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LAST TIME OUT
PRESTON NORTH END 0 MANCHESTER CITY 3

BRISTOL CITY 0 SWANSEA CITY 0

LAST SEASON
PRESTON NORTH END 1 BRISTOL CITY 1


City arrivals during transfer window
Kalas and Massengo both for fees well over £7 million, Plamer, Nagy, DaSilva and Bentley for substantially more than a million, also picked up Rowe and Smodiczs for free.
As with Brentford a couple of weeks ago have financed these deals by selling a couple of players for big fees.

Probably the match of the day in the Championship 3rd v 4th, City have not lost in the league since the opening day of the season when coming second to Leeds however as always when it does go a bit tits up for Lee his team tends to go on lengthy runs without a win, be nice to start that on Saturday.
City have lost Afobe to a season ending injury but still have a useful goal scorer in Diedhiou, rate this lad scored on his last two appearences at the ground.
At present they have sold 500 tickets for the game,
For us Pearson, Bauer, Maguire and Hughes I would assume will be back after missing the cup game.

Match Officials: Bristol City Home

Making his first trip to Deepdale this season is a match official we have not seen for 12 months, with Andy Davies appointed as referee.

We last saw Andy in PR1 for the early season local derby with Bolton Wanderers last season; the game finishing 2-2.

That was the officials’ second-only time of taking charge at Deepdale and he’ll be making the long trip up from Hampshire for the game.

His first trip here was back in January 2018, when he was referee for a 1-1 draw with Birmingham City.

Whilst that was his first game as Deepdale, the match official has taken charge of North End games in the past, including the opening game of the 2016/17 at Reading.
This is his eighth year on the EFL lists, but only his sixth ever PNE game. He took charge of 2015/16’s goalless draw at Brighton & Hove Albion back in October 2015, having previously been the match official for a Lilywhites fixture back in 2012 at Leyton Orient.
This will be his eighth game of the new season, having issued 19 cautions and no red cards in the previous seven games, including one yellow in the other Bristol City game he has done this season, their thrilling 3-3 draw with QPR in the first round of the Carabao Cup.

He will be assisted by Darren Blunden and Michael George and the fourth official will be experienced official Andy Haines.

Mr Davies sent Pearson off for having his eyebrow bitten off by a Bolton player as you do.