Bristol City 1-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 August 2023

Result

Bristol City 1-1 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 5 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol City 1-1 Preston North End: match report

Bristol City drew with Preston North End 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 August 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Sam Bell opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Bristol City's goal came from Sam Bell (47'). Preston North End scored through Will Keane (86').

Discipline: Bristol City received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Bristol City went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Preston North End 10th with 63.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Preston North End in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrew Hughes of Preston North End (7.5), level with Brad Potts (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol City wins, 5 draws and 2 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 47'Goal · Sam BellBristol City · 1-0
  • 86'Goal · Will KeanePreston North End · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Ali McCannPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 3, draws 5, Preston North End 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ched EvansPreston North End · injury (Unknown Injury)

Bristol City line-up (4-3-3)

Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Zak Vyner, Rob Dickie, Cameron Pring, Andreas Weimann, Matty James, Jason Knight, Harry Cornick, Nahki Wells, Sam Bell

Preston North End line-up (3-5-1-1)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Brad Potts, Alan Browne, Ali McCann, Ryan Ledson, Kian Best, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Will Keane