Southampton 0-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 November 2025

Result

Southampton 0-2 Preston North End

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

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Southampton 0-2 Preston North End: match report

Southampton lost to Preston North End 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 1 November 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Lewis Dobbin opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Southampton did not score. Preston North End scored through Lewis Dobbin (38') and Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen (90+4').

Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 21st on 12 points from 12 and Preston North End 8th on 19 points from 12. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

Southampton lined up in a 3-4-3 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Lindsay of Preston North End (7.7), ahead of Alfie Devine (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southampton wins, 4 draws and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Lewis DobbinPreston North End · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Harrison ArmstrongPreston North End
  • 66'Yellow card · Thierry SmallPreston North End
  • 67'Yellow card · Ryan ManningSouthampton
  • 83'Yellow card · Odeluga OffiahPreston North End
  • 90+4'Goal · Mads Frøkjaer-JensenPreston North End · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 3, draws 4, Preston North End 3.

Team news

Southampton line-up (3-4-3)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Ronnie Edwards, Nathan Wood, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Mads Roerslev, Flynn Downes, Caspar Jander, Ryan Manning, Finn Azaz, Adam Armstrong, Léo Scienza

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, O. Offiah, Alfie Devine, Ben Whiteman, Harrison Armstrong, Thierry Small, Lewis Dobbin, Milutin Osmajic