2019–20 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
2019–20 season
Manager	Alex Neil
Stadium	Deepdale
Championship	9th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Daniel Johnson; (12); All: ; Daniel Johnson; (12)
Highest home attendance	22,025 v Man City ; (EFL Cup)
Lowest home attendance	10,093 v Fulham ; (Championship)
Average home league attendance	13,579
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Preston North End's 140th season in existence, and their fifth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with the Championship, the club also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 22 July 2020.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	End
Goalkeepers
1	Declan Rudd	GK	Diss	29	169	0	Norwich City	1 July 2017	£966,000	2020
13	Michael Crowe	GK	Bexleyheath	24	1	0	Ipswich Town	1 July 2018	Free	2020
25	Connor Ripley	GK	Middlesbrough	27	6	0	Middlesbrough	9 January 2019	Undisclosed	2022
Defenders
2	Darnell Fisher	RB	Reading	26	102	0	Rotherham United	27 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
5	Tom Clarke	CB	Sowerby Bridge	32	247	15	Huddersfield Town	22 May 2013	Free	2020
6	Ben Davies	CB/LB	Barrow-in-Furness	24	126	2	Academy	25 January 2013	Free	2021
14	Jordan Storey	CB	Yeovil	22	44	1	Exeter City	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2022
15	Joe Rafferty	RB	Liverpool	26	38	1	Rochdale	23 January 2019	Undisclosed	2022
16	Andrew Hughes	LB	Cardiff	28	62	4	Peterborough United	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2021
21	Patrick Bauer	CB	Backnang	27	41	3	Charlton Athletic	1 July 2019	Free	2022
23	Paul Huntington	CB	Carlisle	32	281	18	Yeovil Town	22 May 2012	Free	2021
Midfielders
4	Ben Pearson	CM/DM	Oldham	25	153	2	Manchester United	11 January 2016	£115,000	2021
7	Tom Bayliss	CM	Leicester	21	5	0	Coventry City	2 August 2019	£2,000,000	2023
8	Alan Browne	CM	Cork	25	251	32	Free agent	1 January 2014	Free	2021
10	Josh Harrop	AM/CF	Stockport	24	84	12	Manchester United	3 July 2017	Undisclosed	2021
11	Daniel Johnson	AM	Kingston	27	220	43	Aston Villa	23 January 2015	£50,000	2021
12	Paul Gallagher	AM/WG	Glasgow	35	300	45	Leicester City	16 June 2015	Free	2020
18	Ryan Ledson	CM	Liverpool	22	45	0	Oxford United	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2021
30	Jack Baxter	CM	Chorley	19	0	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2019
32	Adam O'Reilly	CM		19	1	0	Ringmahon Rangers	November 2016	Undisclosed	2020
44	Brad Potts	CM	Hexham	25	46	4	Barnsley	3 January 2019	Undisclosed	2022
Forwards
9	Louis Moult	CF	Stoke-on-Trent	28	40	8	Motherwell	1 January 2018	Undisclosed	2021
20	Jayden Stockley	CF	Poole	26	52	8	Exeter City	3 January 2019	£750,000	2022
24	Sean Maguire	CF	Luton	26	96	18	Cork City	24 July 2017	Undisclosed	2021
29	Tom Barkhuizen	RW/SS	Blackpool	26	148	32	Morecambe	1 January 2017	Free	2022
31	Scott Sinclair	LW	Bath	31	18	3	Celtic	8 January 2020	Undisclosed	2022
35	David Nugent	CF	Huyton	35	132	38	Derby County	17 July 2019	Free	Undisclosed
39	Billy Bodin	RW/CF	Swindon	28	39	4	Bristol Rovers	3 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020
Out on Loan
3	Josh Earl	LB/LW	Liverpool	21	36	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2021
17	Josh Ginnelly	LW	Coventry	23	9	0	Walsall	1 January 2019	Undisclosed	2021
27	Connor Simpson	CF	Guisborough	20	1	0	Hartlepool United	11 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020
50	Kevin O'Connor	LB	Enniscorthy	23	9	0	Cork City	24 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
	Graham Burke	SS	Dublin	26	15	2	Shamrock Rovers	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2021

All appearances and goals up to date as of 22 July 2020.

