Preston 1–3 Bristol City – England Championship, 1 Sep 2026

Match facts

Preston Bristol City

18 Shots 12

4 Shots on target 7

1.91 Expected goals (xG) 1.86

5 Corners 2

11 Fouls 14

2 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (36 league matches this season so far).

Result Preston to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.69

Expected goals 1.51 – 1.42

Home / Draw / Away

40% 25% 36%

PrestonDrawBristol City

Under / Over 2.5 goals

44% 56%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

41% 59%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

5% 0

16% 1

23% 2

22% 3

16% 4

17% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.5% 2–1 8.7% 1–2 8.1%

Statistics 2026/2027, before this match

Preston before this match, all matches

0.00points / match

0.67scored / match

2.00conceded / match

3

WonDrawnLost 3 played · 2:6

Bristol City before this match, all matches

1.33points / match

1.33scored / match

1.67conceded / match

1 1 1

WonDrawnLost 3 played · 4:5

Preston all matches all matches Bristol City

Per match

0.67 Goals scored 1.33

2.00 Goals conceded 1.67

2.67 Total goals 3.00

0.90 xG created 0.85

1.17 xG allowed 2.25

11.67 Shots 10.33

2.00 Shots on target 3.00

15.33 Shots faced 15.33

3.67 Corners 4.00

5.33 Corners against 7.67

14.33 Fouls 11.67

2.67 Yellow cards 2.00

0.00 1st-half goals scored 0.67

1.00 1st-half goals conceded 0.67

How often Full Time

0% Wins 33%

0% Draws 33%

100% Losses 33%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

67% Over 1.5 goals 100%

67% Over 2.5 goals 67%

33% Over 3.5 goals 33%

0% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

67% Both teams scored 67%

0% Clean sheets 0%

33% Failed to score 33%

How often Half Time

0% Wins 33%

33% Draws 33%

67% Losses 33%

67% Over 0.5 goals 100%

33% Over 1.5 goals 33%

0% Over 2.5 goals 0%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Preston all matches

2

D

1

D

2

1

W

2

L

1

2

L

3

2

W

1

3

L

1

2

L

1

3

L

1

L

Bristol City all matches

2

1

W

1

W

D

2

4

L

2

D

1

2

L

2

W

2

L

2

D

2

1

W

Preston before this match, at home

0.00points / match

1.00scored / match

3.00conceded / match

1

WonDrawnLost 1 played · 1:3

Bristol City before this match, away

1.00points / match

2.00scored / match

2.00conceded / match

1

WonDrawnLost 1 played · 2:2

Preston at home away Bristol City

Per match

1.00 Goals scored 2.00

3.00 Goals conceded 2.00

4.00 Total goals 4.00

0.66 xG created 1.42

1.54 xG allowed 1.97

13.00 Shots 14.00

2.00 Shots on target 6.00

16.00 Shots faced 8.00

5.00 Corners 3.00

4.00 Corners against 7.00

11.00 Fouls 12.00

4.00 Yellow cards 1.00

0.00 1st-half goals scored 1.00

1.00 1st-half goals conceded 1.00

How often Full Time

0% Wins 0%

0% Draws 100%

100% Losses 0%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

100% Over 1.5 goals 100%

100% Over 2.5 goals 100%

100% Over 3.5 goals 100%

0% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

100% Both teams scored 100%

0% Clean sheets 0%

0% Failed to score 0%

How often Half Time

0% Wins 0%

0% Draws 100%

100% Losses 0%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

0% Over 1.5 goals 100%

0% Over 2.5 goals 0%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Preston at home

