Derby County vs Preston North End 20/09/2025

Derby County

Pride Park Stadium

20 Sep 2025, 16:00

0:1

Finished

Preston North End

Preston North End

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

Alfie Devine(Lewis Dobbin)

Goal

29'

2ND HALF

46'

P. Agyemang

C. Elder

55'

Dion Sanderson

66'

A. Weimann

Bobby Clark

Lewis Dobbin

H. Armstrong

67'

Daniel Iversen

72'

M. Osmajić

Daniel Jebbison

74'

Thierry Small

L. Lindsay

74'

75'

Ebou Adams

Lewis Gibson

Injured

84'

Lewis Gibson

Andrija Vukcevic

85'

Alfie Devine

Michael Smith

85'

87'

Joe Ward

Ben Brereton

87'

L. Salvesen

Ebou Adams

Michael Smith

96'

Match statistics

47%Possession53%

409Passes Attempted461

320Completed Passes359

3Corners4

29Throw-ins23

7Shots On Target10

Line-ups

Derby County

Formation

3-4-2-1

Jacob Mikael

#1Widell Zetterström

Matthew Edward

#5Barkell Clarke

Craig

#3Forsyth

Dion Dannie

#28Leonard Sanderson

Ebrima

#32Adams

Lewis

#27Travis

Max

#22Johnston

Callum Roddie

#20Elder

Bobby

#42Clark

Benjamin Anthony

#25Brereton Díaz

Carlton

#9Morris

Starting XI

J. Widell #1
Matt Clarke #5
C. Forsyth #3
Dion Sanderson #28	55'
Ebou Adams #32	87' 75'
Lewis Travis #27
M. Johnston #22
C. Elder #20	46'
Bobby Clark #42	66'
Ben Brereton #25	87'
Carlton Morris #9

Will not play

Dion Dannie

Dion Dannie Leonard Sanderson

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Doubtful

Bobby

Bobby Clark

Midfielder

Physical discomfort

Return: Doubtful

Patrick

Patrick Agyemang

Forward

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Out for season

Manager

Derby County

John Eustace

Derby County

Formation

3-4-2-1

Jacob Mikael

#1Widell Zetterström

Matthew Edward

#5Barkell Clarke

Craig

#3Forsyth

Dion Dannie

#28Leonard Sanderson

Ebrima

#32Adams

Lewis

#27Travis

Max

#22Johnston

Callum Roddie

#20Elder

Bobby

#42Clark

Benjamin Anthony

#25Brereton Díaz

Carlton

#9Morris

Starting XI

J. Widell #1
Matt Clarke #5
C. Forsyth #3
Dion Sanderson #28	55'
Ebou Adams #32	87' 75'
Lewis Travis #27
M. Johnston #22
C. Elder #20	46'
Bobby Clark #42	66'
Ben Brereton #25	87'
Carlton Morris #9

Will not play

Dion Dannie

Dion Dannie Leonard Sanderson

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Doubtful

Bobby

Bobby Clark

Midfielder

Physical discomfort

Return: Doubtful

Patrick

Patrick Agyemang

Forward

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Out for season

Manager

Derby County

John Eustace

Preston North End

Formation

3-5-2 C

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Lewis Jack

#19Gibson

Andrew

#16Hughes

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Alistair Edward

#8McCann

Alfie Sean

#21Devine

Thierry

#26Small

Pol

#2Valentín Sancho

Lewis Norman

#17Dobbin

Milutin

#28Osmajić

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1	72'
Lewis Gibson #19	84' 85'
A. Hughes #16
Jordan Storey #14
Ben Whiteman #4
Ali McCann #8
Alfie Devine #21	85' ⚽29'
Thierry Small #26	74'
Pol Valentín #2
Lewis Dobbin #17	67' 🎯29'
M. Osmajić #28	74'

Will not play

Jamal

Jamal Piaras Lewis

Defender

Thigh injury

Return: Out for season

Callum Joseph

Callum Joseph Lang

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: Early May 2026

Alistair Edward

Alistair Edward McCann

Midfielder

Ankle injury

Return: Early May 2026

Manager

Preston North End

Paul Heckingbottom

Head-to-head

33 matches

Derby County

Derby County

13

Wins

9

Draws

11

Wins

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2022 • 1 match

Derby County

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2021 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Derby County

Preston North End

Preston North End

Derby County

Championship2020 • 2 matches

Derby County

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Derby County

EFL Cup2020 • 1 match

Derby County

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2019 • 2 matches

Derby County

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Derby County

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	42	25	10	7	84:42	+42	85	LWWDD
2	Ipswich Town	41	21	12	8	71:42	+29	75	WDWWL
3	Millwall	42	21	10	11	56:47	+9	73	LDWLD
4	Southampton	42	20	12	10	73:50	+23	72	WWWWW
5	Middlesbrough	42	20	12	10	62:42	+20	72	DDLDL
6	Hull City	42	20	8	14	64:60	+4	68	LWDDL
7	Wrexham AFC	42	17	13	12	63:60	+3	64	LWDLL
8	Derby County	42	18	9	15	61:53	+8	63	WWLWL
9	Norwich City	42	17	7	18	55:50	+5	58	LWDWL
10	Bristol City	42	16	10	16	52:51	+1	58	DLWWD
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	58:63	-5	58	WWWDD
12	Watford	42	14	15	13	52:51	+1	57	WDLDL
13	Preston North End	42	14	15	13	50:53	-3	57	LWDDW
14	Swansea City	42	16	9	17	50:54	-4	57	LLDDW
15	Birmingham City	42	15	11	16	51:52	-1	56	DLLLW
16	Stoke City	42	15	10	17	49:46	+3	55	WLWLD
17	Sheffield Utd	42	16	6	20	59:59	0	54	DLDLW
18	Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17	39:51	-12	49	DLLDL
19	Portsmouth	42	12	12	18	43:57	-14	48	LDDWW
20	Blackburn Rovers	43	12	12	19	38:53	-15	48	DWDDL
21	West Brom	42	11	13	18	42:56	-14	46	WWDDD
22	Oxford United	42	10	14	18	41:54	-13	44	DLDDW
23	Leicester	42	11	14	17	54:64	-10	41	LDDDL
24	Sheffield Wed	42	1	11	30	25:82	-57	-4	LLLDD

Promotion

Playoff

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

Lewis Smith

Venue:

Pride Park Stadium

Capacity:

44 000

Derby County vs Preston North End match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Derby County and Preston North End. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.