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 England GK (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 (age 27) 30 0 2022 England Newcastle United Undisclosed
25 David Cornell Wales GK (1991-03-28) 28 March 1991 (age 33) 1 0 2022 England Peterborough United Free
38 James Pradic England GK (2005-07-02) July 2, 2005 (age 19) 0 0 2022 Academy Trainee
Defenders
2 Álvaro Carreras Spain LB (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 21) 23 0 2022 England Manchester United Loan
3 Greg Cunningham Republic of Ireland LB/CB (1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 33) 163 7 2021 Wales Cardiff City Undisclosed
5 Patrick Bauer Germany CB (1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 (age 32) 96 8 2019 England Charlton Athletic Free
6 Liam Lindsay Scotland CB (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 29) 56 2 2021 England Stoke City Undisclosed
14 Jordan Storey England CB (1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 (age 27) 125 4 2018 England Exeter City Undisclosed
16 Andrew Hughes Wales CB/LB (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32) 161 8 2018 England Peterborough United Undisclosed
22 Matthew Olosunde United States RB/CB (1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 26) 2 0 2021 England Rotherham United Free
23 Bambo Diaby Senegal CB (1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 (age 27) 15 1 2022 Free Agent Free
Midfielders
4 Benjamin Whiteman England CM/AM/RM (1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 28) 96 7 2021 England Doncaster Rovers Undislosed
8 Alan Browne Republic of Ireland CM/DM/AM/RB (1995-04-15) 15 April 1995 (age 29) 360 41 2014 Republic of Ireland Cork City £31,000
10 Daniel Johnson Jamaica AM/CM (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 32) 321 56 2015 England Aston Villa £50,000
11 Robbie Brady Republic of Ireland LM/LB/RM (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 32) 25 0 2022 England Bournemouth Free
13 Ali McCann Northern IrelandScotland CM/AM/DM (1999-12-04) 4 December 1999 (age 25) 58 3 2021 Scotland St Johnstone Undisclosed
17 Josh Onomah England CM/AM (1997-04-27) 27 April 1997 (age 27) 0 0 2023 England Fulham Free
18 Ryan Ledson England CM/DM (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 27) 135 4 2018 England Oxford United Undisclosed
20 Ben Woodburn WalesEngland AM/LW/RW (1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 (age 25) 28 2 2022 England Liverpool Free transfer
30 Dana Amaral England CM (2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 21) 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
39 Mikey O'Neill England AM/CF (2004-06-08) 8 June 2004 (age 20) 8 0 2021 Academy Trainee
44 Brad Potts England CM/RM/AM (1994-07-03) 3 July 1994 (age 30) 156 13 2019 England Barnsley Undisclosed
Forwards
7 Liam Delap England CF (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21) 2 0 2023 England Manchester City Loan
9 Ched Evans Wales CF (1988-12-28) 28 December 1988 (age 36) 66 12 2021 England Fleetwood Town Undisclosed
15 Troy Parrott Republic of Ireland CF/SS/LW (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22) 17 2 2022 England Tottenham Hotspur Loan
19 Emil Riis Jakobsen Denmark CF (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 26) 113 28 2020 Denmark Randers Undisclosed
28 Tom Cannon Republic of IrelandEngland CF (2002-12-28) 28 December 2002 (age 22) 3 0 2023 England Everton Loan
Out on loan:
34 Lewis Coulton ScotlandEngland LB (2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 21) 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 England ENG Freddie Woodman 46 0 43+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Spain ESP Álvaro Carreras 39 0 24+12 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Greg Cunningham 24 2 20+2 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF England ENG Ben Whiteman 37 3 34+1 3 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Germany GER Patrick Bauer 5 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Liam Lindsay 38 0 35+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW England ENG Liam Delap* 12 0 5+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Browne 38 2 30+5 1 2+0 1 0+1 0
9 FW Wales WAL Ched Evans 28 9 14+12 9 1+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF Jamaica JAM Daniel Johnson 36 1 24+8 1 1+1 0 1+1 0
11 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Robbie Brady 36 0 24+10 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
13 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ali McCann 32 2 20+8 0 2+0 0 2+0 2
14 DF England ENG Jordan Storey 44 2 40+1 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
15 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Troy Parrott 31 4 18+11 3 0+0 0 1+1 1
16 DF Wales WAL Andrew Hughes 30 2 24+4 2 2+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF England ENG Josh Onomah 10 0 2+8 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF England ENG Ryan Ledson 40 1 21+16 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW Denmark DEN Emil Riis Jakobsen 26 5 18+6 5 0+0 0 1+1 0
20 MF Wales WAL Ben Woodburn 39 2 11+24 1 1+1 0 2+0 1
22 DF United States USA Matthew Olosunde 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 DF Senegal SEN Bambo Diaby 18 1 9+8 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
25 GK Wales WAL David Cornell 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
