Derby County 0-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 September 2025

Result

Derby County 0-1 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 20 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Derby County 0-1 Preston North End: match report

Derby County were beaten by Preston North End 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 September 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Alfie Devine of Preston North End in the 29th minute.

Discipline: Derby County received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Derby County were 19th on 5 points from 5 and Preston North End 9th on 8 points from 5. Derby County went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

Derby County lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alfie Devine of Preston North End (7.9), ahead of Jacob Widell Zetterström (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Derby County wins, 3 draws and 2 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Alfie DevinePreston North End · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Dion SandersonDerby County
  • 72'Yellow card · Daniel IversenPreston North End
  • 75'Yellow card · Ebou AdamsDerby County
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Michael SmithPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 5, draws 3, Preston North End 2.

Team news

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Derby County line-up (3-4-2-1)

Jacob Widell Zetterström, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Craig Forsyth, Max Johnston, Lewis Travis, Ebou Adams, Callum Elder, Bobby Clark, Ben Brereton Díaz, Carlton Morris

Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson, Andrew Hughes, Pol Valentín, Alfie Devine, Ben Whiteman, Ali McCann, Thierry Small, Milutin Osmajic, Lewis Dobbin