Statistics

As of 22 July 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Declan Rudd	46	0	46+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Darnell Fisher	28	0	25+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Ben Pearson	37	1	37+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Tom Clarke	11	0	7+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Ben Davies	38	0	36+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Tom Bayliss	5	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
8	MF	IRL	Alan Browne	45	4	34+8	4	0+0	0	3+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Louis Moult	2	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Josh Harrop	35	8	15+16	5	1+0	1	2+1	2
11	MF	JAM	Daniel Johnson	33	12	31+1	12	0+0	0	1+0	0
12	MF	SCO	Paul Gallagher	32	6	22+10	6	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Jordan Storey	14	0	7+3	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
15	DF	IRL	Joe Rafferty	32	1	27+1	1	1+0	0	2+1	0
16	DF	WAL	Andrew Hughes	27	0	27+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Ryan Ledson	17	0	8+5	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Jayden Stockley	34	4	9+22	4	1+0	0	1+1	0
21	DF	GER	Patrick Bauer	41	3	41+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Paul Huntington	10	1	8+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
24	FW	IRL	Sean Maguire	43	5	35+8	5	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	GK	ENG	Connor Ripley	4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
29	FW	ENG	Tom Barkhuizen	44	11	32+9	9	0+0	0	3+0	2
31	FW	ENG	Scott Sinclair	18	3	11+7	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	FW	ENG	David Nugent	25	1	11+13	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
39	FW	WAL	Billy Bodin	21	3	12+7	2	1+0	1	0+1	0
44	MF	ENG	Brad Potts	35	2	14+17	2	1+0	0	3+0	0
Players out on loan:
17	MF	ENG	Josh Ginnelly	4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
33	FW	ENG	Ethan Walker	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Players who left the club:
19	MF	ENG	Andre Green	6	1	0+4	0	0+0	0	2+0	1

Goals record

As of 22 July 2020

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	11	CM	Daniel Johnson	12	0	0	12
2	29	RW	Tom Barkhuizen	9	0	2	11
3	10	AM	Josh Harrop	5	1	2	8
4	12	CM	Paul Gallagher	6	0	0	6
5	24	CF	Sean Maguire	5	0	0	5
6	8	CM	Alan Browne	4	0	0	4
6	20	CF	Jayden Stockley	4	0	0	4
8	21	CB	Patrick Bauer	3	0	0	3
	31	LW	Scott Sinclair	3	0	0	3
	39	RW	Billy Bodin	2	1	0	3
11	44	CM	Brad Potts	2	0	0	2
12	4	DM	Ben Pearson	1	0	0	1
	9	CF	Louis Moult	1	0	0	1
	15	LB	Joe Rafferty	1	0	0	1
	19	LW	Andre Green	0	0	1	1
	23	CB	Paul Huntington	0	0	1	1
	35	CF	David Nugent	1	0	0	1
	Total				57	2	6	65

Disciplinary record

As of 22 July 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	2		RB	Darnell Fisher	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
2	4		CM	Ben Pearson	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1
3	10		AM	Josh Harrop	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
3	12		AM	Paul Gallagher	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	20		CF	Jayden Stockley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	1		GK	Declan Rudd	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	8		CM	Alan Browne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	11		AM	Daniel Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	15		LB	Joe Rafferty	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
	18		CM	Ryan Ledson	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	5		CB	Tom Clarke	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	6		CB	Ben Davies	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16		LB	Andrew Hughes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	21		CB	Patrick Bauer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23		CB	Paul Huntington	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	29		RW	Tom Barkhuizen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	24		CF	Sean Maguire	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	25		GK	Connor Ripley	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	35		CF	David Nugent	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	39		RW	Billy Bodin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	44		CM	Brad Potts	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					62	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	66	0	2

