Portsmouth 1-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2025

Result

Portsmouth 1-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 1-0 Preston North End: match report

Portsmouth beat Preston North End 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 30 August 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Andre Dozzell of Portsmouth in the 41st minute.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 11th on 4 points from 3 and Preston North End 6th on 7 points from 3. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Conor Shaughnessy of Portsmouth (7.3), ahead of Andre Dozzell (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 1 draw and 2 for Preston North End.

Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read D-L-W and Preston North End's W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
  • 34'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
  • 41'Goal · Andre DozzellPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Andre DozzellPortsmouth

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 1, Preston North End 2.

Team news

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Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nicolas Schmid, Zak Swanson, Regan Poole, Conor Shaughnessy, Connor Ogilvie, John Swift, Andre Dozzell, Florian Bianchini, Adrian Segečić, Josh Murphy, Colby Bishop

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson, Andrew Hughes, Pol Valentín, Stefán Teitur Thórdarson, Ben Whiteman, Ali McCann, Thierry Small, Daniel Jebbison, Michael Smith