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

Championship · Tuesday 6 March 2018

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Bristol City

Championship · Tuesday 6 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 2-1 Bristol City: match report

Preston North End beat Bristol City 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 6 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Alan Browne opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Alan Browne (20') and Sean Maguire (69'). Bristol City scored through Famara Diédhiou (67').

Discipline: Preston North End received 5 yellow cards; Bristol City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 9th on 54 points from 35 and Bristol City 6th on 57 points from 35. Preston North End went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Bristol City 11th with 67.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alan Browne of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Famara Diédhiou (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 1 for Bristol City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Josh BrownhillBristol City
  • 47'Yellow card · Paul GallagherPreston North End
  • 58'Yellow card · Paul HuntingtonPreston North End
  • 67'Goal · Famara DiédhiouBristol City · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 69'Goal · Sean MaguirePreston North End · 2-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Bobby De Cordova-ReidBristol City
  • 85'Yellow card · Joe BryanBristol City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Famara DiédhiouBristol City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Declan RuddPreston North End
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Sean MaguirePreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 6, draws 3, Bristol City 1.

Team news

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

Declan Rudd, G. Cunningham, Darnell Fisher, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Billy Bodin, Callum Robinson

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

Frank Fielding, Joe Bryan, Aden Flint, Bailey Wright, Hörður Magnússon, Korey Smith, Josh Brownhill, Sander Krabbendam, Marlon Pack, Famara Diédhiou, Bobby De Cordova-Reid