Preston North End vs Southampton: Championship stats & head-to-head

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Preston North End
Southampton

1 D. Iversen

3 A. Vukčević

16 A. Hughes

6 L. Lindsay

14 J. Storey

23 A. Moran

21 A. Devine

4 B. Whiteman

44 B. Potts

9 D. Jebbison

17 L. Dobbin

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11 R. Brady

13 D. Cornell

42 O. Offiah

28 M. Osmajić

15 J. Thompson

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Championship Scores & Fixtures

Saturday 2nd May

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Coventry City	46	28	11	7	96	45	51	95	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win
2 Ipswich Town	46	23	15	8	79	47	32	84	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
3 Millwall	46	24	11	11	64	49	15	83	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
4 Southampton	46	22	14	10	81	56	25	80	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
5 Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72	47	25	80	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win
6 Hull City	46	21	10	15	70	66	4	73	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
7 Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69	65	4	71	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
8 Derby County	46	20	9	17	67	59	8	69	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win
9 Norwich City	46	19	8	19	63	56	7	65	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw
10 Birmingham City	46	17	13	16	57	56	1	64	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
11 Swansea City	46	18	10	18	56	59	-3	64	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
12 Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59	59	0	62	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
13 Sheffield United	46	18	6	22	66	66	0	60	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
14 Preston North End	46	15	15	16	55	61	-6	60	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
15 Queens Park Rangers	46	16	10	20	61	72	-11	58	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
16 Watford	46	14	15	17	53	64	-11	57	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
17 Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
18 Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49	64	-15	55	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
19 Charlton Athletic	46	13	14	19	44	57	-13	53	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
20 Blackburn Rovers	46	13	13	20	42	56	-14	52	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
21 West Bromwich Albion	46	13	14	19	48	58	-10	51	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
22 Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45	59	-14	47	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
23 Leicester City	46	12	16	18	58	68	-10	46	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
24 Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29	89	-60	0	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss

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Key

Position 1, 2: Promotion
Position 3, 4, 5, 6: Promotion Play-off
Position 22, 23, 24: Relegation

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 12 points for entering administration and 6 points for breaches of payment obligations

Breach of EFL Regulation – Leicester City deducted 6 points

Last Updated 2nd May 2026 at 14:14

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home team,Preston North End

Manager:Paul Heckingbottom

Formation:4 - 4 - 2

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home team,Preston North End

away team,Southampton

Manager:Tonda Eckert

Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1

home team,Preston North End

Manager:Paul Heckingbottom

Formation:4 - 4 - 2

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Match Officials

Referee:: Stephen Martin
Assistant Referee 1:: George Byrne
Assistant Referee 2:: Matt McGrath
Fourth Official:: Darren Drysdale

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v Sheffield United

2

3

Championship

v Ipswich Town

2

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v Birmingham City

2

1

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v Manchester City

2

1

FA Cup

v West Bromwich Albion

0

2

Championship

v Bristol City

2

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v Charlton Athletic

1

2

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v Swansea City

1

2

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v Queens Park Rangers

1

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v Blackburn Rovers

3

0

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Match Facts

After their 2-0 win in November, Preston could complete their fourth ever league double over Southampton, after 1933-34, 1963-64, and 2007-08.
Although Southampton have only won one of their last 11 league visits to Preston (D5 L5), they are unbeaten in their last two (W1 D1).
Preston have only won their final league game in three of the last 14 seasons (D4 L7), most recently against Middlesbrough in 2021-22 (4-1).
Southampton have won their final league game in seven of their last eight seasons outside of the Premier League, losing the other 3-1 to Nottingham Forest in 2008-09.
Southampton have won six of their last seven away league games (D1), including their last three in a row. The Saints haven’t won four on the bounce on the road since January 2020.

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Substitutionat 84 minutes
Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Tom Fellows.
Bookingat 81 minutes
Finn Azaz (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
Postat 79 minutes
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Odeluga Offiah.
Postat 79 minutes
Attempt blocked. Léo Scienza (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Finn Azaz.
Postat 77 minutes
Nathan Wood (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 77 minutes
Foul by Brad Potts (Preston North End).
Substitutionat 77 minutes
Substitution, Southampton. Ryan Manning replaces Welington.
Postat 76 minutes
Attempt blocked. Jordan Thompson (Preston North End) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitutionat 75 minutes
Substitution, Preston North End. Robert Brady replaces Andrew Moran.
Postat 75 minutes
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Tom Fellows.
Postat 74 minutes
Attempt saved. Léo Scienza (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by David Cornell (Preston North End). Assisted by Cyle Larin with a headed pass.
Postat 74 minutes
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Brad Potts.
Postat 73 minutes
Attempt blocked. Finn Azaz (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Welington.
Postat 72 minutes
Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Preston North End) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Whiteman.
Postat 71 minutes
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Odeluga Offiah.
Postat 70 minutes
Foul by Cyle Larin (Southampton).
Postat 70 minutes
Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitutionat 69 minutes
Substitution, Southampton. Finn Azaz replaces Cameron Archer.
Substitutionat 68 minutes
Substitution, Southampton. Cyle Larin replaces Ross Stewart.
Substitutionat 68 minutes
Substitution, Southampton. James Bree replaces Cameron Bragg.

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