Championship · ENG · Round 26

Bristol City
1 - 2 Full time
Preston North End

Ashton Gate

Lineups

Bristol City3-5-2
RO12O'Donnell
LA5Ayling
AF4Flint
NB17⚽Baker
ML2↓77'Little
MP21Pack
LF15↓57'Freeman
KS7Smith
JB23Bryan
AW18⚽↓77'Wilbraham
JK22Kodjia
SJ1Johnstone
CW15↓89'Woods
TC5Clarke
PH23Huntington
BW6Wright
GC3⚽Cunningham
DJ11Johnson
PG12Gallagher
BP4↓82'Pearson
JG14Garner
ED13↓72'Doyle
Preston North End5-3-2

Bristol City substitutes

14 Bobby Reid ↑57'
10 Kieran Agard ↑77'
20 Wes Burns ↑77'
6 Adam El-Abd
3 Derrick Williams
24 Max O'Leary
11 Scott Wagstaff

Coach: Steve Cotterill

Preston North End substitutes

37 Callum Robinson ↑72'
16 Alan Browne ↑82'
2 Marnick Vermijl ↑89'
43 Chris Kirkland
25 Jordan Hugill
22 Josh Brownhill
8 Neil Kilkenny

Coach: Simon Grayson

Match events

23'Luke Ayling
Second half
53'Nathan Baker (own goal) 0 - 1⚽
56'Aaron Wilbraham 1 - 1⚽
57'↑ Bobby Reid ↓ Luke Freeman⇄
63'Aaron Wilbraham
72'↑ Callum Robinson ↓ Eoin Doyle⇄
77'↑ Wes Burns ↓ Mark Little⇄
77'↑ Kieran Agard ↓ Aaron Wilbraham⇄
80'Gregory Cunningham assist: Paul Gallagher 1 - 2⚽
82'↑ Alan Browne ↓ Ben Pearson⇄
89'↑ Marnick Vermijl ↓ Calum Woods⇄

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Match details

CompetitionChampionship
Kick-off (UTC)Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 19:45 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

4Bristol City wins9Draws8Preston North End wins

21 past meetings on record. Biggest Bristol City win: Preston North End 5–0 Bristol City (2017). Biggest Preston North End win: Preston North End 0–4 Bristol City (2011).

4 Feb 2023Preston North End 1 - 2 Bristol CityChampionship
12 Oct 2022Bristol City 2 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
29 Jan 2022Preston North End 2 - 2 Bristol CityChampionship
11 Sep 2021Bristol City 0 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship
16 Jan 2021Bristol City 2 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship
18 Dec 2020Preston North End 1 - 0 Bristol CityChampionship
22 Jul 2020Bristol City 1 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
28 Sep 2019Preston North End 3 - 3 Bristol CityChampionship
2 Mar 2019Preston North End 1 - 1 Bristol CityChampionship
10 Nov 2018Bristol City 0 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
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6 Mar 2018Preston North End 2 - 1 Bristol CityChampionship
21 Nov 2017Bristol City 1 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
4 Apr 2017Preston North End 5 - 0 Bristol CityChampionship
17 Dec 2016Bristol City 1 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
15 Sep 2015Preston North End 1 - 1 Bristol CityChampionship
11 Apr 2015Preston North End 1 - 1 Bristol CityLeague One
22 Nov 2014Bristol City 0 - 1 Preston North EndLeague One
5 Apr 2014Bristol City 1 - 1 Preston North EndLeague One
30 Nov 2013Preston North End 1 - 0 Bristol CityLeague One
5 Feb 2011Preston North End 0 - 4 Bristol CityChampionship
6 Nov 2010Bristol City 1 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship