Bristol City 2-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 12 October 2022

Result

Bristol City 2-1 Preston North End

Championship · Wednesday 12 October 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol City 2-1 Preston North End: match report

Bristol City won against Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 12 October 2022. It was 0-0 at half-time.

R. Atkinson opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Bristol City's goals came from R. Atkinson (54') and R. Atkinson (90'). Preston North End scored through Andrew Hughes (82').

Discipline: Bristol City received 4 yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 18th on 15 points from 13 and Preston North End 8th on 19 points from 13. Bristol City went on to finish that season 14th with 59 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Bristol City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Preston North End in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rob Atkinson of Bristol City (8.8), ahead of Andrew Hughes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol City win, 5 draws and 4 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End
  • 34'Yellow card · Jay DasilvaBristol City
  • 54'Goal · R. AtkinsonBristol City · 1-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Zak VynerBristol City
  • 78'Yellow card · Ben WoodburnPreston North End
  • 81'Yellow card · Andreas WeimannBristol City
  • 82'Goal · Andrew HughesPreston North End · 1-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Greg CunninghamPreston North End
  • 90'Goal · R. AtkinsonBristol City · 2-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Robbie BradyPreston North End
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Joe WilliamsBristol City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 1, draws 5, Preston North End 4.

Team news

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Bristol City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Max O'Leary, Zak Vyner, Timm Klose, Rob Atkinson, Mark Sykes, Andreas Weimann, Alex Scott, Joe Williams, Jay Dasilva, Antoine Semenyo, Tommy Conway

Preston North End line-up (3-4-1-2)

Freddie Woodman, Andrew Hughes, Liam Lindsay, G. Cunningham, Robbie Brady, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Álvaro Carreras, Daniel Johnson, Sean Maguire, Emil Riis