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

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Championship · 2025-26

Preston North End FC

1 – 3

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Southampton FC

Sat 2 May 2026 · 11:30 UTC Deepdale 20,085 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 12' Taylor Harwood-Bellis

0–2 47' Ross Stewart

Lewis Dobbin 60' 1–2

1–3 90+1' Cyle Larin

Jordan Storey 10' Y

Andrew Moran 34' Y

Y 81' Finn Azaz

Andrija Vukcevic 90' Y

Overview

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Preston North End FC vs Southampton FC — Championship at Deepdale.

Preston North End FC 46 games · 60 pts (2026/27)
Southampton FC 46 games · 80 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Stephen Martin (England)
Assistant 1 George Byrne
Assistant 2 Matt McGrath

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

Preston North End FC 4 games · Avg 3.3 goals Southampton FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-02 Preston North End FC 1–3 Southampton FC 2025-11-01 Southampton FC 0–2 Preston North End FC 2024-04-16 Southampton FC 3–0 Preston North End FC 2023-10-25 Preston North End FC 2–2 Southampton FC

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	Southampton FC	H	1–3	L
25 Apr	Sheffield United FC	A	3–2	W
22 Apr	Birmingham City FC	A	1–2	L
18 Apr	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	0–2	L
11 Apr	Charlton Athletic FC	A	2–1	W
06 Apr	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	1–1	D

Southampton FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	Preston North End FC	A	3–1	W
28 Apr	Ipswich Town FC	H	2–2	D
25 Apr	Manchester City FC	A	1–2	L
21 Apr	Bristol City FC	H	2–2	D
18 Apr	Swansea City AFC	A	2–1	W
14 Apr	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

Preston North End FC		Southampton FC
#14	Position	#4
60	Points	80
46	Played	46
15 / 15 / 16	W / D / L	22 / 14 / 10
55	Scored	82
62	Conceded	56
-7	GD	+26
1.30	PPG	1.74
33%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Preston North End FC are 14th (60 pts). Southampton FC are 4th (80 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Preston North End FC and Southampton FC has kicked off!
5' Preston North End FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' The referee shows Preston North End FC player a card on 10.
12' Taylor Harwood-Bellis puts Southampton FC on the lead.
17' The travelling Southampton FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
22' It looks surprising Preston North End FC does not make any changes. Brad Potts has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
27' Southampton FC is showing some good football. However, Southampton FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
32' It looks like no one’s ball. Preston North End FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
34' It’s a booking for Preston North End FC player. Andrew Moran gets a card.
39' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
44' Southampton FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Cyle Larin scoring 1 goals.
47' Goal! Ross Stewart scores his 47 goal in 212 matches.
52' Supporters expect more eagerness from Andrija Vukcevic, as he is very good at scoring at Deepdale with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
57' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Southampton FC winning 50% of all matches.
60' GOAL! Lewis Dobbin scores on 60.
65' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Southampton FC that had 348 games and scored 417 goals.
70' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
80' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
81' That looks like a foul for a card for Finn Azaz.
86' Southampton FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 86.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Andrija Vukcevic on 90.
With this win, Southampton FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Paul Heckingbottom

Southampton FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tonda Eckert

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Che Adams	2
Brad Potts	1
Milutin Osmajic	1
Kyle Walker-Peters	1
Stuart Armstrong	1
Lewis Dobbin	1
Cyle Larin	1
Ross Stewart	1

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2026-05-02 Preston North End FC 1–3 Southampton FC L 2026-04-25 Sheffield United FC 2–3 Preston North End FC W 2026-04-22 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Preston North End FC L 2026-04-18 Preston North End FC 0–2 West Bromwich Albion FC L 2026-04-11 Charlton Athletic FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W 2026-04-06 Preston North End FC 1–1 Queens Park Rangers FC D

Southampton FC Form

2026-05-02 Preston North End FC 1–3 Southampton FC W 2026-04-28 Southampton FC 2–2 Ipswich Town FC D 2026-04-25 Manchester City FC 2–1 Southampton FC L 2026-04-21 Southampton FC 2–2 Bristol City FC D 2026-04-18 Swansea City AFC 1–2 Southampton FC W 2026-04-14 Southampton FC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.22 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.98 Southampton FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 61% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC26% Draw26% Southampton FC48%

Actual: Southampton FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.2

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

52%

Draw or Southampton FC

74%

Preston North End FC or Southampton FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC19% Draw42% Southampton FC39%

Actual: Southampton FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.7%

1 – 2

9.4%

0 – 2

0 – 1

7.4%

1 – 3

Actual

2 – 1

5.8%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 0

5.6%

0 – 3

5.1%

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

3.8%

1 – 4

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Southampton FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	13%	78%
-0.5	22%	—	78%
+0.5	46%	—	54%
+1	46%	22%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	17%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Southampton FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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