West Bromwich Albion vs Preston North End · Championship
West Bromwich Albion
5-2-3
2 – 1
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Preston North End
4-4-2
The Hawthorns · West Bromwich · England
Preston North End lost 2-1 to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns (crowd 24,068); Preston had not lost in 5 until now. The goal that settled it came from Michael Johnston at the 40-minute mark and it went to 2-0 when Isaac Price scored after 62 minutes; Preston answered through Michael Smith at the 78-minute mark. On 51% of the ball Preston shot 17 times to 16 for West Brom. West Brom hit the target 6 times from 16 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- The Hawthorns · West Bromwich · England
- Crowd
- 24,068
- Referee
- Andrew Kitchen
- West Brom form
- LLWWD
- Preston form
- DLLLD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Brom | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Preston | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
10Fouls9
2Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
3Offsides1
8Corner Kicks4
4Saves4
48.9%Possession51.1%
16Shots17
6On Goal5
40%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
326Accurate Passes345
416Passes433
80%Pass Completion %80%
4Accurate Crosses4
21Crosses21
20%Cross %20%
61Long Balls65
21Accurate Long Balls17
30%Long Balls %30%
5Blocked Shots5
8Effective Tackles6
12Tackles13
70%Tackle %50%
9Interceptions10
34Effective Clearances30
34Clearances30
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
🔁Ousmane Diakitereplacing Isaac Price
88'
🔁Charlie Taylorreplacing Michael Johnston
87'
🔁Karlan Grantreplacing Samuel Iling-Junior
87'
78'2 - 1
⚽Michael SmithAssist: Daniel Jebbison
75'
🔁Mads Frökjaerreplacing Alfie Devine
69'
🔁Michael Smithreplacing Thierry Small
69'
🔁Alistair McCannreplacing Harrison Armstrong
68'
🔁Daniel Jebbisonreplacing Milutin Osmajic
68'
🔁Odeluga Offiahreplacing Andrija Vukcevic
🔁Aune Heggeboreplacing Josh Maja
68'
🟨Chris Mepham
66'
65'
🟨Jordan Storey
⚽Isaac PriceAssist: Alex Mowatt
62'2 - 0
🔁Jayson Molumbyreplacing Toby Collyer
55'
Half-time · 1-0
⚽Michael JohnstonAssist: Toby Collyer
40'1 - 0
🟨Nathaniel Phillips
10'
Kick-off
Teams
West Bromwich Albion4-2-3-1
9↓Maja
11⚽↓Johnston
21⚽↓Price
22↓Iling-Junior
27Mowatt
13↓Collyer
4Styles
2🟨Mepham
6Campbell
3🟨Phillips
20Griffiths
Bench
- 10Karlan Granton for Samuel Iling-Junior, 87'
- 19Aune Heggeboon for Josh Maja, 68'
- 23Joe Wildsmith
- 12Daryl Dike
- 8Jayson Molumbyon for Toby Collyer, 55'
- 29Charlie Tayloron for Michael Johnston, 87'
- 14Alfie Gilchrist
- 17Ousmane Diakiteon for Isaac Price, 88'
- 5Krystian Bielik
Preston North End5-3-2
28↓Osmajic
17Dobbin
5↓Armstrong
4Whiteman
21↓Devine
3↓Vukcevic
16Hughes
19Gibson
26↓Small
14🟨Storey
1Iversen
Bench
- 9Daniel Jebbisonon for Milutin Osmajic, 68'
- 8Alistair McCannon for Harrison Armstrong, 69'
- 12Jack Walton
- 6Liam Lindsay
- 24Michael Smithon for Thierry Small, 69' ⚽
- 42Odeluga Offiahon for Andrija Vukcevic, 68'
- 22Stefán Teitur Thórdarson
- 10Mads Frökjaeron for Alfie Devine, 75'
- 20Theo Carrol
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
4West Brom wins
1Level
0Preston wins
Last times they met
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West Brom
3–1
Preston · 2024-25 English League Championship
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Preston
1–1
West Brom · 2024-25 English League Championship
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West Brom
3–0
Preston · 2023-24 English League Championship
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Preston
0–4
West Brom · 2023-24 English League Championship
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West Brom
2–0
Preston · 2022-23 English League Championship
Form
Last games: West Brom
L1-0L2-1D1-1W1-0L3-0
Last games: Preston
D2-2W1-0D0-0D2-2W2-0
