Bristol City 2-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 May 2025

Result

Bristol City 2-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 3 May 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bristol City 2-2 Preston North End: match report

Bristol City drew with Preston North End 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 3 May 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Emil Riis opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Ross McCrorie (69') and Ross McCrorie (74'). Preston North End scored through Emil Riis (28') and Milutin Osmajic (60').

Discipline: Bristol City received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 5th on 67 points from 45 and Preston North End 20th on 49 points from 45. Bristol City went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Preston North End 20th with 50.

Bristol City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Preston North End in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ross McCrorie of Bristol City (8.5), ahead of Emil Riis (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bristol City wins, 4 draws and 2 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End
  • 28'Goal · Emil RiisPreston North End · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Robbie BradyPreston North End
  • 50'Yellow card · Kaine Kesler-HaydenPreston North End
  • 60'Goal · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End · 0-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Theo MawenePreston North End
  • 69'Goal · Ross McCrorieBristol City · 1-2
  • 74'Goal · Ross McCrorieBristol City · 2-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ross McCrorieBristol City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Haydon RobertsBristol City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 4, draws 4, Preston North End 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Josh SearyPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)
  • Luke McNallyBristol City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Bristol City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Rob Dickie, Zak Vyner, Yu Hirakawa, Joe Williams, Jason Knight, Ross McCrorie, Max Bird, Scott Twine, Nahki Wells

Preston North End line-up (3-1-4-2)

David Cornell, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Lewis Gibson, Ben Whiteman, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Ryan Ledson, Robbie Brady, Andrew Hughes, Milutin Osmajic, Emil Riis