28 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Tom Cannon* 18 8 16+1 8 1+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW England ENG Finlay Cross-Adair 6 1 0+4 1 0+2 0 0+0 0
31 DF England ENG Jacob Slater 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
32 MF England ENG Lewis Leigh 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
36 FW France FRA Noah Mawene 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 FW England ENG Kaedyn Kamara 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 MF England ENG Mikey O'Neill 5 0 0+3 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
44 MF England ENG Brad Potts 39 5 34+3 4 0+0 0 1+1 1
Players who left the club during the season:
24 FW Republic of Ireland 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 Wales CF Ched Evans 9 0 0 9
2 28 Republic of Ireland CF Tom Cannon 8 0 0 8
3 19 Denmark CF Emil Riis Jakobsen 5 0 0 5
44 England CM Brad Potts 4 0 1 5
6 15 Republic of Ireland CF Troy Parrott 3 0 1 4
7 4 England CM Ben Whiteman 3 0 0 3
7 3 Republic of Ireland LB Greg Cunningham 2 0 0 2
8 Republic of Ireland CM Alan Browne 1 1 0 2
13 Northern Ireland CM Ali McCann 0 0 2 2
14 England CB Jordan Storey 2 0 0 2
16 Wales LB Andrew Hughes 2 0 0 2
20 Wales AM Ben Woodburn 1 0 1 2
Own Goals 1 1 0 2
14 10 Jamaica AM Daniel Johnson 1 0 0 1
18 England CM Ryan Ledson 1 0 0 1
23 Senegal 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
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 6 Scotland CB Liam Lindsay 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
2 14 England CB Jordan Storey 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
3 11 Republic of Ireland LM Robbie Brady 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
4 9 Wales CF Ched Evans 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
44 England LM Brad Potts 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
6 2 Spain RB Álvaro Carreras 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
4 England CM Ben Whiteman 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
8 8 Republic of Ireland CM Alan Browne 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
10 Jamaica AM Daniel Johnson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
13 Northern Ireland CM Ali McCann 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
16 Wales LB Andrew Hughes 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
18 England CM Ryan Ledson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
28 Republic of Ireland CF Tom Cannon 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
14 1 England GK Freddie Woodman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
3 Republic of Ireland LB Greg Cunningham 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
20 Wales AM Ben Woodburn 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
23 Senegal CB Bambo Diaby 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
18 7 England CF Liam Delap 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
19 15 Republic of Ireland CF Troy Parrott 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 England 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 England Freddie Woodman England Newcastle United Undisclosed [1]
1 July 2022[a] GK Wales David Cornell England Peterborough United Free transfer [2]
1 July 2022 MF England Kaedyn Kamara England Burnley Undisclosed [3]
4 July 2022 LM Republic of Ireland Robbie Brady England AFC Bournemouth Free transfer [4]
4 July 2022 LW Wales Ben Woodburn England Liverpool Free transfer [5]
31 January 2023 CM England Josh Onomah England 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 England Tom Bayliss England Shrewsbury Town Released [7][8]
27 June 2022 LB England Josh Earl England Fleetwood Town Released [9][10]
30 June 2022 RW England Tom Barkhuizen England Derby County Released [11][12]
30 June 2022 CM England Jack Baxter England Stafford Rangers Released [11][13]
30 June 2022 CB England Joe Blanchard Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 SS England Izzy Brown Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 GK England Declyn Duggan Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 FW England Vaughn Green Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 CF England Jacob Holland-Wilkinson England Stoke City Released [11][14]
30 June 2022 GK England Mathew Hudson England Buxton Released [11][15]
30 June 2022 CB England Paul Huntington England Carlisle United Released [16][17]
30 June 2022 CM England Levi Lewis Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 GK England Oliver Lombard Free agency Released [11]
30 June 2022 CB England Teddy Mfuni England Warrington Town Released [11][18]
30 June 2022 RB Republic of Ireland Joe Rafferty England Portsmouth Released [11][19]
30 June 2022 GK England Connor Ripley England Morecambe Released [11][20]
30 June 2022 CF England Joe Rodwell-Grant England Wigan Athletic Released [11][21]
30 June 2022 LW England Scott Sinclair England Bristol Rovers Released [11][22]
30 June 2022 CF Wales Jamie Thomas England Bamber Bridge Released [11][23]
30 June 2022 LW England Ethan Walker England Blackburn Rovers Released [11][24]
1 September 2022 AM England Josh Harrop England Northampton Town Mutual Agreement [25][26]
26 January 2023 CF Republic of Ireland Sean Maguire England Coventry City Free Transfer [27]
30 January 2023 CM Republic of Ireland Adam O'Reilly Northern Ireland Derry City Undisclosed [28]

