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Bristol City

8th · 4-1-3 · 13 pts · -1

YES!

Bristol City beat Preston North End

2-1-1 3 – 1

0-0-4

FT · Tue, Sep 1

Match Details

Deepdale (Preston) · 13,028 fans

Commentary

·Match ends, Preston North End 1, Bristol City 3.
90'+5'Second Half ends, Preston North End 1, Bristol City 3.
90'+4'Attempt missed. Gibson Yah (Bristol City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a fast break.
90'+2'Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Joe Williams.
90'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'Substitution, Preston North End. Thierry Small replaces Stanley Mills.
89'Foul by Stanley Mills (Preston North End).
89'Scott Twine (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86'Goal! Preston North End 1, Bristol City 3. Dom Ballard (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
84'Substitution, Bristol City. Joe Williams replaces Lorent Tolaj.
84'Foul by Lisav Eissat (Bristol City).
84'Harry Clarke (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Line Score

	1	2	T
BRC	1	2	3
PNE	0	1	1

Match Leaders

Bristol City

ST Scott Twine · 1Goals
LT Lorent Tolaj · 4Total Shots
ST Sam Tickle · 3Saves
RC Rio Cardines · 20Defensive Interventions
LE Lisav Eissat · 52Accurate Passes

Preston North End

CW Caleb Wiley · 1Goals
LL Leo Leroy · 5Total Shots
DI Daniel Iversen · 4Saves
LL Liam Lindsay · 17Defensive Interventions
LG Lewis Gibson · 48Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026-27 English League Championship

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Swansea	8	5	2	1	+7	17
2	West Ham	8	4	3	1	+11	15
3	Boro	8	4	3	1	+4	15
4	Wolves	7	4	2	1	+5	14
5	West Brom	8	4	2	2	+2	14
6	QPR	8	3	4	1	+3	13
7	Stoke	8	4	1	3	+1	13
8	Bristol City	8	4	1	3	-1	13
9	Charlton	8	3	3	2	-3	12
10	Birmingham	8	2	5	1	+1	11
11	Millwall	8	3	2	3	0	11
12	Lincoln City	8	3	2	3	-1	11
13	Southampton	8	4	2	2	+9	10
14	Wrexham	8	2	4	2	-3	10
15	Bolton	8	3	1	4	-4	10
16	Blackburn	8	2	3	3	0	9
17	Norwich City	8	3	0	5	-1	9
18	Sheffield Utd	8	2	3	3	-2	9
19	Portsmouth	7	2	2	3	-1	8
20	Watford	8	2	2	4	-3	8
21	Cardiff	8	1	4	3	-2	7
22	Derby	8	1	2	5	-7	5
23	Preston	8	1	1	6	-7	4
24	Burnley	8	0	4	4	-8	4

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Key Events

90'Substitution, Preston North End. Thierry Small replaces Stanley Mills.

86'Goal! Preston North End 1, Bristol City 3. Dom Ballard (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

84'Substitution, Bristol City. Joe Williams replaces Lorent Tolaj.

83'Liam Lindsay (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

82'Substitution, Preston North End. Andrew Moran replaces Alfie Devine.

79'Goal! Preston North End 1, Bristol City 2. Lisav Eissat (Bristol City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rio Cardines following a set piece situation.

69'Substitution, Bristol City. Dom Ballard replaces Sam Greenwood.

67'Substitution, Preston North End. Callum Lang replaces Jusef Erabi.

66'Substitution, Preston North End. Andrija Vukcevic replaces Caleb Wiley.

59'Substitution, Bristol City. Cameron Pring replaces Noah Eile.

59'Substitution, Bristol City. Jed Wallace replaces Yu Hirakawa.

59'Substitution, Bristol City. Gibson Yah replaces Adam Randell.

51'Goal! Preston North End 1, Bristol City 1. Caleb Wiley (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.

9'Jordan Thompson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

4'Goal! Preston North End 0, Bristol City 1. Scott Twine (Bristol City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorent Tolaj.