Preston North End 1-1 Oxford United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 January 2025

Result

Preston North End 1-1 Oxford United

Championship · Saturday 4 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 1-1 Oxford United: match report

Preston North End drew with Oxford United 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 4 January 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Rúben Rodrigues opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Preston North End's goal came from Will Keane (69'). Oxford United scored through Rúben Rodrigues (21').

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Oxford United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 15th on 29 points from 25 and Oxford United 19th on 27 points from 24. Preston North End went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Oxford United 17th with 53.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Oxford United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Duane Holmes of Preston North End (7.7), ahead of Ben Whiteman (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Preston North End wins, 0 draws and 1 for Oxford United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End
  • 21'Goal · Rúben RodriguesOxford United · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Sam LongOxford United
  • 60'Yellow card · Jamie CummingOxford United
  • 63'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
  • 69'Goal · Will KeanePreston North End · 1-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Siriki DembéléOxford United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Preston North End 0, draws 0, Oxford United 1.

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Duane Holmes, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Sam Greenwood, Will Keane, Emil Riis

Oxford United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jamie Cumming, Peter Kioso, Sam Long, Ciaron Brown, Greg Leigh, Will Vaulks, Cameron Brannagan, Matt Phillips, Rúben Rodrigues, Tyler Goodrham, Mark Harris