Championship: Preston North End and Bristol City draw 2-2 on Saturday
PRESTON. Preston North End manages to recover against Bristol City with a goal on the C. Martin 12' and a goal on the A. Semenyo 81'.
PRESTON. Preston North End manages to recover against Bristol City with a goal on the C. Martin 12′ and a goal on the A. Semenyo 81′. Preston North End couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (58%)
The match was played at the Deepdale stadium in Preston on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was John Busby with the help of Matthew Jones and Geoffrey Liddle. The 4th official was Anthony Backhouse. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 8.2 degrees Celsius or 46.8 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 74%.
Match Statistics
Preston North End was in firm control of the ball 58% while Bristol City was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Bristol City was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Bristol City to win the match.
Preston North End shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Bristol City shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Preston North End. On the other side, No yellow cards were issued to Bristol City.
After this match, Preston North End will have 36 points like Sheffield United and Blackpool to stay in the 13th place. On the other side, Bristol City will have 33 points like Millwall to stay in the 16th place.
Match Events
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12'12'
C. Martin
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46'46'
A. McCann
R. Ledson
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46'46'
J. Earl
G. Cunningham
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52'52'
E. Riis
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64'64'
J. Williams
C. O\'Dowda
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79'79'
C. Evans
C. Archer
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81'81'
A. Semenyo
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82'82'
R. Cundy
J. Dasilva
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85'85'
Z. Vyner
A. Scott
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90'90'
E. Riis
Next match
In the upcoming Championship match, Preston North End will play away against Millwall on the 1st of February with a 6-4 head to head stats in favor of Millwall (3 draws).
Bristol City will play away against Blackpool on the 5th of February with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Bristol City (6 draws).
Preston North End: Formation and Lineups
Preston North End started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Ryan Lowe chose to play with the following team: Daniel Iversen , Sepp van den Berg , Patrick Bauer , Andrew Hughes , Brad Potts , Ryan Ledson , Benjamin Whiteman , Greg Cunningham , Alan Browne , Emil Riis and Cameron Archer .
Substitutes
Preston North End made 3 changes: R. Ledson for A. McCann (46′), G. Cunningham for J. Earl (46′) and C. Archer for C. Evans (79′).
Top player: Sepp van den Berg
Probably the most impressive player in Preston North End was Sepp van den Berg.
His rating is with 50 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 13 duels out of 14.
Bristol City: Formation and Lineups
Bristol City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the other side, Nigel Pearson played with: Max O’Leary , Tomáš Kalas , Timm Klose , Cameron Pring , Jay Dasilva , Han-Noah Massengo , Alex Scott , Callum O’Dowda , Andreas Weimann , Antoine Semenyo and Chris Martin .
Substitutes
Bristol City made 3 changes: C. O’Dowda for J. Williams (64′), J. Dasilva for R. Cundy (82′) and A. Scott for Z. Vyner (85′).
Top player: Han-Noah Massengo
The player who no doubt impressed Bristol City the most was Han-Noah Massengo.
His rating is with 40 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 16.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship
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