2022–23 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End

2022–23 season
Manager	Ryan Lowe
Stadium	Deepdale
Championship	12th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Ched Evans (9) All: Ched Evans (9)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 (age 28)	30	0	2022	Newcastle United	Undisclosed
25	David Cornell		GK	(1991-03-28) 28 March 1991 (age 34)	1	0	2022	Peterborough United	Free
38	James Pradic		GK	(2005-07-02) July 2, 2005 (age 19)	0	0	2022	Academy	Trainee
Defenders
2	Álvaro Carreras		LB	(2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 22)	23	0	2022	Manchester United	Loan
3	Greg Cunningham		LB/CB	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 34)	163	7	2021	Cardiff City	Undisclosed
5	Patrick Bauer		CB	(1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 (age 32)	96	8	2019	Charlton Athletic	Free
6	Liam Lindsay		CB	(1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 29)	56	2	2021	Stoke City	Undisclosed
14	Jordan Storey		CB	(1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 (age 27)	125	4	2018	Exeter City	Undisclosed
16	Andrew Hughes		CB/LB	(1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32)	161	8	2018	Peterborough United	Undisclosed
22	Matthew Olosunde		RB/CB	(1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 27)	2	0	2021	Rotherham United	Free
23	Bambo Diaby		CB	(1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 (age 27)	15	1	2022	Free Agent	Free
Midfielders
4	Benjamin Whiteman		CM/AM/RM	(1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 28)	96	7	2021	Doncaster Rovers	Undislosed
8	Alan Browne		CM/DM/AM/RB	(1995-04-15) 15 April 1995 (age 30)	360	41	2014	Cork City	£31,000
10	Daniel Johnson		AM/CM	(1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 32)	321	56	2015	Aston Villa	£50,000
11	Robbie Brady		LM/LB/RM	(1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 33)	25	0	2022	Bournemouth	Free
13	Ali McCann		CM/AM/DM	(1999-12-04) 4 December 1999 (age 25)	58	3	2021	St Johnstone	Undisclosed
17	Josh Onomah		CM/AM	(1997-04-27) 27 April 1997 (age 27)	0	0	2023	Fulham	Free
18	Ryan Ledson		CM/DM	(1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 27)	135	4	2018	Oxford United	Undisclosed
20	Ben Woodburn		AM/LW/RW	(1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 (age 25)	28	2	2022	Liverpool	Free transfer
30	Dana Amaral		CM	(2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 21)	0	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
39	Mikey O'Neill		AM/CF	(2004-06-08) 8 June 2004 (age 20)	8	0	2021	Academy	Trainee
44	Brad Potts		CM/RM/AM	(1994-07-03) 3 July 1994 (age 30)	156	13	2019	Barnsley	Undisclosed
Forwards
7	Liam Delap		CF	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 22)	2	0	2023	Manchester City	Loan
9	Ched Evans		CF	(1988-12-28) 28 December 1988 (age 36)	66	12	2021	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed
15	Troy Parrott		CF/SS/LW	(2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 23)	17	2	2022	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan
19	Emil Riis Jakobsen		CF	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 26)	113	28	2020	Randers	Undisclosed
28	Tom Cannon		CF	(2002-12-28) 28 December 2002 (age 22)	3	0	2023	Everton	Loan
Out on loan:
34	Lewis Coulton		LB	(2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 22)	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

Bamber Bridge v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Tranmere Rovers

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)

Getafe v Preston North End

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

Accrington Stanley v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Heart of Midlothian

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

Preston North End v Leicester City

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

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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]

Wigan Athletic v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Hull City

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

Luton Town v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Rotherham United

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

Preston North End v Watford

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

Cardiff City v Preston North End

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

Coventry City v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Birmingham City

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

Bristol City v Preston North End

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]

Preston North End v Burnley

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

Preston North End v Sheffield United

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

Sunderland v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v West Bromwich Albion

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

Norwich City v Preston North End

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

Bristol City v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Stoke City

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

Huddersfield Town v Preston North End

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

Blackpool v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Middlesbrough

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

Preston North End v Swansea City

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

Reading v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Millwall

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

Blackburn Rovers v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Queens Park Rangers

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

Preston North End v Huddersfield Town

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

West Bromwich Albion v Preston North End

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

Stoke City v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Norwich City

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

Birmingham City v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Bristol City

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

Burnley v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Luton Town

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

Hull City v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Wigan Athletic

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

Preston North End v Coventry City

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

Watford v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Cardiff City

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

Rotherham United v Preston North End

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

Middlesbrough v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Blackpool

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

Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Reading

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

Millwall v Preston North End

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

Swansea City v Preston North End

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

Preston North End v Blackburn Rovers

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

Sheffield United v Preston North End

29 April 2023 45	Sheffield United	4–1	Preston North End	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Ahmedhodžić 36' Fleck 72' Ndiaye 75',  76' McBurnie 90+5',  90+6'	Report	Parrott  59' Delap 63'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 30,718 Referee: Stephen Martin

Preston North End v Sunderland

6 May 2023 46	Preston North End	0–3	Sunderland	Preston
15:00 BST	Storey  4' Ledson  84'	Report	Diallo 54' Pritchard 61' Clarke 65'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 21,177 (5,714 away) Referee: Robert Madley

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 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

Preston North End v Huddersfield Town

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

Preston North End v Tottenham Hotspur

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

Main article: 2022–23 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]

Huddersfield Town v Preston North End

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Preston North End

23 August 2022 Second round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Preston North End	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Jiménez 8' Traoré 29' Semedo  72'	Report	Cunningham  21' Woodburn 48'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 21,946 Referee: Thomas Bramall

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External links

• Official website