2022–23 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
2022–23 season
ManagerRyan Lowe
StadiumDeepdale
Championship12th
FA CupFourth round
EFL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ched Evans (9)

All:
Ched Evans (9)

The 2022–23 season is the 143rd season in the existence of Preston North End Football Club and the club's eighth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Cup. The season covers the period from July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Squad

As of 29 July 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1 Freddie Woodman GK (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 30 0 2022 Newcastle United Undisclosed
25 David Cornell GK (1991-03-28) 28 March 1991 1 0 2022 Peterborough United Free
38 James Pradic GK (2005-07-02) July 2, 2005 0 0 2022 Academy Trainee
Defenders
2 Álvaro Carreras LB (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 23 0 2022 Manchester United Loan
3 Greg Cunningham LB/CB (1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 163 7 2021 Cardiff City Undisclosed
5 Patrick Bauer CB (1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 96 8 2019 Charlton Athletic Free
6 Liam Lindsay CB (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 56 2 2021 Stoke City Undisclosed
14 Jordan Storey CB (1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 125 4 2018 Exeter City Undisclosed
16 Andrew Hughes CB/LB (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 161 8 2018 Peterborough United Undisclosed
22 Matthew Olosunde RB/CB (1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 2 0 2021 Rotherham United Free
23 Bambo Diaby CB (1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 15 1 2022 Free Agent Free
Midfielders
4 Benjamin Whiteman CM/AM/RM (1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 96 7 2021 Doncaster Rovers Undislosed
8 Alan Browne CM/DM/AM/RB (1995-04-15) 15 April 1995 360 41 2014 Cork City £31,000
10 Daniel Johnson AM/CM (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 321 56 2015 Aston Villa £50,000
11 Robbie Brady LM/LB/RM (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 25 0 2022 Bournemouth Free
13 Ali McCann CM/AM/DM (1999-12-04) 4 December 1999 58 3 2021 St Johnstone Undisclosed
17 Josh Onomah CM/AM (1997-04-27) 27 April 1997 0 0 2023 Fulham Free
18 Ryan Ledson CM/DM (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 135 4 2018 Oxford United Undisclosed
20 Ben Woodburn AM/LW/RW (1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 28 2 2022 Liverpool Free transfer
30 Dana Amaral CM (2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
39 Mikey O'Neill AM/CF (2004-06-08) 8 June 2004 8 0 2021 Academy Trainee
44 Brad Potts CM/RM/AM (1994-07-03) 3 July 1994 156 13 2019 Barnsley Undisclosed
Forwards
7 Liam Delap CF (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 2 0 2023 Manchester City Loan
9 Ched Evans CF (1988-12-28) 28 December 1988 66 12 2021 Fleetwood Town Undisclosed
15 Troy Parrott CF/SS/LW (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 17 2 2022 Tottenham Hotspur Loan
19 Emil Riis Jakobsen CF (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 113 28 2020 Randers Undisclosed
28 Tom Cannon CF (2002-12-28) 28 December 2002 3 0 2023 Everton Loan
Out on loan:
34 Lewis Coulton LB (2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 0 0 2021 Academy Trainee
  • All appearances and goals up to date as of 28 January 2022.

Statistics

As of 11 April 2022
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Preston North End.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup EFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ENG Freddie Woodman 46 0 43+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF  ESP Álvaro Carreras 39 0 24+12 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
3 DF  IRL Greg Cunningham 24 2 20+2 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF  ENG Ben Whiteman 37 3 34+1 3 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF  GER Patrick Bauer 5 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF  SCO Liam Lindsay 38 0 35+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW  ENG Liam Delap* 12 0 5+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF  IRL Alan Browne 38 2 30+5 1 2+0 1 0+1 0
9 FW  WAL Ched Evans 28 9 14+12 9 1+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF  JAM Daniel Johnson 36 1 24+8 1 1+1 0 1+1 0
11 MF  IRL Robbie Brady 36 0 24+10 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
13 MF  NIR Ali McCann 32 2 20+8 0 2+0 0 2+0 2
14 DF  ENG Jordan Storey 44 2 40+1 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
15 FW  IRL Troy Parrott 31 4 18+11 3 0+0 0 1+1 1
16 DF  WAL Andrew Hughes 30 2 24+4 2 2+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF  ENG Josh Onomah 10 0 2+8 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF  ENG Ryan Ledson 40 1 21+16 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW  DEN Emil Riis Jakobsen 26 5 18+6 5 0+0 0 1+1 0
20 MF  WAL Ben Woodburn 39 2 11+24 1 1+1 0 2+0 1
22 DF  USA Matthew Olosunde 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 DF  SEN Bambo Diaby 18 1 9+8 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
25 GK  WAL David Cornell 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
28 FW  IRL Tom Cannon* 18 8 16+1 8 1+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW  ENG Finlay Cross-Adair 6 1 0+4 1 0+2 0 0+0 0
31 DF  ENG Jacob Slater 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
32 MF  ENG Lewis Leigh 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
36 FW  FRA Noah Mawene 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 FW  ENG Kaedyn Kamara 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 MF  ENG Mikey O'Neill 5 0 0+3 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
44 MF  ENG Brad Potts 39 5 34+3 4 0+0 0 1+1 1
Players who left the club during the season:
24 FW  IRL Sean Maguire 10 0 4+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goals record