Loans in

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

Loans out

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

Main article: 2022–23 EFL 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 Yellow card 28'
Darikwa Yellow card 59'		 Report Browne Yellow card 42'
Hughes Yellow card 46'
Woodburn Yellow card 76'
Evans Red card 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 Yellow card 90+6' Report Slater Yellow card 23'
Sayyadmanesh Yellow card 43'
Jones Yellow card 74'
Seri Yellow card 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 Yellow card 39'
Woodman Yellow card 77'
Hughes Yellow card 80'
Storey Yellow card 85'
Johnson Yellow card 86'
Ledson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 90+6' Report Bramall Yellow card 38'
Harding Yellow card 63'
Johansson Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 14,479
Referee: Oliver Langford
20 August 2022 5 Preston North End 0–0 Watford Preston
15:00 BST Brady Yellow card 79'
Cunningham Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Manaj Yellow card 37'
Cathcart Yellow card 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 Yellow card 54'
Potts Yellow card 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 Yellow card 36' Report Storey Yellow card 28'
Riis Jakobsen 73'
McCann Yellow card 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 Yellow card 83' Report Colin 16'
Roberts Yellow card 65'
Hogan Yellow card 69'
James Yellow card 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 Yellow card 4'
Storey 15'
Parrott Yellow card 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 Yellow card 15' Report Ndiaye 40'
Egan Yellow card 73'
McBurnie 75', Yellow card 76'
Norwood Yellow card 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 Yellow card 60' Report Lindsay Yellow card 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 Yellow card 52'
Storey Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Diangana Yellow card 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 Yellow card 30'
Sara 76'		 Report Riis Jakobsen 25' 51'
Brady Yellow card 44'
Álvaro Carreras Yellow card 55'
Browne Yellow card 59'
Storey Yellow card 64'
Parrott 80'
Johnson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 34'
Atkinson 54' 90'
Vyner Yellow card 67'
Weimann Yellow card 81'		 Report Lindsay Yellow card 29'
Woodburn Yellow card 78'
Hughes 82'
Cunningham Yellow card 84'
Brady Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 8'
Rhodes Yellow card 41'
Holmes Yellow card 75'
Camara Yellow card 77'
Jackson Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Cunningham 50'
Ledson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 45+1' 68'
Hamilton 90+5'		 Report Álvaro Carreras Yellow card 27'
Whiteman 38' (pen.)
Storey Yellow card 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 Yellow card 29'
Riis Jakobsen 35'
Lindsay Yellow card 49'
Álvaro Carreras Yellow card 75'
Storey 90+1'		 Report Akpom 8' Yellow card 90'
Hackney Yellow card 24'
Howson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 55'
Storey Yellow card 66'
Browne Yellow card 73'
McCann Yellow card 90'		 Report Cabango Yellow card 11'
Grimes Yellow card 70'
Oko-Flex Yellow card 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 Yellow card 56'
João 71' (pen.)		 Report Brady Yellow card 23'
Evans 51', 79' Yellow card 81'
Ledson Yellow card 77'
Potts Yellow card 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 Yellow card 14'
Hughes 20'
Evans 28'		 Report Flemming 4', 16', 64'
Saville Yellow card 19'
Long Yellow card 20'
McNamara Yellow card 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 Yellow card 35'
Dack 55'		 Report Woodburn 16'
Evans Yellow card 44', 47', 63'
Whiteman 65'
Johnson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 74' Report Dozzell Yellow card 3'
Dykes Yellow card 27'
Dunne 58'
Dieng Yellow card 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', Yellow card 56'
Evans Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Kasumu Yellow card 14'
Hogg Yellow card 26'
Rhodes 76'
Kesler-Hayden 85'
Holmes Yellow card 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 Yellow card 45+1'		 Report Lindsay Yellow card 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 Yellow card 38'
