Bristol City FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Bristol City FC

0 – 2

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Preston North End FC

Sun 4 Jan 2026 · 15:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Bristol City FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship .

Bristol City FC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/27)
Preston North End FC 15 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Paul Tierney

6 games this season 🟨 4.5/game ⚽ 10.8 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Bristol City FC 17 games · Avg 2.5 goals Preston North End FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-01-04 Bristol City FC 0–2 Preston North End FC 2025-09-27 Preston North End FC 0–0 Bristol City FC 2025-05-03 Bristol City FC 2–2 Preston North End FC 2024-11-02 Preston North End FC 1–3 Bristol City FC 2024-01-13 Preston North End FC 2–0 Bristol City FC

Recent Form

Bristol City FC

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

Preston North End FC

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
#17	Position	#24
18	Points	8
15	Played	15
5 / 3 / 7	W / D / L	2 / 2 / 11
16	Scored	13
24	Conceded	30
-8	GD	-17
1.20	PPG	0.53
33%	Win %	13%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

41% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Bristol City FC this season

7% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

Bristol City FC are 17th (18 pts). Preston North End FC are 24th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Bristol City FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

1/2

31-45

4/3

46-60

1/7

61-75

1/2

76+

7/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Preston North End FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/6

46-60

1/3

61-75

–/4

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Bristol City FC

Scott Twine	5 G
Dominic Ballard	4 G
Lorent Tolaj	2 G	1 A

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	4 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Bristol City FC and Preston North End FC get this one started.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Preston North End FC players.

Lineups

Bristol City FC Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

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
Caleb Wiley	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 L

Preston 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 accuracy

1 / 4

1.5 Bristol City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.07 Preston North End FC xG

I would bet for: Bristol City FC or Draw 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Bristol City FC42% Draw29% Preston North End FC29%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.57

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Bristol City FC or Draw

72%

Draw or Preston North End FC

58%

Bristol City FC or Preston North End FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Bristol City FC32% Draw48% Preston North End FC20%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.2%

1 – 0

10.5%

0 – 0

9.7%

2 – 1

8.9%

2 – 0

8.4%

0 – 1

7.1%

1 – 2

6.3%

2 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.5%

0 – 2

Actual

3 – 0

4.1%

3 – 2

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Bristol City FC

Handicap	Bristol City FC covers	Push	Preston North End FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	22%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	16%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.