As of 11 April 2023
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 9 CF Ched Evans 9 0 0 9
2 28 CF Tom Cannon 8 0 0 8
3 19 CF Emil Riis Jakobsen 5 0 0 5
44 CM Brad Potts 4 0 1 5
6 15 CF Troy Parrott 3 0 1 4
7 4 CM Ben Whiteman 3 0 0 3
7 3 LB Greg Cunningham 2 0 0 2
8 CM Alan Browne 1 1 0 2
13 CM Ali McCann 0 0 2 2
14 CB Jordan Storey 2 0 0 2
16 LB Andrew Hughes 2 0 0 2
20 AM Ben Woodburn 1 0 1 2
Own Goals 1 1 0 2
14 10 AM Daniel Johnson 1 0 0 1
18 CM Ryan Ledson 1 0 0 1
23 CB Bambo Diaby 0 1 0 1
Total 43 3 5 51

Disciplinary record

As of 20 April 2023
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
       
1 6 CB Liam Lindsay 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
2 14 CB Jordan Storey 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
3 11 LM Robbie Brady 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
4 9 CF Ched Evans 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
44 LM Brad Potts 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
6 2 RB Álvaro Carreras 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
4 CM Ben Whiteman 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
8 8 CM Alan Browne 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
10 AM Daniel Johnson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
13 CM Ali McCann 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
16 LB Andrew Hughes 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
18 CM Ryan Ledson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
28 CF Tom Cannon 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
14 1 GK Freddie Woodman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
3 LB Greg Cunningham 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
20 AM Ben Woodburn 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
23 CB Bambo Diaby 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
18 7 CF Liam Delap 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
19 15 CF Troy Parrott 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 CM Josh Onomah 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total !98 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 100 2 2

Transfers

In

Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
21 June 2022 GK Freddie Woodman Newcastle United Undisclosed [1]
1 July 2022[a] GK David Cornell Peterborough United Free transfer [2]
1 July 2022 MF Kaedyn Kamara Burnley Undisclosed [3]
4 July 2022 LM Robbie Brady AFC Bournemouth Free transfer [4]
4 July 2022 LW Ben Woodburn Liverpool Free transfer [5]
31 January 2023 CM Josh Onomah Fulham Free Transfer [6]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, but he will officially join when his Peterborough United contract ends on 1 July

Out

Date Pos Player To Fee Ref
27 June 2022 CM Tom Bayliss Shrewsbury Town Released [7][8]
27 June 2022 LB Josh Earl Fleetwood Town Released [9][10]
30 June 2022 RW Tom Barkhuizen Derby County Released [11][12]
30 June 2022 CM Jack Baxter Stafford Rangers Released [11][13]
30 June 2022 CB Joe Blanchard Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 SS Izzy Brown Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 GK Declyn Duggan Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 FW Vaughn Green Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 CF Jacob Holland-Wilkinson Stoke City Released [11][14]
30 June 2022 GK Mathew Hudson Buxton Released [11][15]
30 June 2022 CB Paul Huntington Carlisle United Released [16][17]
30 June 2022 CM Levi Lewis Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 GK Oliver Lombard Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 CB Teddy Mfuni Warrington Town Released [11][18]
30 June 2022 RB Joe Rafferty Portsmouth Released [11][19]
30 June 2022 GK Connor Ripley Morecambe Released [11][20]
30 June 2022 CF Joe Rodwell-Grant Wigan Athletic Released [11][21]
30 June 2022 LW Scott Sinclair Bristol Rovers Released [11][22]
30 June 2022 CF Jamie Thomas Bamber Bridge Released [11][23]
30 June 2022 LW Ethan Walker Blackburn Rovers Released [11][24]
1 September 2022 AM Josh Harrop Northampton Town Mutual Agreement [25][26]
26 January 2023 CF Sean Maguire Coventry City Free Transfer [27]
30 January 2023 CM Adam O'Reilly Derry City Undisclosed [28]

