3/6 (50%)

Losses

1/6 (17%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2.17 Total goals

67% BTTS

1.33 Goals scored

0.83 Goals conceded

50% Over 2.5

50% Under 2.5

1 Jan 2026 - Championship

Preston North End

3 : 0

Sheffield Wednesday

29 Dec 2025 - Championship

Wrexham

2 : 1

Preston North End

26 Dec 2025 - Championship

Stoke

0 : 0

Preston North End

20 Dec 2025 - Championship

Preston North End

1 : 1

Norwich

13 Dec 2025 - Championship

Oxford United

1 : 2

Preston North End

9 Dec 2025 - Championship

Preston North End

1 : 1

Coventry City

W L D D D W

Wins

2/6 (33%)

Draw

3/6 (50%)

Losses

1/6 (17%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2.5 Total goals

83% BTTS

1.5 Goals scored

1 Goals conceded

50% Over 2.5

50% Under 2.5

1 Jan 2026 - Championship

Preston North End

3 : 0

Sheffield Wednesday

20 Dec 2025 - Championship

Preston North End

1 : 1

Norwich

9 Dec 2025 - Championship

Preston North End

1 : 1

Coventry City

6 Dec 2025 - Championship

Preston North End

1 : 1

Wrexham

21 Nov 2025 - Championship

Preston North End

1 : 2

Blackburn

5 Nov 2025 - Championship

Preston North End

2 : 1

Swansea

D D W W D L

Wins

2/6 (33%)

Draw

3/6 (50%)

Losses

1/6 (17%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2.5 Total goals

83% BTTS

1.33 Goals scored

1.17 Goals conceded

50% Over 2.5

50% Under 2.5

29 Dec 2025 - Championship

Wrexham

2 : 1

Preston North End

26 Dec 2025 - Championship

Stoke

0 : 0

Preston North End

13 Dec 2025 - Championship

Oxford United

1 : 2

Preston North End

29 Nov 2025 - Championship

Sheffield Wednesday

2 : 3

Preston North End

25 Nov 2025 - Championship

Watford

1 : 1

Preston North End

8 Nov 2025 - Championship

Millwall

1 : 1

Preston North End

Head to head

Bristol City

33 %

Draw

50 %

Preston North End

17 %

Average stats (last H2H results)

2.5

Total goals

66.67%

BTTS

1.33

Goals scored

1.17

Goals conceded

50%

Over 2.5

50%

Under 2.5

27 Sept 2025 - Championship

Preston North End

0 : 0

Bristol City

3 May 2025 - Championship

Bristol City

2 : 2

Preston North End

2 Nov 2024 - Championship

Preston North End

1 : 3

Bristol City

13 Jan 2024 - Championship

Preston North End

2 : 0

Bristol City

5 Aug 2023 - Championship

Bristol City

1 : 1

Preston North End

12 Oct 2022 - Championship

Bristol City

2 : 1

Preston North End

Tactical Scheme

Bristol City

Formation : 3 - 4 - 2 - 1

M. O'Leary

Z. Vyner

R. Dickie

R. Atkinson

R. McCrorie

A. Randell

J. Knight

N. Borges

S. Twine

A. Mehmeti

S. Armstrong

L. Dobbin

M. Osmajic

A. Devine

J. Lewis

J. Thompson

B. Whiteman

B. Potts

A. Hughes

J. Storey

O. Offiah

D. Iversen

Formation : 3 - 4 - 3

Preston North End

Substitutes

Bristol City

Goalkeeper

J. Lumley

Defender

G. Tanner

C. Pring

R. Atkinson 55'

H. Roberts

Midfielder

L. Pecover

Y. Hirakawa

R. McCrorie 90'

S. Morsy

S. Twine 54'

Forward

E. Riis

A. Mehmeti 55'

S. Bell

S. Armstrong 78'

Preston North End

Goalkeeper

J. Walton

Defender

P. Valentin

B. Potts 46'

T. Small

L. Lindsay

O. Offiah 77'

Midfielder

A. McCann

J. Thompson 73'

M. Frokjaer-Jensen

L. Dobbin 67'

Forward

D. Jebbison

M. Osmajic 67'

W. Keane

M. Smith

Missing players

Bristol City

Defender

L. McNally

Preston North End

Live Commentary

90+6'

Bristol City awarded a throw-in in their own half.

90+5'

Bristol City to take a throw-in in Preston territory.

90+4'

Ball safe as Preston is awarded a throw-in in their half.

90+3'

Goal kick for Preston at Ashton Gate.

90+3'

Throw-in for Bristol City close to the penalty box.

90+1'

Corner awarded to Bristol City.

90+1'

Gerhard Struber (Bristol City) is making a fifth substitution, with Yu Hirakawa replacing Ross McCrorie.

90'

Free kick for Bristol City in the half of Preston.

89'

Paul Tierney signals a free kick to Bristol City in their own half.

88'

Bristol City awarded a free kick in their own half.

