Match Centre: Preston North End vs Bristol City
Player of the match Léo Leroy 7.8
GolVolt rating 6.6GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 4' Twine, 0:1-
13 → 5
Bristol City climb 8 places in the table. Preston North End stay in place 23.
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3 of 7
Bristol City turned that many shots on target into goals, from an xG of 1.1.
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36% → 81%
Bristol City: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 84.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 0:1, from 36% to 60% (Bristol City).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+4' · 1:3Preston North End 2%draw 17%Bristol City 81%
90+4' · 1:3xG Preston North End 1.84xG Bristol City 1.07
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 84′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 84′.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 7.3 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Eissat scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 4.0 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 3.8 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 7.3 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 6.6more watchable than 66% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
4 goals2 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 4' Goal: Scott Twineright foot · assist: Tolaj0:1
- 9' Jordan Thompsonyellow card · foul
- Half-time · 0:1
- 51' Goal: Caleb Wileyleft foot1:1
- 59' 3 substitutionsPring for EileWallace for HirakawaYah for Randell
- 66' SubstitutionVukcevic for Wiley
- 67' SubstitutionLang for Erabi
- 69' SubstitutionBallard for Greenwood
- 79' Goal: Lisav Naif Eissatheader · assist: Cardines1:2
- 82' SubstitutionMoran for Devine
- 83' Liam Lindsayyellow card · foul
- 84' SubstitutionWilliams for Tolaj
- 86' Goal: Dom Ballardright foot1:3
- 90' SubstitutionSmall for Mills
- Full-time · 1:3
Match stats
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Discipline
Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Preston North End
Bristol City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Preston North End
- 21 Lee Nicholls GK —
- 2 Pol Valentín DEF —
- 3 Andrija Vukcevic DEF on
- 11 Thierry Small DEF on
- 14 Jordan Storey DEF —
- 24 Odeluga Offiah DEF —
- 23 Andrew Moran MID on
- 10 Callum Lang ATT on
- 30 George Gryba ATT —
Bristol City
- 40 Brad Collins GK —
- 3 Cameron Pring DEF on
- 8 Joe Williams MID on
- 14 Tomi Horvat MID —
- 17 Jed Wallace MID on
- 27 Gibson Yah MID on
- 11 Sam Bell ATT —
- 23 Dom Ballard ATT on
- 45 Elijah Adebayo ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Deepdale, Preston
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Preston North End Léo Leroy
- 2. place · Bristol City Lisav Naif Eissat
- 3. place · Bristol City Scott Twine
Preston North End
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Preston North End · 1 out
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Theo Carroll Injured
since 31 Jan · return date unknown · 27 matches missed · Ankle Injury
Bristol City · 1 out
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Luke McNally Injured
since 9 Feb 2025 · return date unknown · 79 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Injury
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.