Loans in

Date Pos Player From Until Ref
25 July 2022 CF Troy Parrott Tottenham Hotspur End of Season [29]
26 July 2022 LB Álvaro Carreras Manchester United End of Season [30]
10 January 2023 CF Thomas Cannon Everton End of Season [31]
12 January 2023 CF Liam Delap Manchester City End of Season [32]

Loans out

Date Pos Player To Until Ref
27 July 2022 LB Lewis Coulton Chester 17 November 2022[a] [33][34]
1 August 2022 FW Aaron Bennett Altrincham 31 October 2022 [35]
12 August 2022 RB Josh Seary Warrington Town 2 January 2023[b] [36][37]
7 September 2022 CB Harry Nevin Stafford Rangers 8 October 2022 [38]
11 October 2022 CB Harry Nevin Nantwich Town 1 January 2023 [39]
18 November 2022 CM Dana De Oliveira Amaral Ashton United 15 January 2023 [40]
14 January 2023 CF Mikey O'Neill Grimsby Town End of Season [41]
14 February 2023 LB Lewis Coulton Bradford (Park Avenue) End of Season [42]
16 February 2023 AM Aaron Bennett Altrincham End of Season [43]
10 March 2023 CF Finlay Cross-Adair Bamber Bridge End of Season [44]
23 March 2023 CM Dana De Oliveira Amaral Warrington Rylands End of Season [45]
14 April 2023 GK James Pradic Bamber Bridge End of Season [46]
  1. ^ On 17 November, Coulton returned to Preston.
  2. ^ On 14 November, Seary's loan at Warrington was extended until the new year.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 26 May, PNE announced their first pre-season friendlies, against Bamber Bridge and Accrington Stanley.[47] A pre-season training camp in Alicante was also confirmed by the club.[48] A home fixture against Scottish side Heart of Midlothian was later added to the schedule.[49] A fourth friendly, against Leicester City was confirmed.[50] As part of the training camp in Spain, a friendly with Getafe was announced.[51]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 July 2022 Friendly Bamber Bridge 0–3 Preston North End Bamber Bridge
15:00 BST Report Whiteman 50'
Woodburn 54'
O’Neill 68'
Stadium: The Sir Tom Finney Stadium
Attendance: 2,152
5 July 2022 Friendly Preston North End 0–1 Tranmere Rovers Euxton
14:00 BST Report Nolan 80' Stadium: Preston North End Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
12 July 2022 Friendly Getafe 2–1 Preston North End Alicante, Spain
10:45 CEST Álvarez 50', 84' Report Ledson 2' Stadium: Real Club de Golf Campoamor Resort
16 July 2022 Friendly Accrington Stanley 0–1 Preston North End Accrington
15:00 BST Report Riis Jakobsen 38' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 1,897
Referee: David Webb
20 July 2022 Friendly Preston North End 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Preston
19:45 BST Woodburn 34'
Browne 76'
Report Haring 65' (pen.) Stadium: Deepdale
Referee: Peter Bankes
23 July 2022 Friendly Preston North End 1–2 Leicester City Preston
15:00 BST McCann 49' Report Vardy 12'
Barnes 18'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 4,553
Referee: Jarred Gillett

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Championship 30 July 2022 6 May 2023 Matchday 1 11 2 7 2 3 4 −1 018.18
FA Cup TBC TBC Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
EFL Cup 9 August 2022 23 August 2022 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 050.00
Total 13 3 7 3 8 7 +1 023.08

Last updated: 1 October 2022
Source: [ Soccerway]

Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 +6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 +4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 +3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 −14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 +3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 −1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 −10 58
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[52]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
45 17 12 16 45 56  −11 63 7 7 8 20 25  −5 10 5 8 25 31  −6

Last updated: 29 April 2023.
Source: [ Soccerway]

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.[53]

