Preston North End 1-0 Ipswich Town: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2025

Result

Preston North End 1-0 Ipswich Town

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Preston North End · Ipswich Town · Championship predictions

Preston North End 1-0 Ipswich Town: match report

Preston North End won against Ipswich Town 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 23 August 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Milutin Osmajic of Preston North End in the 11th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Preston North End received 6 yellow cards; Ipswich Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 8th on 4 points from 2 and Ipswich Town 18th on 2 points from 2. Preston North End went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Ipswich Town 2nd with 84.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Ipswich Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Azor Matusiwa of Ipswich Town (7.2), ahead of Jaden Philogene (7.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

11'Penalty goal · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End · 1-0
26'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
40'Yellow card · Ben JohnsonIpswich Town
45+1'Yellow card · Pol ValentínPreston North End
82'Yellow card · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End
84'Yellow card · Kasey McAteerIpswich Town
84'Yellow card · Thierry SmallPreston North End
90+2'Yellow card · Stefán Teitur ThórdarsonPreston North End
90+5'Yellow card · Alistair Edward McCannPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 3, Ipswich Town 5.

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Ipswich Town 3-0 Preston North EndChampionship · 4 Nov 2017

Team news

Unavailable

Josh SearyPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)
Wes BurnsIpswich Town · injury (Knee Surgery)
Conor TownsendIpswich Town · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)

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, Michael Smith

Ipswich Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Palmer, Ben Johnson, Dara O'Shea, Jacob Greaves, Leif Davis, Azor Matusiwa, Jack Taylor, Jack Clarke, Sammie Szmodics, Jaden Philogene, George Hirst