Preston have won three in six and sit fifth in the Championship table
Bristol City suffered a shock home defeat by Oxford last Sunday but remain third
Recommended bet: Draw
Preston take on Bristol City on Saturday as fifth meets third in the Championship, with the hosts looking to build on last week’s 1-0 victory at Derby to leapfrog the Robins in the table.
Bristol City, meanwhile, head to Deepdale eager to bounce back from last week’s surprise home loss to Oxford, which came on the back of two victories and ended their unbeaten start to the league campaign.
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Team news
Preston defender Lewis Gibson has been passed fit to play after having to come off against Derby last week with a neck injury. However, while Brad Potts is back in training, he is not available.
North End will assess striker Milutin Osmajic who returned to training on Thursday after spending two days in London to answer FA charges.
Bristol City midfielder Max Bird has again been ruled out with a calf injury. Rob Atkinson picked up a knee injury at Oxford and has not trained but could be passed fit for the trip to Deepdale.
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The stats
Preston have won just two of their last 13 games against Bristol City (drawing seven and losing four) with the wins coming at Deepdale in 2020/21 and 2023/24.
Bristol City are the Championship’s second top scorers so far this season with 13 goals in six games, with only Coventry having netted more (15).
Preston have won three of their last five games in the Championship, more victories than they had managed in their previous 18 league games (winning two, drawing eight and losing eight).
Bristol City and Preston are the longest-serving teams in the Championship (this is the 11th season) — along with QPR — after earning promotion together from League One back in 2015.
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Prediction
This will be an intriguing clash as Preston and Bristol City have enjoyed strong starts to the Championship campaign and are currently among the play-off places.
They may not have been part of the promotion conversation at the start of the season but getting points on the board will ensure the respective managers can plot on how to remain in the top six.
Each has only suffered one defeat this season, with Preston losing 1-0 at Portsmouth in August and Bristol City going down 3-1 at home to Oxford last time out.
The Robins have netted 13 times while North End have conceded only five, keeping two clean sheets, so it will be interesting to see whether the attackers can come out on top on Saturday.
Tied on 11 points heading into this one, North End and the Robins look evenly matched and could easily cancel each other out.
Back the draw at 21/10 with LiveScore Bet.
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