3

L

1

W

2

D

2

L

1

3

L

3

1

W

1

D

2

L

1

3

L

1

3

L

Bristol City away

3

2

W

1

L

2

1

W

2

L

1

D

2

1

W

D

2

D

1

2

L

2

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
29.08.26	Charlton – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.30	3.60	2.10	1.73
22.08.26	Preston – Wolves	1–3 (0–1)	4.20	3.40	1.81	1.80	2.00
15.08.26	Bolton – Preston	2–1 (2–0)	2.15	3.30	3.30	2.00	1.85
02.05.26	Preston – Southampton	1–3 (0–1)	3.10	4.00	2.01	1.57	2.38
25.04.26	Sheffield United – Preston	2–3 (0–2)	1.57	4.50	4.33	1.67	2.20
22.04.26	Birmingham – Preston	2–1 (2–1)	1.57	3.50	4.75	1.93	1.93
18.04.26	Preston – West Brom	0–2 (0–1)	3.60	3.30	2.01	2.10	1.73
11.04.26	Charlton – Preston	1–2 (1–1)	2.05	3.30	3.50	2.10	1.73
06.04.26	Preston – QPR	1–1 (0–0)	2.32	3.30	2.82	2.10	1.73
03.04.26	Leicester – Preston	2–2 (1–2)	1.81	3.60	4.10	1.95	1.90

Bristol City all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
29.08.26	Bristol City – Portsmouth	2–1 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.30	2.10	1.73
22.08.26	Birmingham – Bristol City	2–2 (1–1)	1.71	3.75	4.33	1.80	2.00
15.08.26	Bristol City – Millwall	0–2 (0–1)	2.50	3.40	2.65	1.98	1.88
02.05.26	Bristol City – Stoke	2–0 (1–0)	1.91	3.70	3.60	1.62	2.30
25.04.26	Birmingham – Bristol City	2–1 (2–0)	1.68	3.80	4.75	1.80	2.00
21.04.26	Southampton – Bristol City	2–2 (1–1)	1.39	4.33	8.00	1.73	2.10
18.04.26	Bristol City – Norwich	2–4 (1–0)	2.57	3.40	2.50	1.91	1.91
11.04.26	QPR – Bristol City	0–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.30	3.10	1.98	1.88
06.04.26	Bristol City – Sheffield United	1–0 (1–0)	2.85	3.40	2.30	1.83	2.03
03.04.26	Charlton – Bristol City	1–2 (1–1)	2.45	3.20	2.82	2.20	1.67

Preston at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
22.08.26	Preston – Wolves	1–3 (0–1)	4.20	3.40	1.81	1.80	2.00
02.05.26	Preston – Southampton	1–3 (0–1)	3.10	4.00	2.01	1.57	2.38
18.04.26	Preston – West Brom	0–2 (0–1)	3.60	3.30	2.01	2.10	1.73
06.04.26	Preston – QPR	1–1 (0–0)	2.32	3.30	2.82	2.10	1.73
20.03.26	Preston – Stoke	3–1 (1–1)	2.45	3.25	2.75	2.10	1.73
06.03.26	Preston – Oxford	1–3 (1–1)	2.10	3.20	3.50	2.30	1.62
28.02.26	Preston – Millwall	0–2 (0–1)	3.10	3.50	2.20	2.10	1.73
14.02.26	Preston – Watford	2–2 (1–0)	3.00	3.20	2.20	2.20	1.67
07.02.26	Preston – Portsmouth	1–0 (1–0)	2.32	3.20	3.10	2.30	1.62
20.01.26	Preston – Hull	0–3 (0–2)	2.25	3.20	3.20	2.10	1.73

Bristol City away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
22.08.26	Birmingham – Bristol City	2–2 (1–1)	1.71	3.75	4.33	1.80	2.00
25.04.26	Birmingham – Bristol City	2–1 (2–0)	1.68	3.80	4.75	1.80	2.00
21.04.26	Southampton – Bristol City	2–2 (1–1)	1.39	4.33	8.00	1.73	2.10
11.04.26	QPR – Bristol City	0–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.30	3.10	1.98	1.88
03.04.26	Charlton – Bristol City	1–2 (1–1)	2.45	3.20	2.82	2.20	1.67
14.03.26	Middlesbrough – Bristol City	1–1 (0–0)	1.45	4.33	6.50	1.67	2.20
10.03.26	Leicester – Bristol City	2–0 (2–0)	2.20	3.50	3.00	1.93	1.93
24.02.26	Blackburn – Bristol City	1–2 (1–2)	2.32	3.20	3.00	2.20	1.67
21.02.26	Swansea – Bristol City	1–0 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.30	2.00	1.85
07.02.26	Hull – Bristol City	2–3 (1–2)	2.30	3.30	3.00	2.00	1.80