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CB	Patrick Bauer	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	^[1]
17 July 2019	CF	David Nugent	Derby County	Free transfer	^[2]
2 August 2019	CM	Tom Bayliss	Coventry City	£2,000,000	^[3]
8 January 2020	LW	Scott Sinclair	Celtic	Undisclosed	^[4]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 August 2019	LW		Andre Green	Aston Villa	30 June 2020	^[5]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK	Chris Maxwell	Hibernian	22 January 2020	^[6]^[7]
31 July 2019	SS	Graham Burke	Shamrock Rovers	30 June 2020	^[8]
3 August 2019	LB	Josh Earl	Bolton Wanderers	5 January 2020	^[9]
16 August 2019	LB	Jack Armer	Lancaster City	1 January 2020	^[10]
2 September 2019	CF	Connor Simpson	Accrington Stanley	30 June 2020	^[11]
12 December 2019	CF	Ethan Walker	Altrincham	30 June 2020	^[12]
7 January 2020	LB	Kevin O'Connor	Waterford	30 June 2020	^[13]
13 January 2020	LB	Josh Earl	Ipswich Town	30 June 2020	^[14]
15 January 2020	LB	Jack Armer	Lancaster City	30 June 2020	^[15]
16 January 2020	LW	Josh Ginnelly	Bristol Rovers	30 June 2020	^[16]
21 January 2020	DM	Jack Baxter	Clitheroe	30 June 2020	^[17]
24 January 2020	CM	Adam O'Reilly	Stalybridge Celtic	30 June 2020	^[18]
24 January 2020	CF	Ethan Walker	Stalybridge Celtic	30 June 2020	^[18]
27 February 2020	GK	Michael Crowe	Bamber Bridge	30 June 2020	^[19]
28 February 2020	AM	Tyrhys Dolan	Clitheroe	30 June 2020	^[20]
28 February 2020	LB	Lincoln McFayden	Clitheroe	30 June 2020	^[20]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CB	Andy Boyle	Dundalk	Released	^[21]^[22]
1 July 2019	FW	Darren Brannigan	Free agent	Released	^[23]
1 July 2019	GK	James Cottam	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed	^[24]
1 July 2019	CF	Michael Howard	Morecambe	Released	^[21]^[25]
1 July 2019	MF	Jerome Jolly	Free agent	Released	^[23]
1 July 2019	GK	Callum Lenton	Free agent	Released	^[23]
1 July 2019	DF	Precieux Ngongo	Gretna 2008	Released	^[23]^[26]
1 July 2019	CM	Josh Pollard	Free agent	Released	^[23]
1 July 2019	LM	Ben Pringle	Gillingham	Released	^[21]^[27]
1 July 2019	MF	Lewis Simmons	Free agent	Released	^[23]
1 July 2019	LB	Tommy Spurr	Retirement	Retired	^[21]
1 July 2019	CB	Tom Stead	Chorley	Released	^[21]
1 July 2019	RB	Marnick Vermijl	MVV Maastricht	Free Transfer	^[21]
12 July 2019	LW	Callum Robinson	Sheffield United	£7,020,000	^[28]
22 January 2020	GK	Chris Maxwell	Blackpool	Mutual consent	^[7]^[29]

Pre-season

PNE announced five pre-season fixtures on 5 June 2019.^[30] A home friendly against Southampton was later confirmed^[31] and Bolton Wanderers was also added.^[32]

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) Friendly	Bamber Bridge	0–2	Preston North End	Bamber Bridge
15:00 BST		Report	Clarke 10' Moult 34'	Stadium: Sir Tom Finney Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Graham Salisbury

8 July 2019 (2019-07-08) Friendly	Cork City	0–2	Preston North End	Cork, Ireland
19:00 BST		Report	Stockley 39' Ginnelly 85'	Stadium: Turners Cross Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Friendly	AFC Fylde	0–4	Preston North End	Medlar-with-Wesham
15:00 BST		Report	Maguire 11', 16', 60' Bodin 39'	Stadium: Mill Farm Attendance: 2,109 Referee: David McNamara

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Friendly	Chorley	0–2	Preston North End	Chorley
19:00 BST		Report	Browne 61' Burke 78'	Stadium: Victory Park Attendance: 1,351 Referee: Leigh Doughty

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Preston North End	1–3	Southampton	Preston
15:00 BST	Bodin 19'	Report	Ings 11', 44' Vokins 82'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 4,767 Referee: Peter Bankes

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Preston North End	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Leyland
19:45 BST	Bauer 39'	Report	Bishop 45'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Graham Salisbury

26 July 2019 (2019-07-26) Friendly	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Preston North End	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Hunter 59'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 1,920 Referee: Peter Bankes