86'

Paul Tierney signals a Bristol City throw-in in Preston's half.

85'

Throw-in for Bristol City in the half of Preston.

84'

A throw-in for the home team on the opposite half.

84'

Bristol City's Sam Bell is on target but unsuccessful.

83'

Preston will need to be alert as they defend a dangerous free kick from Bristol City.

82'

Paul Tierney signals a free kick to Bristol City in their own half.

82'

Paul Tierney awards Preston a goal kick.

81'

Bristol City to take a throw-in in Preston territory.

78'

Free kick for Preston in their own half.

78'

Paul Tierney signals a Preston throw-in in Bristol City's half.

78'

Sam Bell is replacing Sinclair Armstrong for Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

77'

Liam Lindsay is on a sub for Odel Offiah for Preston.

75'

Preston have a goal kick.

75'

Preston are caught offside.

74'

Preston have been awarded a corner by Paul Tierney.

73'

The away team replace Jordan Thompson with Ali McCann.

72'

Bristol City are too eager and fall into an offside trap.

72'

A throw-in for the home team on the opposite half.

71'

Can Bristol City get the ball into an attacking position from this throw-in in Preston's half?

70'

It's now 0-2 in Bristol as Alfie Devine scores for Preston.

69'

Jordan Thompson is booked for the away team.

68'

Throw-in for Preston in the half of Bristol City.

67'

Paul Heckingbottom is making the team's third substitution at Ashton Gate with Mads Frokjaer-Jensen replacing Lewis Dobbin.

67'

Preston make their second substitution with Daniel Jebbison replacing Milutin Osmajic.

66'

It's a goal kick for the away team in Bristol.

66'

Bristol City's Emil Riis gets his shot away but it misses the target.

65'

Bristol City awarded a free kick in their own half.

63'

Paul Tierney signals a free kick to Preston in their own half.

62'

Ball goes out of play for a Preston goal kick.

62'

Ross McCrorie for Bristol City gets in a strike but fails to hit the target.

62'

Goal kick for Preston at Ashton Gate.

62'

In Bristol Bristol City attack through Ross McCrorie. The finish is off target, however.

61'

Paul Tierney awards Preston a goal kick.

61'

It's getting dangerous! Free kick for Bristol City close to the penalty box.

60'

Paul Tierney awards the home team a throw-in.

60'

Bristol City push upfield but Paul Tierney quickly pulls them for offside.

59'

Free kick for Bristol City in their own half.

59'

Preston have a goal kick.

58'

It's a goal kick for the away team in Bristol.

58'

Bristol City's Sam Morsy misses with an attempt on goal.

57'

Preston drive forward at breakneck speed but are pulled up for offside.

56'

In Bristol, Bristol City push forward quickly but are pulled up for offside.

55'

Preston to take a throw-in in Bristol City territory.

55'

Can Preston get the ball into an attacking position from this throw-in in Bristol City's half?

55'

Emil Riis is on a sub for Anis Mehmeti for Bristol City.

55'

Gerhard Struber (Bristol City) is making a second substitution, with Cameron Pring replacing Robert Atkinson.

54'

The home team have replaced Scott Twine with Sam Morsy. This is the first substitution made today by Gerhard Struber.

53'

A throw-in for the away team on the opposite half.

53'

Paul Tierney signals a free kick to Preston.

52'

Ball goes out of play for a Preston goal kick.

52'

In Bristol Bristol City attack through Neto Borges. The finish is off target, however.

51'

Throw-in for Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

50'

It's a goal kick for the home team in Bristol.

50'

Ben Whiteman for Preston gets in a strike but fails to hit the target.

50'

Paul Tierney awards the away team a throw-in.

49'

Paul Tierney signals a free kick to Preston in their own half.

47'

Goal kick for Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

47'

Preston are pushing forward but Alfie Devine's finish is wide of the goal.

46'

Can Bristol City capitalize from this throw-in deep inside Preston's half?

46'

Pol Valentín is replacing Brad Potts for the away team.

45+1'

Throw-in for Preston in the half of Bristol City.

45'

The first half has been concluded at Ashton Gate.

45'

Ball goes out of play for a Preston goal kick.

45'

Corner awarded to Bristol City.

44'

Corner awarded to Bristol City.

44'

Preston have been awarded a corner by Paul Tierney.

42'

Ball safe as Bristol City is awarded a throw-in in their half.

42'

Bristol City have a goal kick.

42'

Preston's Alfie Devine breaks free at Ashton Gate. But the strike goes wide of the post.

41'

Paul Tierney awards Bristol City a goal kick.

41'

Preston awarded a free kick in their own half.

39'

Corner awarded to Preston.

37+2'

Jason Knight (Bristol City) has been booked and must now be careful not to get a second yellow card.

36'

Paul Tierney signals a Bristol City throw-in in Preston's half.

34'

Jordan Storey (Preston) gets a yellow card.

34'

Free kick for Bristol City in the half of Preston.

