PREVIEW | Preston North End vs Bristol City - team news, lineups, predictions | OneFootball

Preston North End and Bristol City face each other this Saturday at the Deepdale for matchweek seven of the EFL Championship.

Preston North End currently have 11 points and lie in 5th position. In their last match, Paul Heckingbottom's team prevailed 0-1 against Derby County (EFL Championship 2025/26).

Bristol City have won 11 points to date and are placed in 3rd position. In their last fixture, Gerhard Struber's team suffered a 1-3 reverse against Oxford United (EFL Championship 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Ben Mead (Robins on Tour): Gerhard Struber and Bristol City were subject to their first loss of the league season on Sunday, as Oxford United came to Ashton Gate and after a first half Rob Atkinson injury, some poor defending from City and a wonderstrike from Placheta, the Yellow's went into half time 2-0 up. Anis Mehmeti got the Red's back into the game un the 53rd minute with another goal of the season contender, however Oxford were just the better side on thr day and wrapped up all three points with another goal in the 90th minute.

There's been a lot of talk off the pitch this week, regarding a possible takeover of Bristol City and Bristol Sport, however Gerhard Struber will be looking firmly ahead to Saturday, looking to bounce back from his first league defeat of the season and pick up another three points on the road at Deepdale. Last time out at Preston, City picked up all three points with a 3-1 win, thanks to an extremely controversial Yu Hirakawa goal, a brilliant Nahki Wells' finish and a fantasticly worked Max Bird goal that ended up being one of our goals of the season.

Preston have started this season off fantasticly, sitting just two places behind City, in 5th, joint on points with the Reds. So even this early in the season, a win on Saturday would be massive to push ourselves up the table and bounce back from Sunday's disappointing result.

Prediction: 1-2

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Preston North End ( vs Derby County 2025-09-20): Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson, Andrew Hughes, Pol Valentín, Alfie Devine, Thierry Small, Benjamin Whiteman, Ali McCann, Lewis Dobbin, Milutin Osmajic

Bristol City ( vs Oxford United 2025-09-21): Radek Vítek, Zak Vyner, Rob Dickie, Rob Atkinson, Mark Sykes, Jason Knight, Adam Randell, Ross McCrorie, Scott Twine, Emil Riis, Anis Mehmeti