30 July 2022 1 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Preston North End Wigan
15:00 BST Power  28'
Darikwa  59'
Report Browne  42'
Hughes  46'
Woodburn  76'
Evans  80'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 15,429
Referee: Bobby Madley
6 August 2022 2 Preston North End 0–0 Hull City Preston
15:00 BST Browne  90+6' Report Slater  23'
Sayyadmanesh  43'
Jones  74'
Seri  84'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 15,816
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
13 August 2022 3 Luton Town 0–1 Preston North End Luton
15:00 BST Report Potts 18'
Whiteman  39'
Woodman  77'
Hughes  80'
Storey  85'
Johnson  86'
Ledson  90+5'
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,740
Referee: Dean Whitestone
16 August 2022 4 Preston North End 0–0 Rotherham United Preston
19:45 BST Storey  90+6' Report Bramall  38'
Harding  63'
Johansson  74'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 14,479
Referee: Oliver Langford
20 August 2022 5 Preston North End 0–0 Watford Preston
15:00 BST Brady  79'
Cunningham  90+3'
Report Manaj  37'
Cathcart  83'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: Darren Bond
27 August 2022 6 Cardiff City 0–0 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 BST Report Whiteman  54'
Potts  81'
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 17,922
Referee: James Linington
31 August 2022 (2022-08-31) 7 Coventry City 0–1 Preston North End Coventry
19:45 BST Wilson  36' Report Storey  28'
Riis Jakobsen 73'
McCann  90+5'
Stadium: The Coventry Building Society Arena
Attendance: 18,913
Referee: John Busby
3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 8 Preston North End 0–1 Birmingham City Preston
15:00 BST Evans  83' Report Colin 16'
Roberts  65'
Hogan  69'
James  90+5'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 16,098
Referee: James Bell
10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) Bristol City P–P Preston North End Ashton Gate
15:00 BST Stadium: Ashton Gate
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[54]
13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 9 Preston North End 1–1 Burnley Preston
19:45 BST McCann  4'
Storey 15'
Parrott  33'
Report Harwood-Bellis 10' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 20,212
Referee: Peter Bankes
17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 10 Preston North End 0–2 Sheffield United Preston
15:00 BST Lindsay  15' Report Ndiaye 40'
Egan  73'
McBurnie 75',  76'
Norwood  90+3'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 18,412
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11 Sunderland 0–0 Preston North End Sunderland
15:00 BST Roberts  60' Report Lindsay  55' Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 41,825
Referee: Andy Woolmer
5 October 2022 (2022-10-05) 12 Preston North End 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Preston
20:00 BST Riis Jakobsen 7'
Whiteman  52'
Storey  90+4'
Report Diangana  84' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,924
Referee: Josh Smith
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 13 Norwich City 2–3 Preston North End Norwich
15:00 BST Sargent 2'
Byram  30'
Sara 76'
Report Riis Jakobsen 25' 51'
Brady  44'
Álvaro Carreras  55'
Browne  59'
Storey  64'
Parrott 80'
Johnson  90+7'
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,062
Referee: Oliver Langford
12 October 2022 (2022-10-12) 14 Bristol City 2–1 Preston North End Ashton Gate
19:45 BST Dasilva  34'
Atkinson 54' 90'
Vyner  67'
Weimann  81'
Report Lindsay  29'
Woodburn  78'
Hughes 82'
Cunningham  84'
Brady  90+6'
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 17,367
Referee: Keith Stroud
15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 15 Preston North End 0–2 Stoke City Preston
15:00 BST Hughes  14' Report Smallbone 58'
Campbell 66'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 17,498
Referee: Matt Donohue
18 October 2022 (2022-10-18) 16 Huddersfield Town 0–1 Preston North End Huddersfield
19:45 BST Kasumu  8'
Rhodes  41'
Holmes  75'
Camara  77'
Jackson  90+2'
Report Cunningham 50'
Ledson  76'
Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 18,357
Referee: Andy Woolmer
22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 17 Blackpool 4–2 Preston North End Blackpool
12:30 BST Yates 30' 81'
Patino  45+1' 68'
Hamilton 90+5'
Report Álvaro Carreras  27'
Whiteman 38' (pen.)
Storey  45'
Connolly 89' (o.g.)
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 13,632
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 18 Preston North End 2–1 Middlesbrough Preston
15:00 BST Whiteman  29'
Riis Jakobsen 35'
Lindsay  49'
Álvaro Carreras  75'
