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

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Championship · 2025-26

Bristol City FC

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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 8 games · 13 pts (2026/27)
Preston North End FC 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Paul Tierney

4 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 8.5 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

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

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
#8	Position	#23
13	Points	4
8	Played	8
4 / 1 / 3	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 6
11	Scored	8
12	Conceded	15
-1	GD	-7
1.63	PPG	0.50
50%	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

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

Bristol City FC are 8th (13 pts). Preston North End FC are 23rd (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Bristol City FC

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

3/2

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/1

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Preston North End FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Bristol City FC

Dominic Ballard	3 G
Lorent Tolaj	2 G	1 A
Scott Twine	2 G

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	3 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Bristol City FC vs Preston North End FC — let the football do the talking.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-2.

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
Scott Twine	1
Nathan Baker	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

0 / 4

1.69 Bristol City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.11 Preston North End FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 55%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Bristol City FC45% Draw28% Preston North End FC27%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.8

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Bristol City FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Preston North End FC

55%

Bristol City FC or Preston North End FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Bristol City FC35% Draw45% Preston North End FC20%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.3%

1 – 0

9.4%

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

8.5%

0 – 0

7.9%

1 – 2

6.1%

0 – 1

5.8%

3 – 1

5.2%

2 – 2

5.2%

3 – 0

4.7%

0 – 2

Actual

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Bristol City FC

Handicap	Bristol City FC covers	Push	Preston North End FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	22%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	14%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✗

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