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 46 games · 62 pts (2026/27)
Preston North End FC 46 games · 60 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Paul Tierney

Standings

#	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

Bristol City FC 16 games · Avg 2.4 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
#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 history

Bristol City FC are 12th (62 pts). Preston North End FC are 14th (60 pts).

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.

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
Ross McCrorie	2
Robert Atkinson	2
Patrick Bauer	1
Ched Evans	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

1.43 Bristol City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.18 Preston North End FC xG

I would bet for: Bristol City FC or Preston North End FC 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Bristol City FC39% Draw29% Preston North End FC32%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.61

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	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

✗ Wrong

Bristol City FC30% Draw48% Preston North End FC22%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 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

Actual

3 – 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.