Bristol City vs Preston North End · Championship
Bristol City
11-6-9
0 – 2
FT
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Preston North End
11-10-5
Ashton Gate · Bristol · England
Bristol City went down 2-0 to Preston North End at Ashton Gate (crowd 22,409). Lewis Dobbin got the deciding goal at the 8-minute mark and Alfie Devine added to the lead after 70 minutes. The ball split 64% to 36% and the shots 11 to 12. From 12 shots, Preston found the target 3 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Ashton Gate · Bristol · England
- Crowd
- 22,409
- Referee
- Paul Tierney
- Bristol City form
- WDLLD
- Preston form
- DLLLD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol City | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Side by side
11Fouls14
0Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
5Offsides4
6Corner Kicks3
1Saves2
63.9%Possession36.1%
11Shots12
2On Goal3
20%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
519Accurate Passes253
609Passes352
90%Pass Completion %70%
7Accurate Crosses3
30Crosses7
20%Cross %40%
50Long Balls78
16Accurate Long Balls15
30%Long Balls %20%
2Blocked Shots4
12Effective Tackles10
16Tackles14
80%Tackle %70%
5Interceptions10
17Effective Clearances41
17Clearances41
Timeline
Full time · 0-2
🔁Yu Hirakawareplacing Ross McCrorie
90'+1'
🔁Sam Bellreplacing Sinclair Armstrong
78'
77'
🔁Liam Lindsayreplacing Odeluga Offiah
73'
🔁Alistair McCannreplacing Jordan Thompson
70'0 - 2
⚽Alfie Devine
69'
🟨Jordan Thompson
67'
🔁Mads Frökjaerreplacing Milutin Osmajic
67'
🔁Daniel Jebbisonreplacing Lewis Dobbin
🔁Emil Riis Jakobsenreplacing Anis Mehmeti
55'
🔁Sam Morsyreplacing Scott Twine
54'
🔁Cameron Pringreplacing Robert Atkinson
54'
45'
🔁Pol Valentínreplacing Brad Potts
Half-time · 0-1
34'
🟨Jordan Storey
8'0 - 1
⚽Lewis DobbinAssist: Jordan Thompson
Kick-off
Teams
Bristol City3-4-2-1
30↓Armstrong
11↓Mehmeti
10↓Twine
21Borges
12Knight
2↓McCrorie
4Randell
5↓Atkinson
16Dickie
14Vyner
1O'Leary
Bench
- 3Cameron Pringon for Robert Atkinson, 54'
- 13Joe Lumley
- 29Leo Pecover
- 40Sam Morsyon for Scott Twine, 54'
- 24Hayden Roberts
- 7Yu Hirakawaon for Ross McCrorie, 90'+1'
- 18Emil Riis Jakobsenon for Anis Mehmeti, 55'
- 20Sam Bellon for Sinclair Armstrong, 78'
- 19George Tanner
Preston North End3-4-3
17⚽↓Dobbin
21⚽Devine
28↓Osmajic
18Lewis
15🟨↓Thompson
44↓Potts
4Whiteman
16Hughes
14🟨Storey
42↓Offiah
1Iversen
Bench
- 26Thierry Small
- 10Mads Frökjaeron for Milutin Osmajic, 67'
- 12Jack Walton
- 2Pol Valentínon for Brad Potts, 45'
- 6Liam Lindsayon for Odeluga Offiah, 77'
- 9Daniel Jebbisonon for Lewis Dobbin, 67'
- 8Alistair McCannon for Jordan Thompson, 73'
- 24Michael Smith
- 7Will Keane
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
1Bristol City wins
3Level
1Preston wins
Last times they met
FT
Preston
0–0
Bristol City · 2025-26 English League Championship
FT
Bristol City
2–2
Preston · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Preston
1–3
Bristol City · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Preston
2–0
Bristol City · 2023-24 English League Championship
FT
Bristol City
1–1
Preston · 2023-24 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Bristol City
L1-0W2-0W2-1L2-1W5-0
Last games: Preston
W2-1D1-1D0-0L2-1W3-0