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

2 5 3

Preston winsDrawsBristol City wins

10matches

2.40goals / match

50%over 2.5

60%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
04.01.26E1	Bristol City – Preston	0–2 (0–1)	1.81	3.40	4.33	2.00	1.80
27.09.25E1	Preston – Bristol City	0–0 (0–0)	2.50	3.30	2.65	2.10	1.73
03.05.25E1	Bristol City – Preston	2–2 (0–1)	1.75	3.60	4.75	1.98	1.88
02.11.24E1	Preston – Bristol City	1–3 (0–1)	2.45	3.40	2.80	2.20	1.67
13.01.24E1	Preston – Bristol City	2–0 (0–0)	2.60	3.25	2.80	2.40	1.53
05.08.23E1	Bristol City – Preston	1–1 (0–0)	2.05	3.50	3.60	2.10	1.73
04.02.23E1	Preston – Bristol City	1–2 (0–2)	2.45	3.20	3.00	2.20	1.67
12.10.22E1	Bristol City – Preston	2–1 (0–0)	2.45	3.20	3.20	2.20	1.66
29.01.22E1	Preston – Bristol City	2–2 (0–1)	1.85	3.40	4.50	2.10	1.72
11.09.21E1	Bristol City – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.20	3.30	2.20	1.66

England Championship table 2026/2027, before this match

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

Promotion to Premier League
Play-off semi-finals
Play-off quarter-finals
Relegation to League One

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

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

Preston Bristol City

Under / Over goals 2026/2027, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	2	Wolves	3	0	3	3.0	1.3	2	1	0	9	4	7
2	5	Southampton	3	0	3	3.0	1.3	2	0	1	9	4	6
3	6	Middlesbrough	3	0	3	2.0	1.3	2	0	1	6	4	6
4	8	West Brom	3	0	3	2.0	1.7	2	0	1	6	5	6
5	11	Blackburn	3	0	3	1.7	1.7	1	1	1	5	5	4
6	16	Norwich	3	0	3	1.7	2.0	1	0	2	5	6	3
7	17	Portsmouth	3	0	3	1.7	2.0	1	0	2	5	6	3
8	21	Derby	3	0	3	1.0	2.3	0	1	2	3	7	1
9	22	Burnley	3	0	3	1.3	3.0	0	1	2	4	9	1
10	24	Stoke	3	0	3	1.0	3.0	0	0	3	3	9	0
11	1	Charlton	3	1	2	1.7	0.7	3	0	0	5	2	9
12	3	Swansea	3	1	2	1.7	0.3	2	1	0	5	1	7
13	4	QPR	3	1	2	1.7	0.7	2	1	0	5	2	7
14	7	Millwall	3	1	2	2.0	1.7	2	0	1	6	5	6
15	9	Birmingham	3	1	2	1.3	1.0	1	2	0	4	3	5
16	13	Bristol City	3	1	2	1.3	1.7	1	1	1	4	5	4
17	14	Cardiff	3	1	2	1.7	1.7	0	3	0	5	5	3
18	18	Lincoln	3	1	2	1.0	1.7	1	0	2	3	5	3
19	19	West Ham	3	1	2	1.3	1.7	0	2	1	4	5	2
20	23	Preston	3	1	2	0.7	2.0	0	0	3	2	6	0
21	10	Watford	3	2	1	1.3	1.0	1	2	0	4	3	5
22	12	Bolton	3	2	1	0.7	0.7	1	1	1	2	2	4
23	15	Sheffield United	3	2	1	0.7	0.7	0	3	0	2	2	3
24	20	Wrexham	3	2	1	1.0	1.3	0	2	1	3	4	2