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Preston North End	2–1	Newcastle United	Preston
15:00 BST	Gallagher 60' (pen.), 71' (pen.)	Report	Shelvey 39'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 4,982 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Swansea City	46	18	16	12	62	53	+9	70	Qualification for Championship play-offs^[a]
7	Nottingham Forest	46	18	16	12	58	50	+8	70
8	Millwall	46	17	17	12	57	51	+6	68
9	Preston North End	46	18	12	16	59	54	+5	66
10	Derby County	46	17	13	16	62	64	−2	64
11	Blackburn Rovers	46	17	12	17	66	63	+3	63
12	Bristol City	46	17	12	17	60	65	−5	63

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[33]
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Result summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	18	12	16	59	54	+5	66	12	4	7	39	29	+10	6	8	9	20	25	−5

Last updated: 22 July 2020.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	D
Position	23	10	16	10	6	7	5	3	5	6	3	6	6	2	2	2	3	5	6	7	6	3	4	6	7	9	10	9	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	9

Updated to match(es) played on 22 July 2020. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL Championship fixtures were revealed.^[34]

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Millwall	1–0	Preston North End	Bermondsey
15:00 BST	Williams 30' Wallace 33' Smith 62'	Report	Hughes 49' Stockley 64' Browne 87'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 14,923 Referee: Steve Martin

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Preston North End	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Preston
15:00 BST	Maguire 6' Pearson 20' Moult 39' Gallagher 54'	Report	Byrne 6' Macleod 16'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,789 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Swansea City	3–2	Preston North End	Swansea
15:00 BST	Bastón 45+4', 69' Byers 63'	Report	Rafferty 11' Fisher 18' Johnson 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 15,250 Referee: Dean Whitestone

21 August 2019 (2019-08-21) 4	Preston North End	3–1	Stoke City	Preston
19:45 BST	Johnson 7' Pearson 16' Bodin 25' Harrop 65' 69' Fisher 78'	Report	McClean 78' 89' Collins 80'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,973 Referee: John Brooks
Note: Live on Sky Sports

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Preston North End	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Preston
15:00 BST	Johnson 32' (pen.), 65' (pen.)	Report	Odubajo 64' Fletcher 78' Reach 84' Fox 90+5'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,715 Referee: Robert Jones

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Preston North End	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Grabban 70' Silva 74' Adomah 79' Sow 83' Jenkinson 89'	Report	Bodin 40' Harrop 50'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,249 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 7	Preston North End	2–0	Brentford	Preston
15:00 BST	Maguire 4' Fisher 60' Barkhuizen 70' Johnson 78'	Report	Nørgaard 78'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,873 Referee: David Coote

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 8	Birmingham City	0–1	Preston North End	Bordesley
15:00 BST		Report	Maguire 23'	Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium Attendance: 20,806 Referee: Steve Martin

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 9	Preston North End	3–3	Bristol City	Preston
15:00 BST	Fisher 39' Gallagher 45+2' (pen.) Johnson 51' (pen.) Bauer 70'	Report	Moore 29' Weimann 36' 82' Baker 60'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,005 Referee: Andy Davies

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) 10	Middlesbrough	1–1	Preston North End	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Fisher 42' (o.g.) Clayton 86' Fletcher 90+5'	Report	Harrop 40' Pearson 65' Fisher 90+2'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 17,961 Referee: Darren England

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 11	Preston North End	5–1	Barnsley	Preston
15:00 BST	Johnson 31', 61' Barkhuizen 50' Pearson 63' Browne 67' Harrop 77'	Report	McGeehan 27' 43' Williams 65' Wilks 67'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,431 Referee: Gavin Ward

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 12	Reading	1–0	Preston North End	Reading
15:00 BST	Obita 8' Miazga 90+8' 90+8'	Report	Nugent 16' Pearson 90+1'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,135 Referee: Dean Whitestone

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 13	Preston North End	1–1	Leeds United	Preston
19:45 BST	Barkhuizen 74' Fisher 86'	Report	Nketiah 87'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 18,275 Referee: Kevin Friend

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 14	Preston North End	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	Preston
15:00 BST	Barkhuizen 53', 82' Johnson 65' (pen.)	Report	Rudd 1' (o.g.) Gallagher 11' 68' Dack 87'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 19,165 Referee: Stephen Martin

