Preston North End vs Southampton: Championship stats & head-to-head

Championship Table

On Friday 1st May

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Coventry City	45	27	11	7	93	45	48	92	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win
2 Ipswich Town	45	22	15	8	77	47	30	81	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
3 Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	13	80	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
4 Middlesbrough	45	22	13	10	70	45	25	79	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win
5 Southampton	45	21	14	10	79	55	24	77	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
6 Wrexham	45	19	13	13	67	63	4	70	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
7 Hull City	45	20	10	15	68	65	3	70	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
8 Derby County	45	20	9	16	66	57	9	69	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win
9 Norwich City	45	19	8	18	62	54	8	65	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw
10 Birmingham City	45	17	12	16	56	55	1	63	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
11 Swansea City	45	17	10	18	54	58	-4	61	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
12 Preston North End	45	15	15	15	54	59	-5	60	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
13 Bristol City	45	16	11	18	57	59	-2	59	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
14 Queens Park Rangers	45	16	10	19	61	70	-9	58	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
15 Sheffield United	45	17	6	22	64	65	-1	57	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
16 Watford	45	14	15	16	53	61	-8	57	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
17 Stoke City	45	15	10	20	51	54	-3	55	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
18 Portsmouth	45	14	12	19	48	63	-15	54	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
19 Charlton Athletic	45	13	14	18	43	55	-12	53	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
20 Blackburn Rovers	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
21 West Bromwich Albion	45	13	14	18	47	56	-9	51	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
22 Oxford United	45	11	14	20	45	57	-12	47	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
23 Leicester City	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	43	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
24 Sheffield Wednesday	45	1	12	32	27	88	-61	-3	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss

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Key

Position 1, 2: Promotion
Position 3, 4, 5, 6: Promotion Play-off
Position 22, 23, 24: Relegation

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 12 points for entering administration and 6 points for breaches of payment obligations

Breach of EFL Regulation – Leicester City deducted 6 points

Last Updated 29th April 2026 at 16:24

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After their 2-0 win in November, Preston could complete their fourth ever league double over Southampton, after 1933-34, 1963-64, and 2007-08.
Although Southampton have only won one of their last 11 league visits to Preston (D5 L5), they are unbeaten in their last two (W1 D1).
Preston have only won their final league game in three of the last 14 seasons (D4 L7), most recently against Middlesbrough in 2021-22 (4-1).
Southampton have won their final league game in seven of their last eight seasons outside of the Premier League, losing the other 3-1 to Nottingham Forest in 2008-09.
Southampton have won six of their last seven away league games (D1), including their last three in a row. The Saints haven’t won four on the bounce on the road since January 2020.

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