West Bromwich Albion vs Preston North End 18/10/2025

West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion

The Hawthorns

18 Oct 2025, 16:00

2:1

Finished

Preston North End

Preston North End

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

10'

Nat Phillips

40'

Goal

Mikey Johnston(Toby Collyer)

2ND HALF

54'

Injured

Toby Collyer

55'

Jayson Molumby

Toby Collyer

62'

Goal

Isaac Price(Alex Mowatt)

Jordan Storey

65'

66'

Chris Mepham

Thierry Small

Injured

68'

68'

A. Heggebø

Josh Maja

Andrija Vukcevic

Daniel Jebbison

68'

M. Osmajić

Oddel Offiah

68'

H. Armstrong

Ali McCann

69'

Thierry Small

Michael Smith

69'

Alfie Devine

Mads Frökjaer-Jensen

75'

Michael Smith(Daniel Jebbison)

Goal

78'

87'

Injured

Isaac Price

87'

C. Taylor

Mikey Johnston

87'

Karlan Grant

Iling Junior

88'

O. Diakite

Isaac Price

Match statistics

49%Possession51%

424Passes Attempted437

328Completed Passes344

8Corners4

11Throw-ins17

16Shots On Target17

Line-ups

West Bromwich Albion

Formation

4-2-3-1

Joshua James

#20Griffiths

Christopher James

#2Mepham

Nathaniel Harry

#3Phillips

Callum John

#4Styles

George

#6Campbell

Alex James

#27Mowatt

Toby

#13Christopher Collyer

Isaac Jude

#21Price

Michael Andrew

#11Johnston

Samuel

#22Iling-Junior

Joshua Erowoli Orisunmihare

#9Oluwaseun Maja

Starting XI

Josh Griffiths #20
Chris Mepham #2	66'
Nat Phillips #3	10'
Callum Styles #4
G. Campbell #6
Alex Mowatt #27	🎯62'
Toby Collyer #13	54' 55' 🎯40'
Isaac Price #21	87' 88' ⚽62'
Mikey Johnston #11	87' ⚽40'
Iling Junior #22	87'
Josh Maja #9	68'

Will not play

Jed Fernley

Jed Fernley Wallace

Forward

Calf injury

Return: Early May 2026

Michael Andrew

Michael Andrew Johnston

Forward

Broken leg

Return: Out for season

Manager

West Bromwich Albion

Ryan Mason

West Bromwich Albion

Formation

4-2-3-1

Joshua James

#20Griffiths

Christopher James

#2Mepham

Nathaniel Harry

#3Phillips

Callum John

#4Styles

George

#6Campbell

Alex James

#27Mowatt

Toby

#13Christopher Collyer

Isaac Jude

#21Price

Michael Andrew

#11Johnston

Samuel

#22Iling-Junior

Joshua Erowoli Orisunmihare

#9Oluwaseun Maja

Starting XI

Josh Griffiths #20
Chris Mepham #2	66'
Nat Phillips #3	10'
Callum Styles #4
G. Campbell #6
Alex Mowatt #27	🎯62'
Toby Collyer #13	54' 55' 🎯40'
Isaac Price #21	87' 88' ⚽62'
Mikey Johnston #11	87' ⚽40'
Iling Junior #22	87'
Josh Maja #9	68'

Will not play

Jed Fernley

Jed Fernley Wallace

Forward

Calf injury

Return: Early May 2026

Michael Andrew

Michael Andrew Johnston

Forward

Broken leg

Return: Out for season

Manager

West Bromwich Albion

Ryan Mason

Preston North End

Formation

5-3-2

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Lewis Jack

#19Gibson

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Andrew

#16Hughes

Thierry

#26Small

Andrija

#3Vukcevic

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Harrison

#5Armstrong

Alfie Sean

#21Devine

Milutin

#28Osmajić

Lewis Norman

#17Dobbin

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1
Lewis Gibson #19
Jordan Storey #14	65'
A. Hughes #16
Thierry Small #26	68' 69'
Andrija Vukcevic #3	68'
Ben Whiteman #4
H. Armstrong #5	69'
Alfie Devine #21	75'
M. Osmajić #28	68'
Lewis Dobbin #17

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

23 matches

West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion

16

Wins

2

Draws

5

Wins

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2024 • 1 match

West Brom

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2023 • 1 match

Preston North End

Preston North End

West Brom

Championship2022 • 3 matches

West Brom

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

West Brom

West Brom

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2021 • 1 match

Preston North End

Preston North End

West Brom

Championship2020 • 1 match

West Brom

Preston North End

Preston North End

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:

Andrew Kitchen

Venue:

The Hawthorns

Capacity:

26 287

West Bromwich Albion 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 West Bromwich Albion and Preston North End. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.