3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) 15	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Preston North End	Charlton
12:00 GMT	Sarr 25' Kayal 65' Bonne 90+8'	Report	Gallagher 58' (pen.) Pearson 66' Fisher 74' Stockley 80' Barkhuizen 81' Rudd 90+3'	Stadium: The Valley Referee: David Webb

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) 16	Preston North End	3–1	Huddersfield Town	Preston
15:00 GMT	Stockley 4' 62' Ledson 18' Browne 33' Fisher 45+5' Gallagher 50' (pen.) Maguire 86'	Report	Bacuna 45+5' 74' O'Brien 62'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 16,038 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 17	Derby County	1–0	Preston North End	Derby
15:00 GMT	Waghorn 33'	Report	Fisher 23' Rafferty 41'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 27,417 Referee: Tim Robinson

27 November 2019 (2019-11-27) 18	Hull City	4–0	Preston North End	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT	Bowen 30', 77' Magennis 48' (pen.) Grosicki 51' Batty 65'	Report	Gallagher 56'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 9,826 Referee: Jonathan Moss

2 December 2019 (2019-12-02) 19	Preston North End	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Preston
19:45 GMT		Report	Ajayi 50' Austin 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,015 Referee: Oliver Langford

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 20	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Preston North End	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Eze 17', 67' (pen.) Scowen 79' Osayi-Samuel 90'	Report	Rudd 66' Bodin 90+2'	Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium Attendance: 12,179 Referee: Andy Davies

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10) 21	Preston North End	2–1	Fulham	Preston
19:45 GMT	Maguire 23' Pearson 34' Rafferty 45' Nugent 52' Browne 75' Huntington 76' Potts 83'	Report	Odoi 28' Mitrović 81' Onomah 88'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,093 Referee: Keith Stroud

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 22	Preston North End	2–1	Luton Town	Preston
15:00 GMT	Gallagher 5' 5' Fisher 67' Stockley 84'	Report	Collins 43' (pen.) LuaLua 66' Berry 81' Bradley 90+6'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,083 Referee: Gavin Ward

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 23	Cardiff City	0–0	Preston North End	Cardiff
12:30 GMT	Tomlin 45+1'	Report	Gallagher 21' Clarke 35'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,625 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 24	Leeds United	1–1	Preston North End	Beeston, Leeds
17:15 BST	Phillips 73' Klich 80' Dallas 80' 89'	Report	Browne 22' Pearson 68' Huntington 72' Ledson 75' Clarke 80'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,638 Referee: Darren Bond

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 25	Preston North End	0–2	Reading	Preston
15:00 GMT		Report	Swift 12' João 16'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,680 Referee: Jarred Gillett

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 26	Preston North End	0–2	Middlesbrough	Preston
15:00 GMT		Report	Gestede 40' Fletcher 62' Clayton 64' Johnson 66'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,824 Referee: John Brooks

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 27	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Preston North End	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Armstrong 3' Lenihan 51' Travis 67'	Report	Harrop 17'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 19,963 Referee: James Linington

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 28	Preston North End	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Preston
15:00 GMT	Harrop 31' Bauer 52' Barkhuizen 62'	Report	Green 5'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,358 Referee: Dean Whitestone

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) 29	Barnsley	0–3	Preston North End	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Woodrow 83'	Report	Barkhuizen 19', 45' Johnson 34' Harrop 57'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,207 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 30	Preston North End	1–1	Swansea City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Sinclair 28' Bauer 45+3'	Report	Brewster 33' 55' Bidwell 54' Celina 71'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,502 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 31	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Preston North End	Wigan
12:30 GMT	Dunkley 57' 66'	Report	Barkhuizen 7' Johnson 48' Rudd 76' Fisher 84' Stockley 90+2'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,439 Referee: Darren England

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12) 32	Stoke City	0–2	Preston North End	Stoke-on-Trent
20:00 GMT	Allen 38' McClean 62' Batth 90'	Report	Johnson 24' Browne 58' Pearson 63' Barkhuizen 75'	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 20,418 Referee: John Brooks

