Preston North End 1-2 Bristol City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 February 2023
Result
Preston North End 1-2 Bristol City
Championship · Saturday 4 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Preston North End 1-2 Bristol City: match report
Preston North End lost to Bristol City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 4 February 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.
Mark Sykes opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Ched Evans (61'). Bristol City scored through Mark Sykes (6') and S. Bell (45+3').
Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Bristol City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Preston North End were 11th on 40 points from 28 and Bristol City 17th on 33 points from 28. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Bristol City 14th with 59.
Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-3 and Bristol City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alan Browne of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Ched Evans (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 5 draws and 2 for Bristol City.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Mark Sykes
- 33'Yellow card · Jordan Storey
- 45+3'Goal · S. Bell
- 50'Yellow card · Matty James
- 61'Goal · Ched Evans
- 63'Yellow card · N. Wells
- 70'Yellow card · Harry Cornick
- 72'Yellow card · A. Scott
Head-to-head
Team news
Preston North End line-up (3-4-3)
Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Ryan Ledson, Ali McCann, Robbie Brady, Liam Delap, Ched Evans, Tom Cannon
Bristol City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Zak Vyner, Rob Atkinson, Cameron Pring, Matty James, Kal Naismith, Mark Sykes, Alex Scott, Sam Bell, Nahki Wells