Preston North End 1-3 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 November 2024

Result

Preston North End 1-3 Bristol City

Championship · Saturday 2 November 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 1-3 Bristol City: match report

Preston North End lost to Bristol City 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 2 November 2024. The half-time score was 0-1.

Yu Hirakawa opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Sam Greenwood (48'). Bristol City scored through Yu Hirakawa (6'), Nahki Wells (51') and Max Bird (81').

Discipline: Preston North End received 4 yellow cards; Bristol City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 18th on 14 points from 12 and Bristol City 12th on 16 points from 12. Preston North End went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Bristol City 6th with 68.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bristol City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yu Hirakawa of Bristol City (8.5), ahead of Max Bird (8.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Yu HirakawaBristol City · 0-1
  • 6'Yellow card · Mads Frøkjaer-JensenPreston North End
  • 40'Yellow card · Alistair Edward McCannPreston North End
  • 48'Goal · Sam GreenwoodPreston North End · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Nahki WellsBristol City · 1-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Brad PottsPreston North End
  • 65'Yellow cardPreston North End
  • 70'Yellow card · Haydon RobertsBristol City
  • 76'Yellow cardBristol City
  • 80'Yellow card · Zak VynerBristol City
  • 81'Goal · Max BirdBristol City · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 5, Bristol City 3.

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Brad Potts, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Ben Whiteman, Ali McCann, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Emil Riis, Sam Greenwood

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

Max O'Leary, Zak Vyner, Rob Dickie, Luke McNally, George Tanner, Joe Williams, Jason Knight, Mark Sykes, Yu Hirakawa, Max Bird, Nahki Wells