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 33	Preston North End	0–1	Millwall	Preston
15:00 GMT	Johnson 50' Pearson 83' Gallagher 85'	Report	Hutchinson 78'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,468 Referee: Tony Harrington

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 34	Preston North End	2–1	Hull City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Gallagher 67' (pen.) Browne 71' Stockley 90+7'	Report	Wilks 40' Honeyman 56' Pennington 81' de Wijs 90+3'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,342 Referee: Stephen Martin

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 35	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Preston North End	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Robson-Kanu 6' Livermore 45'	Report	Fisher 64'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,150 Referee: Kevin Friend

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 36	Fulham	2–0	Preston North End	Fulham
15:00 GMT	Nugent 58' (o.g.) Kamara 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 19,020 Referee: David Webb

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 37	Preston North End	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Preston
15:00 GMT	Johnson 19' (pen.) Gallagher 44' Davies 61'	Report	Cameron 56' 67' Hall 61' Manning 78' Amos 83' Eze 84'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,378 Referee: Dean Whitestone

20 June 2020 (2020-06-20) 38	Luton Town	1–1	Preston North End	Luton
15:00 BST	Rea 50' McManaman 87'	Report	Sinclair 52'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 0 Referee: John Brooks
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[35] The match was rescheduled to 20 June.

27 June 2020 (2020-06-27) 39	Preston North End	1–3	Cardiff City	Preston
12:30 BST	Davies 67' Johnson 73'	Report	Sanderson 54' Ralls 69' Mendez-Laing 82' Smithies 90' Glatzel 90+1'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver Langford
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[35] The match was rescheduled to 27 June.

1 July 2020 (2020-07-01) 40	Preston North End	0–1	Derby County	Preston
17:00 BST		Report	Rooney 18'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarred Gillett
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[35] The match was rescheduled to 1 July.

4 July 2020 (2020-07-04) 41	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Preston North End	Huddersfield
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Bond
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[36] The match was rescheduled to 4 July.

8 July 2020 (2020-07-08) 42	Sheffield Wednesday	1–3	Preston North End	Owlerton
19:45 BST	Pelupessy 10' Murphy 58' Nuhiu 85'	Report	Sinclair 78' Stockley 87' Potts 90+6'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[36] The match was rescheduled to 8 July.

11 July 2020 (2020-07-11) 43	Preston North End	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Preston
15:00 BST	Stockley 15' Bauer 16' Hughes 49'	Report	Grabban 5' (pen.)	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[36] The match was rescheduled to 11 July.

15 July 2020 (2020-07-15) 44	Brentford	1–0	Preston North End	Brentford
17:00 BST	Watkins 4', 90+3' Benrahma 63'	Report	Rafferty 53'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[36] The match was rescheduled to 15 July.

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18) 45	Preston North End	2–0	Birmingham City	Preston
15:00 BST	Harrop 21' Bauer 43' Gallagher 52' Potts 87'	Report	Šunjić 28' Bellingham 67'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 0 Referee: Steve Martin
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[36] The match was rescheduled to 18 July.

22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) 46	Bristol City	1–1	Preston North End	Ashton Gate
19:30 BST	Diédhiou 48'	Report	Maguire 16'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Woolmer
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[36] The match was rescheduled to 22 July.

FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[37]

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Third round	Preston North End	2–4	Norwich City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Bodin 48' Harrop 84'	Report	Idah 2', 38', 61' (pen.) Hernández 28'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 7,616 Referee: Martin Atkinson

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[38] The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.^[39] The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.^[40]

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Bradford City	0–4	Preston North End	Bradford
19:45 BST		report	Green 13' Barkhuizen 19', 53' Harrop 71'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,456 Referee: Matt Donohue

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) Second round	Preston North End	2–2 (5–4 p)	Hull City	Preston
19:45 BST	Huntington 20' Harrop 26'	Report	Magennis 34' (pen.) Bowen 90+5'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 6,093 Referee: David Webb
	Penalties
	Harrop Ledson Stockley Bodin Browne		Magennis Eaves Toral Lopes Stewart

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24) Third round	Preston North End	0–3	Manchester City	Preston
19:45 BST	Harrop 51'	Report	Sterling 19' Gabriel Jesus 35' Ledson 42' (o.g.)	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 22,025 Referee: Lee Mason

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