Thompson Yellow card 54'
Clarke Yellow card 77'
Wilmot Yellow card 81'		 Report Hughes Yellow card 30'
Woodburn Yellow card 80'
Johnson Yellow card 81'
Evans 90+3', Yellow card 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 Yellow card 59'
Brady Yellow card 74'
Lindsay Yellow card 76'
Ledson Yellow card 79'		 Report Pukki 13', 69'
Dowell 16', 28'
Sara Yellow card 44'
Hanley Yellow card 55'
Giannoulis Yellow card 61'
Idah Yellow card 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 Yellow card 32'
Chong Yellow card 45+1'
Bacuna Yellow card 79'
Jutkiewicz 83', Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Ledson 10'
Browne 15'
Brady Yellow card 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 Yellow card 33'
Evans 61'		 Sykes 6'
Bell 45+3'
James Yellow card 50'
Wells Yellow card 63'
Cornick Yellow card 70'
Scott Yellow card 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 Yellow card 57'		 Report McCann Yellow card 28'
Delap Yellow card 57'
Lindsay Yellow card 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 Yellow card 19'
Whiteman Red card 50'
Parrott 81' (pen.)
Browne Yellow card 87'		 Report Morris 73', Yellow card 82'
Nakamba Yellow card 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 Yellow card 33'
Pelkas Yellow card 65'		 Report Diaby Yellow card 76'
Álvaro Carreras Yellow card 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', Yellow card 77'
Brady Yellow card 87' Yellow-red card 90+5'
Potts Yellow card 90+9'		 Report Cunningham 27' (o.g.)
Sinani Yellow card 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 Yellow card 61' Report Doyle Yellow card 47'
Eccles Yellow card 78'
Hamer Yellow card 90'
Gyökeres Yellow card 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 Yellow card 90+5' Report Evans Yellow card 47'
Diaby Yellow card 51'
Potts Yellow card 85'
Woodman Yellow card 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 Yellow card 14'
Cannon 68', Yellow card 89'
Evans 90+4'		 Report McGuiness Yellow card 41'
Alnwick Red card 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 Yellow card 17', 35'
Ogbene Yellow card 42'		 Report Cannon 23'
Evans 45+2'
Potts Yellow card 90'
Álvaro Carreras Yellow card 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 Yellow card 50'
Archer 52', 58'
Forss Yellow card 76', 90+5'
Fry Yellow card 78'
Bola Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Hughes Yellow card 45+2'
Álvaro Carreras Yellow card 67'
Diaby Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card 88'
Delap Yellow card 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', Yellow card 15'
Lindsay Yellow card 21'
Whiteman 26'
Cannon 51'
Johnson Yellow card 74'		 Report Connolly Yellow card 76'
Patino Yellow card 82'
Yates 89'
Nelson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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', Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Sarr Yellow card 50'
Dann Yellow card 64'
Ehibhatiomhan 83'
Mbengue Yellow card 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 Yellow card 65'
Flemming 72'		 Report Whiteman Yellow card 51'
Onomah Yellow card 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', Yellow card 90+9'
Cabango Yellow card 45+1'
Latibeaudiere Yellow card 84'
Allen Red card off the pitch'		 Report Lindsay Yellow card 30'
Hughes Yellow card 43'
Cannon 48', Yellow card 56'
Parrott 71'
Ryan Lowe Red card 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 Yellow card 59'
Hyam 90+4' (o.g.)		 Report Szmodics Yellow card 60', 80'
Rankin-Costello Yellow card 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

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

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 Yellow card 18'
Kamberi 57'
Kasumu Yellow card 59'
Helik Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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]

9 August 2022 First round Huddersfield Town 1–4 Preston North End Huddersfield
19:45 BST Rhodes 67'
Spencer Yellow card 69'		 Report Parrott 6'
McCann 20', 30'
Potts 51'
Woodburn Yellow card 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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