Storey 90+1'
Report Akpom 8'  90'
Hackney  24'
Howson  34'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 16,984
Referee: Gavin Ward
1 November 2022 (2022-11-01) 19 Preston North End 1–0 Swansea City Preston
19:45 GMT Potts 30'
Ledson  55'
Storey  66'
Browne  73'
McCann  90'
Report Cabango  11'
Grimes  70'
Oko-Flex  90+5'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,631
Referee: John Busby
4 November 2022 (2022-11-04) 20 Reading 1–2 Preston North End Reading
20:00 GMT Loum  56'
João 71' (pen.)
Report Brady  23'
Evans 51', 79'  81'
Ledson  77'
Potts  90+5'
Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium
Attendance: 11,777
Referee: David Webb
12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 21 Preston North End 2–4 Millwall Preston
15:00 GMT Lindsay  14'
Hughes 20'
Evans 28'
Report Flemming 4', 16', 64'
Saville  19'
Long  20'
McNamara  31'
Cresswell 72'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 15,184
Referee: Oliver Langford
10 December 2022 (2022-12-10) 22 Blackburn Rovers 1–4 Preston North End Blackburn
12:00 GMT Carter  35'
Dack 55'
Report Woodburn 16'
Evans  44', 47', 63'
Whiteman 65'
Johnson  90+3'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 17,690
Referee: Josh Smith
17 December 2022 (2022-12-17) 23 Preston North End 0–1 Queens Park Rangers Preston
15:00 GMT Lindsay  74' Report Dozzell  3'
Dykes  27'
Dunne 58'
Dieng  77'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 14,534
Referee: Oliver Langford
26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 24 Preston North End 1–2 Huddersfield Town Preston
15:00 GMT Cunningham 34',  56'
Evans  90+5'
Report Kasumu  14'
Hogg  26'
Rhodes 76'
Kesler-Hayden 85'
Holmes  90+5'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 16,982
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 25 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Preston North End West Bromwich
20:00 GMT Yokuşlu 36', 57'
Diangana  45+1'
Report Lindsay  10' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,321
Referee: Andy Woolmer
2 January 2023 (2023-01-02) 26 Stoke City 0–1 Preston North End Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT Match was delayed to 15:15, due to traffic congestion for fans Souttar  38'
Thompson  54'
Clarke  77'
Wilmot  81'
Report Hughes  30'
Woodburn  80'
Johnson  81'
Evans 90+3',  90+5'
Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
Attendance: 20,034
Referee: Leigh Doughty
14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 27 Preston North End 0–4 Norwich City Preston
15:00 GMT Cannon  59'
Brady  74'
Lindsay  76'
Ledson  79'
Report Pukki 13', 69'
Dowell 16', 28'
Sara  44'
Hanley  55'
Giannoulis  61'
Idah  88'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 11,650
Referee: Steve Martin
21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) 28 Birmingham City 1–2 Preston North End Bordesley
15:00 GMT Mejbri  32'
Chong  45+1'
Bacuna  79'
Jutkiewicz 83',  90+1'
Report Ledson 10'
Browne 15'
Brady  45'
Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium
Attendance: 16,608
Referee: Rebecca Welch
4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 29 Preston North End 1–2 Bristol City Preston
15:00 GMT Storey  33'
Evans 61'
Sykes 6'
Bell 45+3'
James  50'
Wells  63'
Cornick  70'
Scott  72'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 14,261
Referee: Leigh Doughty
11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 30 Burnley 3–0 Preston North End Burnley
15:00 GMT Tella 15', 55', 58'
Beyer  57'
Report McCann  28'
Delap  57'
Lindsay  90+2'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 21,528
Referee: Darren Bond
15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) 31 Preston North End 1–1 Luton Town Preston
19:45 GMT McCann  19'
Whiteman  50'
Parrott 81' (pen.)
Browne  87'
Report Morris 73',  82'
Nakamba  84'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,902 (498 Luton Town fans)
Referee: Josh Smith
18 February 2023 32 Hull City 0–0 Preston North End Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT Tufan  33'
Pelkas  65'
Report Diaby  76'
Álvaro Carreras  90+2'
Stadium: MKM Stadium
Attendance: 17,776
Referee: Sam Allison
25 February 2023 33 Preston North End 2–1 Wigan Athletic Preston
15:00 GMT Johnson 53' (pen.)
Cannon 57',  77'
Brady  87'  90+5'
Potts  90+9'
Report Cunningham 27' (o.g.)
Sinani  86'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 17,842 (3,721 Wigan Athletic fans)
Referee: Thomas Bramall
28 February 2023 34 Preston North End 0–0 Coventry City Preston
19:45 GMT Lindsay  61' Report Doyle  47'
Eccles  78'
Hamer  90'
Gyökeres  90+5'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,891 (946 Coventry City fans)
