Bristol City 2-1 Preston: Robins climb after toppling Preston

Bristol City’s 2-1 win over Preston North End on Wednesday, was hard fought at the Ashton Gate. Bristol were hoping to get something from this game after losing their last match 3-0 to Birmingham City. North End were hoping to continue their winning streak after back-to-back victories against Norwich City and West Bromwich Albion. Bristol are now in 11th place on the table and have 18 points while North End sit in 8th with 19 points after 9 matches.

Following a goalless first half, whatever was said in the dressing room at half time, seemed to have a positive effect on Bristol who started the second half strongly, with a goal from Robert Atkinson, 54 minutes in. However, their lead didn’t last for long, Andrew Hughes producing an equaliser in the 82nd minute, bringing North End level. The Robins in turn, then responded just before the final whistle increasing their lead with a 2nd effort from Robert Atkinson, leaving the final score at 2-1.

Substitutions for Bristol included Nahki Wells and Chris Martin for Tommy Conway and Mark Sykes, respectively. North End replaced Daniel Johnson, Sean Maguire, Alvaro Fernandez, Ali McCann and Ben Whiteman for Benjamin Woodburn, Ryan Ledson, Alan Browne, Ched Evans and Bambo Diaby.

There were bookings for Jay Dasilva, Zak Vyner and Andreas Weimann from Bristol, and Liam Lindsay, Benjamin Woodburn, Gregory Cunningham and Robbie Brady, for North End.

Bristol next face Millwall while North End are at home to Stoke City.