Championship · ENG · Round 46

Bristol City
2 - 2 Full time
Preston North End

Ashton Gate Stadium · Bristol

Lineups

Bristol City3-4-2-1
MO1O'Leary
GT19↓57'Tanner
RD16Dickie
ZV14Vyner
YH7Hirakawa
JW8↓80'Williams
JK12Knight
RM2⚽×2McCrorie
MB6↓57'Bird
ST10↓57'Twine
NW21↓84'Wells
DC13Cornell
JS14Storey
LL6Lindsay
LG19Gibson
BW4Whiteman
KK29Kesler-Hayden
RL18↓72'Ledson
RB11↓84'Brady
AH16Hughes
MO28⚽↓78'Osmajic
ER9⚽Jakobsen
Preston North End3-1-4-2

Bristol City substitutes

24 Haydon Roberts 6.4 ↑57'
40 George Earthy 6.1 ↑57'
11 Anis Mehmeti 6.1 ↑57'
29 Marcus McGuane 6.3 ↑80'
30 Sinclair Armstrong ↑84'
23 Stefan Bajic
31 Elijah Morrison
20 Sam Bell

Coach: Liam Manning · Unavailable: Cameron Pring (injury), Luke McNally (injury)

Preston North End substitutes

22 Stefan Thordarson 5.9 ↑72'
20 Sam Greenwood 6.5 ↑78'
12 Ched Evans ↑84'
41 Li-Bau Stowell
3 Jayden Meghoma
26 Patrick Bauer
2 Ryan Porteous
31 Theo Mawene

Coach: Paul Heckingbottom · Unavailable: Brad Potts (injury), Harrison Armstrong (injury), Jordan Thompson (injury), Joshua Seary (injury), Will Keane (injury)

Match events

22'Ryan Ledson
28'Emil Riis Jakobsen assist: Robert Brady 0 - 1⚽
32'Robert Brady
Second half
50'Kaine Kesler-Hayden
57'↑ Anis Mehmeti ↓ Max Bird⇄
57'↑ George Earthy ↓ Scott Twine⇄
57'↑ Haydon Roberts ↓ George Tanner⇄
60'Milutin Osmajic assist: Ben Whiteman 0 - 2⚽
61'Theo Mawene
69'Ross McCrorie assist: Nahki Wells 1 - 2⚽
72'↑ Stefan Thordarson ↓ Ryan Ledson⇄
74'Ross McCrorie assist: Jason Knight 2 - 2⚽
78'↑ Sam Greenwood ↓ Milutin Osmajic⇄
80'↑ Marcus McGuane ↓ Joe Williams⇄
84'↑ Ched Evans ↓ Robert Brady⇄
84'↑ Sinclair Armstrong ↓ Nahki Wells⇄
90+1'Ross McCrorie
90+6'Haydon Roberts

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Match details

CompetitionChampionship
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 3 May 2025, 11:30 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

5Bristol City wins10Draws10Preston North End wins

25 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).

2 Nov 2024Preston North End 1 - 3 Bristol CityChampionship
13 Jan 2024Preston North End 2 - 0 Bristol CityChampionship
5 Aug 2023Bristol City 1 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
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
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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
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
12 Jan 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