Preston 1–3 Bristol City
Preston
1–3HT 0–1
Bristol City
Preston played Bristol City in the Championship on 1 September 2026 at Deepdale. The match finished 1–3.
Goals and cards
- 4'S. Twine (assist by L. Tolaj)
- 9'Jordan Thompson — Yellow card
- 51'C. Wiley
- 79'L. Eissat (assist by R. Cardines)
- 83'Liam Lindsay — Yellow card
- 86'D. Ballard
Line-ups
Preston 3-4-2-1
- D. Iversen
- H. Clarke
- L. Lindsay
- L. Gibson
- S. Mills
- L. Leroy
- J. Thompson
- C. Wiley
- A. Devine
- D. Burgzorg
- J. Erabi
- SUBSTITUTES
- L. Nicholls
- A. Vukcevic
- O. Offiah
- J. Storey
- P. Valentin
- T. Small
- A. Moran
- C. Lang
- G. Gryba
- COACHES: Paul Heckingbottom
Bristol City 4-2-3-1
- S. Tickle
- N. Eile
- R. Dickie
- L. Eissat
- R. Cardines
- J. Knight
- A. Randell
- Y. Hirakawa
- S. Twine
- S. Greenwood
- L. Tolaj
- SUBSTITUTES
- B. Collins
- C. Pring
- J. Williams
- T. Horvat
- G. Yah
- J. Wallace
- E. Adebayo
- D. Ballard
- S. Bell
- COACHES: Roy Hodgson
Match statistics
| Preston | Bristol City | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Shots on goal | 7 |
| 9 | Shots off goal | 4 |
| 18 | Total shots | 12 |
| 5 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 9 | Shots inside box | 9 |
| 9 | Shots outside box | 3 |
| 11 | Fouls | 14 |
| 5 | Corners | 2 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 52% | Possession | 48% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 403 | Total passes | 388 |
| 315 | Accurate passes | 306 |
| 78% | Pass accuracy | 79% |
| 1.91 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.78 |
| -0.19 | goals_prevented | -0.19 |