Preston North End 1 v 0 Southampton
EFL Championship
Saturday, 7th November 2026 Kick-off 15:00

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Lee Nicholls	8.3
Odeluga Offiah	6.9
Liam Lindsay	6.9
Andrew Hughes	6.9
Stanley Mills	6.5
Andrew Moran	7.4
Jordan Thompson	6.9
Andrija Vukčević	6.7
Alfie Devine	6.6
Callum Lang	6.5
Thierry Small	7.2

Delano Burgzorg	5.9
Greg Docherty	5.7
Jordan Storey	5.7
Caleb Wiley	5.7
Eddie Nolan	6.1

6.2	Daniel Peretz
5.2	James Bree
4.8	Jack Stephens
5.4	Keven Schlotterbeck
5.8	Damascena Santos Welington
5.1	Flynn Downes
5.0	James Ward-Prowse
4.9	Kuryu Matsuki
5.8	Finn Azaz
4.8	Leo Scienza
3.9	Lewis Dobbin

4.7	Ryan Manning
3.3	Divin Mubama
4.0	Samuel Edozie
6.0	Zach Abbott

Referee	4.1
Match Rating	3.5

Your Preston North End v Southampton Match Reports

NewburySaint added 21:17 - Nov 7

What the hell was that 1st half - they looked like they couldn’t be ar**d.

Note to Tonda: stop playing Dobbin as a centre forward when Larin is out - it should be Mubama or AN other….

deanosfc8 added 21:53 - Nov 7

With no Larin and Dobbin liken to play off a front man, why could we not play 442. Take your pick with the 4 at the back. 4 across the middle.. Scienza and Masuki wide with JWP holding, Azaz playing in front. Dobbin then plays off the shoulder of Mubama. Today, we had Dobbin playing as a 9. It doesn’t work. We tried it with Adam Armstrong and with Archer, it doesn’t work. All to small and weak. Yet we keep doing it.

YosemiteSaint added 06:30 - Nov 8

Strange game. Tactics clearly weren't working—but they're only ever as good as the back line can defend, and once Schlotterbeck put 110% into injuring himself we became a Jack-Stephens-led defense, which tends not to work out so well. This time a second-half push wasn't enough to save us. We have to get out of the starting blocks much more quickly.