Wrexham vs Preston North End · Championship
Wrexham
3-5-3
4 – 1
FT
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Preston North End
1-1-9
STōK Cae Ras · Wrexham · Wales
A wide margin: Wrexham 4, Preston North End 1 at STōK Cae Ras (crowd 10,614). The first goal went to Joe Worrall at the 31-minute mark and the equaliser came from Alfie Devine after 36 minutes; the goal that settled it came from Benjamin Whiteman at the 42-minute mark and Sam Smith widened the gap after 59 minutes. It went to 4-1 when Kieffer Moore scored at the 63-minute mark. The game had six bookings. Wrexham had more of the shots, 17 to 11, and 61% of the ball. 6 of the 17 shots by Wrexham were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- STōK Cae Ras · Wrexham · Wales
- Crowd
- 10,614
- Wrexham form
- LWDLD
- Preston form
- LDLLD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrexham | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Preston | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
9Fouls14
2Yellow Cards4
0Red Cards0
3Offsides3
8Corner Kicks2
0Saves2
61.2%Possession38.8%
17Shots11
6On Goal1
40%On Target %10%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
332Accurate Passes164
461Passes292
70%Pass Completion %60%
4Accurate Crosses4
21Crosses14
20%Cross %30%
98Long Balls70
32Accurate Long Balls11
30%Long Balls %20%
7Blocked Shots5
7Effective Tackles11
9Tackles16
80%Tackle %70%
7Interceptions11
26Effective Clearances27
26Clearances27
Timeline
Full time · 4-1
🔁Lewis O'Brienreplacing Sam Smith
90'
🔁Oliver Rathbonereplacing Callum O'Hare
81'
🔁Bailey Cadamarterireplacing Kieffer Moore
81'
🔁George Dobsonreplacing Matty James
81'
80'
🟨Leo Leroy
🟨Callum Doyle
80'
79'
🔁Ed Nolanreplacing Alfie Devine
70'
🔁Jusef Erabireplacing Callum Lang
69'
🔁Delano Burgzorgreplacing Johnny Kenny
🔁Issa Kaboréreplacing Danny Imray
68'
66'
🟨Jordan Thompson
⚽Kieffer MooreAssist: Joe Worrall
63'4 - 1
62'
🟨Andrew Hughes
⚽Sam SmithAssist: Benjamin Whiteman
59'3 - 1
56'
🔁Brad Pottsreplacing Liam Lindsay
Half-time · 2-1
⚽Benjamin Whiteman
42'2 - 1
36'1 - 1
⚽Alfie Devine
⚽Joe WorrallAssist: Danny Imray
31'1 - 0
🟨Benjamin Whiteman
21'
9'
🟨Andrija Vukcevic
Kick-off
Teams
Wrexham3-4-1-2
28⚽↓Smith
19⚽↓Moore
17↓O'Hare
3Ekomie
37↓James
30↓Imray
8⚽🟨Whiteman
2🟨Doyle
6⚽Worrall
5Hyam
22Patterson
Bench
- 26Zak Vyner
- 21Danny Ward
- 12Issa Kaboréon for Danny Imray, 68'
- 20Oliver Rathboneon for Callum O'Hare, 81'
- 15George Dobsonon for Matty James, 81'
- 34Aaron James
- 27Lewis O'Brienon for Sam Smith, 90'
- 11Bailey Cadamarterion for Kieffer Moore, 81'
- 47Ryan Longman
Preston North End3-4-2-1
38↓Kenny
7⚽↓Devine
10↓Lang
3🟨Vukcevic
15🟨Thompson
24Offiah
27🟨Leroy
16🟨Hughes
6↓Lindsay
14Storey
1Iversen
Bench
- 9Jusef Erabion for Callum Lang, 70'
- 44Brad Pottson for Liam Lindsay, 56'
- 21Lee Nicholls
- 23Andy Moran
- 2Pol Valentín
- 32Ed Nolanon for Alfie Devine, 79'
- 37Delano Burgzorgon for Johnny Kenny, 69'
- 35Isaac Irwin
- 11Thierry Small
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Swansea City | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | +8 | 23 |
| 2 |  West Ham United | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +18 | 22 |
| 3 |  Middlesbrough | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +6 | 22 |
| 4 |  Birmingham City | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | +9 | 20 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 20 |
| 6 |  Stoke City | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 19 |
| 7 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 18 |
| 8 |  Southampton | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | +11 | 17 |
| 9 |  Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 17 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 15 |
| 11 |  Sheffield United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 15 |
| 12 |  Millwall | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 |  Portsmouth | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 |  Wrexham | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 |  Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 |  Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 |  Charlton Athletic | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 |  Lincoln City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -10 | 12 |
| 19 |  Cardiff City | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 11 |
| 20 |  Watford | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 11 |
| 21 |  Norwich City | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -15 | 4 |
Meetings
2Wrexham wins
1Level
0Preston wins
Last times they met
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Preston
2–3
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Form
Last games: Wrexham
D1-1L6-0W2-1D1-1L2-1
Last games: Preston
L2-1L1-0D2-2L1-0L4-0
