Preston North End 1-3 Southampton: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 May 2026

Result

Preston North End 1-3 Southampton

Championship · Saturday 2 May 2026, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 1-3 Southampton: match report

Preston North End lost to Southampton 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 2 May 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Taylor Harwood-Bellis opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Lewis Dobbin (60'). Southampton scored through Taylor Harwood-Bellis (12'), Ross Stewart (47') and Cyle Larin (90+1').

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Southampton received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 12th on 60 points from 45 and Southampton 5th on 77 points from 45. Preston North End went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Southampton 4th with 82.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-2 and Southampton in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Taylor Harwood-Bellis of Southampton (7.8), ahead of Ross Stewart (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 3 for Southampton.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
  • 12'Goal · Taylor Harwood-BellisSouthampton · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Andrew MoranPreston North End
  • 47'Goal · Ross StewartSouthampton · 0-2
  • 60'Goal · Lewis DobbinPreston North End · 1-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Finn AzazSouthampton
  • 90+1'Goal · Cyle LarinSouthampton · 1-3
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Andrija VukcevicPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 4, draws 3, Southampton 3.

Team news

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Andrija Vukcevic, Brad Potts, Ben Whiteman, Alfie Devine, A. Moran, Lewis Dobbin, Daniel Jebbison

Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Peretz, Shea Charles, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Nathan Wood, Welington, Cameron Bragg, Caspar Jander, Tom Fellows, Cameron Archer, Léo Scienza, Ross Stewart