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	2	Wolves	2	0	2	3.0	1.5	1	1	0	6	3	4
2	5	Southampton	2	0	2	4.0	1.0	2	0	0	8	2	6
3	6	Middlesbrough	2	0	2	2.5	1.0	2	0	0	5	2	6
4	11	Blackburn	2	0	2	1.5	1.5	1	0	1	3	3	3
5	16	Norwich	2	0	2	2.5	1.5	1	0	1	5	3	3
6	21	Derby	2	0	2	1.0	2.5	0	1	1	2	5	1
7	1	Charlton	2	1	1	1.5	0.5	2	0	0	3	1	6
8	7	Millwall	1	0	1	3.0	0.0	1	0	0	3	0	3
9	8	West Brom	1	0	1	3.0	1.0	1	0	0	3	1	3
10	9	Birmingham	1	0	1	2.0	2.0	0	1	0	2	2	1
11	10	Watford	2	1	1	1.5	1.0	1	1	0	3	2	4
12	12	Bolton	2	1	1	1.0	1.0	1	0	1	2	2	3
13	13	Bristol City	2	1	1	1.0	1.5	1	0	1	2	3	3
14	14	Cardiff	2	1	1	1.5	1.5	0	2	0	3	3	2
15	17	Portsmouth	1	0	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	1	1	3	0
16	18	Lincoln	1	0	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	1	1	3	0
17	19	West Ham	1	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	0	1	1	2	0
18	20	Wrexham	2	1	1	1.0	1.5	0	1	1	2	3	1
19	22	Burnley	1	0	1	2.0	2.0	0	1	0	2	2	1
20	23	Preston	1	0	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	1	1	3	0
21	24	Stoke	1	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	0	1	1	2	0
22	3	Swansea	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	1
23	4	QPR	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	1
24	15	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	1

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	3	Swansea	2	0	2	2.5	0.5	2	0	0	5	1	6
2	4	QPR	2	0	2	2.5	1.0	2	0	0	5	2	6
3	8	West Brom	2	0	2	1.5	2.0	1	0	1	3	4	3
4	17	Portsmouth	2	0	2	2.0	1.5	1	0	1	4	3	3
5	22	Burnley	2	0	2	1.0	3.5	0	0	2	2	7	0
6	24	Stoke	2	0	2	1.0	3.5	0	0	2	2	7	0
7	1	Charlton	1	0	1	2.0	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	3
8	2	Wolves	1	0	1	3.0	1.0	1	0	0	3	1	3
9	5	Southampton	1	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	0	1	1	2	0
10	6	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	0	1	1	2	0
11	7	Millwall	2	1	1	1.5	2.5	1	0	1	3	5	3
12	9	Birmingham	2	1	1	1.0	0.5	1	1	0	2	1	4
13	11	Blackburn	1	0	1	2.0	2.0	0	1	0	2	2	1
14	13	Bristol City	1	0	1	2.0	2.0	0	1	0	2	2	1
15	14	Cardiff	1	0	1	2.0	2.0	0	1	0	2	2	1
16	15	Sheffield United	2	1	1	1.0	1.0	0	2	0	2	2	2
17	16	Norwich	1	0	1	0.0	3.0	0	0	1	0	3	0
18	18	Lincoln	2	1	1	1.0	1.0	1	0	1	2	2	3
19	19	West Ham	2	1	1	1.5	1.5	0	2	0	3	3	2
20	21	Derby	1	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	0	1	1	2	0
21	23	Preston	2	1	1	0.5	1.5	0	0	2	1	3	0
22	10	Watford	1	1	0	1.0	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	1
23	12	Bolton	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	1
24	20	Wrexham	1	1	0	1.0	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	1

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.