Referee: John Busby
5 March 2023 35 Watford 0–0 Preston North End Watford
15:00 GMT Louza  90+5' Report Evans  47'
Diaby  51'
Potts  85'
Woodman  89'
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 19,244 (1,130 PNE fans)
Referee: Gavin Ward
11 March 2023 36 Preston North End 2–0 Cardiff City Preston
15:00 GMT Storey  14'
Cannon 68',  89'
Evans 90+4'
Report McGuiness  41'
Alnwick  90+1'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 14,295 (648 Cardiff City fans)
Referee: David Webb
14 March 2023 37 Rotherham United 1–2 Preston North End Rotherham
19:45 GMT Odoffin  17', 35'
Ogbene  42'
Report Cannon 23'
Evans 45+2'
Potts  90'
Álvaro Carreras  90+4'
Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium
Attendance: 9,003 (723 PNE fans)
Referee: Steve Martin
18 March 2023 38 Middlesbrough 4–0 Preston North End Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT Akpom 22'
Steffen  50'
Archer 52', 58'
Forss  76', 90+5'
Fry  78'
Bola  90+4'
Report Hughes  45+2'
Álvaro Carreras  67'
Diaby  76'  88'
Delap  90+4'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 28,304 (1,659 PNE fans)
Referee: Matt Donohue
1 April 2023 39 Preston North End 3–1 Blackpool Preston
12:30 BST Potts 12',  15'
Lindsay  21'
Whiteman 26'
Cannon 51'
Johnson  74'
Report Connolly  76'
Patino  82'
Yates 89'
Nelson  90+2'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 18,834 (2,196 away fans)
Referee: Andre Marriner
7 April 2023 40 Queens Park Rangers 0–2 Preston North End Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST Report Cannon 59', 63'
Woodman  78'
Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium
Attendance: 14,620 (793 PNE fans)
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
10 April 2023 41 Preston North End 2–1 Reading Preston
15:00 BST Cannon 56'
Potts 90+2',  90+2'
Report Sarr  50'
Dann  64'
Ehibhatiomhan 83'
Mbengue  off pitch'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 15,092 (436 Reading fans)
Referee: John Busby
15 April 2023 42 Millwall 2–0 Preston North End Bermondsey
15:00 BST Bradshaw 14'
Cooper  65'
Flemming 72'
Report Whiteman  51'
Onomah  81'
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 16,488 (1,173 PNE fans)
Referee: Tim Robinson
19 April 2023 43 Swansea City 4–2 Preston North End Landore
19:45 BST Piroe 2', 90+4'
Allen 35'
Darling 44',  90+9'
Cabango  45+1'
Latibeaudiere  84'
Allen  off the pitch'
Report Lindsay  30'
Hughes  43'
Cannon 48',  56'
Parrott 71'
Ryan Lowe  off the pitch'
Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
Attendance: 15,433 (261 PNE fans)
Referee: Oliver Langford
22 April 2023 44 Preston North End 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Preston
17:30 BST Johnson  59'
Hyam 90+4' (o.g.)
Report Szmodics  60', 80'
Rankin-Costello  85'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 20,721 (4,932 Blackburn Rovers fans)
Referee: Robert Jones
29 April 2023 45 Sheffield United 4–1 Preston North End Sheffield
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 30,718
Referee: Stephen Martin
6 May 2023 46 Preston North End 0–3 Sunderland Preston
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 21,177 (5,714 away)
Referee: Robert Madley

FA Cup

PNE entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Huddersfield Town.[55] In the fourth round draw on 8th Jan 2020, a home tie against English giants Tottenham Hotspur to be played 28th Jan 2023.[56]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) Third round Preston North End 3–1 Huddersfield Town Preston
12:30 GMT Lees 60' (o.g.)
Diaby 73'
Browne 85'
Report Ayina  18'
Kamberi 57'
Kasumu  59'
Helik  71'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 6,799
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) Fourth round Preston North End 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur Preston
18:00 GMT Cannon  61' Report Son 50', 69'
Danjuma 87'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 21,219
Referee: Peter Bankes

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

PNE were drawn away to Huddersfield Town in the first round and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the second round.[57][58]

9 August 2022 First round Huddersfield Town 1–4 Preston North End Huddersfield
19:45 BST Rhodes 67'
Spencer  69'
Report Parrott 6'
McCann 20', 30'
Potts 51'
Woodburn  78'
Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 5,550
Referee: Ross Joyce
23 August 2022 Second round Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Preston North End Wolverhampton
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 21,946
Referee: Thomas Bramall

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