33'

Preston advance rapidly upfield but Paul Tierney blows for offside.

33'

Can Preston get the ball into an attacking position from this throw-in in Bristol City's half?

32'

Bristol City's Adam Randell gets in a shot on goal at Ashton Gate. But the effort is unsuccessful.

31'

Throw-in for Bristol City in the half of Preston.

30'

A throw-in for the home team on the opposite half.

29'

Paul Tierney awards Preston a goal kick.

29'

Bristol City are in shooting range from this free kick.

28'

Preston awarded a throw-in in their own half.

27'

Free kick Bristol City.

26'

Throw-in for Preston in their own half.

25'

Goal kick for Preston at Ashton Gate.

24'

Preston have a goal kick.

24'

Sinclair Armstrong of Bristol City gets in a strike, but is off target.

22'

Bristol City are whistled for offside.

21'

Paul Tierney signals a Bristol City throw-in in Preston's half.

20'

Free kick for Preston in their own half.

20'

Bristol City have been awarded a corner by Paul Tierney.

20'

Corner awarded to Bristol City.

19'

Throw-in Bristol City.

18'

Bristol City have been awarded a corner by Paul Tierney.

17'

Preston are too eager and fall into an offside trap.

14'

Throw-in for Preston at Ashton Gate.

14'

Paul Tierney signals a free kick to Bristol City in their own half.

10'

Free kick for Preston in their own half.

Preston take a 0-1 lead thanks to Lewis Dobbin. Great play from Jordan Thompson to set up the goal.

Preston awarded a free kick in their own half.

Free kick for Preston in their own half.

Bristol City to take a throw-in in Preston territory.

Bristol City are coming forward and Sinclair Armstrong gets in a strike, it misses the target, however.

Ball goes out of play for a Bristol City goal kick.

In Bristol a free kick has been awarded the home team.

Paul Tierney signals a free kick to Preston in their own half.

It's a goal kick for the home team in Bristol.

Preston's Lewis Dobbin gets his shot away but it misses the target.

Bristol City are caught offside.

Preston awarded a free kick in their own half.

Both teams lost their last match.

Both teams haven't won their last match in Championship.

Bristol City's performance of the last 5 matches is better than Preston North End's.

In Championship, Bristol City has better performance than Preston North End.

Bristol City scores 1.48 goals when playing at home and Preston North End scores 1 goals when playing away (on average).

Average number of goals in the first half in meetings between Bristol City and Preston North End is 0.4.

Average number of goals in meetings between Bristol City and Preston North End is 2.4.

Bristol City scores 1.2 goals in a match against Preston North End and Preston North End scores 1.2 goals against Bristol City (on average).

In the last 5 meetings Bristol City won 1, Preston North End won 1, 3 draws.

When Preston North End is down 1-0 away, they win 9% of their matches.

When Bristol City is down 0-1 home, they win 30% of their matches.

When Preston North End leads 0-1 away, they win in 53% of their matches.

When Bristol City leads 1-0 at home, they win in 84% of their matches.

Their last meeting was a draw. (0-0)

Bristol City wins 32% of halftimes, Preston North End wins 32%.

Bristol City wins 1st half in 32% of their matches, Preston North End in 32% of their matches.

A year ago, Preston North End were number 16 in the table with 26 points. Now they are number 5 with 37 points.

A year ago, Bristol City were number 12 in the table with 30 points. Now they are number 6 with 36 points.

Anis Mehmeti has more yellow cards (6) than any other player at Bristol City. Andrew Hughes has collected 8 for Preston North End.

Anis Mehmeti has assisted the most goals for Bristol City with 6. Lewis Norman Dobbin is Preston North End's biggest assister (4).

Preston North End's away record this season: 4-5-2.

Preston North End haven't scored in 2 of their 12 away matches in Championship this season.

Bristol City haven't scored in 3 of their 12 home matches in Championship this season.

When playing at home, Bristol City have not lost to Preston North End in their last 6 encounters.

Preston North End have lost none of their last 6 away matches.

Preston North End haven't lost in their last 7 games.

Did you know that Preston North End scores 32% of their goals between the minutes 76-90?

Did you know that Bristol City scores 24% of their goals between the minutes 16-30?

Last season's matches: 2-2 (Bristol City at home) and 1-3 (Preston North End at home).

Preston North End's last away win against Bristol City was in 2018.

During the last 33 meetings, Bristol City have won 7 times, there have been 15 draws while Preston North End have won 11 times. The goal difference is 43-41 in favour of Preston North End.

During the last 16 meetings with Bristol City playing at home, Bristol City have won 4 times, there have been 7 draws while Preston North End have won 5 times. The goal difference is 21-18 in favour of Bristol City.

The most common result of matches between Bristol City and Preston North End is 1-1. 8 matches have ended with this result.

The most common result of matches between Bristol City and Preston North End when Bristol City is playing at home is 1-1. 5 matches have ended with this result.