Bristol City 0-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Sunday 4 January 2026

Result

Bristol City 0-2 Preston North End

Championship · Sunday 4 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bristol City 0-2 Preston North End: match report

Bristol City were beaten by Preston North End 0-2 in the Championship on Sunday 4 January 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Lewis Dobbin opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Bristol City did not score. Preston North End scored through Lewis Dobbin (8') and Alfie Devine (70').

Discipline: Bristol City received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 8th on 39 points from 25 and Preston North End 6th on 40 points from 25. Bristol City went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

Bristol City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Preston North End in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alfie Devine of Preston North End (7.7), ahead of Neto Borges (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bristol City wins, 5 draws and 1 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Lewis DobbinPreston North End · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
  • 69'Yellow cardPreston North End
  • 69'Yellow card · Jordan Andrew ThompsonPreston North End
  • 70'Goal · Alfie DevinePreston North End · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 4, draws 5, Preston North End 1.

Team news

Unavailable

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

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

Max O'Leary, Zak Vyner, Rob Dickie, Rob Atkinson, Ross McCrorie, Adam Randell, Jason Knight, Neto Borges, Scott Twine, Anis Mehmeti, Sinclair Armstrong

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

Daniel Iversen, O. Offiah, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, Brad Potts, Ben Whiteman, Jordan Thompson, Jamal Lewis, Alfie Devine, Milutin Osmajic, Lewis Dobbin