Bristol City FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Bristol City FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship .
- Bristol City FC 46 games · 62 pts (2025/26)
- Preston North End FC 46 games · 60 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Paul Tierney
21 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Jan Preston North End FC H 0–2 L 01 Jan Portsmouth FC H 5–0 W 29 Dec Millwall FC A 1–2 L 26 Dec West Bromwich Albion FC A 2–1 W 20 Dec Middlesbrough FC H 2–0 W 13 Dec Coventry City FC A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Jan Bristol City FC A 2–0 W 01 Jan Sheffield Wednesday FC H 3–0 W 29 Dec Wrexham AFC A 1–2 L 26 Dec Stoke City FC A 0–0 D 20 Dec Norwich City FC H 1–1 D 13 Dec Oxford United FC A 2–1 W Season Stats
Bristol City FC Preston North End FC #12 Position #14 62 Points 60 46 Played 46 17 / 11 / 18 W / D / L 15 / 15 / 16 59 Scored 55 59 Conceded 62 +0 GD -7 1.35 PPG 1.30 37% Win % 33% Key Stats
56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
Bristol City FC this season20% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this seasonBristol City FC are 12th (62 pts). Preston North End FC are 14th (60 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Bristol City FC0-153/116-301/331-45–/–46-601/161-751/376+3/1■ Scored ■ ConcededPreston North End FC0-151/416-303/231-452/–46-602/161-751/176+1/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Bristol City FCScott Twine 11 G 6 A Emil Riis Jakobsen 9 G 2 A Preston North End FCLewis Dobbin 10 G 7 A Alfie Devine 8 G 6 A Milutin Osmajic 8 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Bristol City FC to score. At the same time, Preston North End FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- Another three points for Preston North End FC.
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Lineups
Bristol City FC Lineups
Preston North End FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Will Keane 3 Emil Riis Jakobsen 3 Daniel Johnson 3 Famara Diedhiou 3 Robert Atkinson 2 Ross McCrorie 2 Ched Evans 1 Andreas Weimann 1 Head to Head
Bristol City FC Form
2026-01-04 Bristol City FC 0–2 Preston North End FC L 2026-01-01 Bristol City FC 5–0 Portsmouth FC W 2025-12-29 Millwall FC 2–1 Bristol City FC L 2025-12-26 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–2 Bristol City FC W 2025-12-20 Bristol City FC 2–0 Middlesbrough FC W 2025-12-13 Coventry City FC 1–0 Bristol City FC LPreston North End FC Form
2026-01-04 Bristol City FC 0–2 Preston North End FC W 2026-01-01 Preston North End FC 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2025-12-29 Wrexham AFC 2–1 Preston North End FC L 2025-12-26 Stoke City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC D 2025-12-20 Preston North End FC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2025-12-13 Oxford United FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.43 Bristol City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.18 Preston North End FC xGI would bet for: Bristol City FC or Preston North End FC 71%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Preston North End FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.61Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 74% 26% ± 2.5 48% 52% ± 3.5 27% 73% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
Bristol City FC or Draw 69%Draw or Preston North End FC 61%Bristol City FC or Preston North End FC 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Preston North End FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.3%1 – 0 9.4%0 – 0 9.3%2 – 1 8.5%0 – 1 7.6%2 – 0 7.3%1 – 2 7.1%2 – 2 5.1%0 – 2 Actual3 – 1 4.1%3 – 0 3.4%1 – 3 2.8%Asian Handicap — Bristol City FC
Handicap Bristol City FC covers Push Preston North End FC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 13% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 21% 59% -0.5 41% — 59% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 17% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet 25% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.