Preston North End 2-3 Southampton: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 November 2008

Result

Preston North End 2-3 Southampton

Championship · Saturday 1 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Preston North End 2-3 Southampton: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Southampton 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 1 November 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Billy Jones opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Billy Jones (36') and Stephen Elliott (42'). Southampton scored through Alex Pearce (64'), Andrew Surman (69') and David McGoldrick (90').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 12th on 20 points from 14 and Southampton 22nd on 13 points from 14. Preston North End went on to finish that season 6th with 75 points, and Southampton 23rd with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 0 for Southampton.

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Southampton's D-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Billy JonesPreston North End · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Stephen ElliottPreston North End · 2-0
  • 64'Goal · Alex PearceSouthampton · 2-1
  • 69'Goal · Andrew SurmanSouthampton · 2-2
  • 90'Yellow card · David McGoldrickSouthampton
  • 90'Goal · David McGoldrickSouthampton · 2-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 3, Southampton 0.

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap