Preston vs Oxford United

Championship · Mar 6, 2026 · 20:00

Final score: Preston 1–3 Oxford United

Standings

• Preston: #14 · 60 Pts · 46 P (15W 15D 16L)
• Oxford United: #22 · 47 Pts · 46 P (11W 14D 21L)

Recent form

Preston

• L Feb 28, 2026: Preston 0–2 Millwall
• D Feb 24, 2026: Swansea 1–1 Preston
• L Feb 20, 2026: Blackburn 1–0 Preston
• D Feb 14, 2026: Preston 2–2 Watford
• W Feb 7, 2026: Preston 1–0 Portsmouth

Oxford United

• W Feb 28, 2026: Oxford United 2–1 West Brom
• L Feb 25, 2026: Stoke City 2–1 Oxford United
• D Feb 21, 2026: Middlesbrough 0–0 Oxford United
• L Feb 15, 2026: Oxford United 0–1 Sunderland
• L Feb 10, 2026: Oxford United 0–3 Norwich

Head-to-head

• 2026-03-06T20:00:00+00:00: Preston 1–3 Oxford United
• 2025-12-13T12:30:00+00:00: Oxford United 1–2 Preston
• 2025-01-04T15:00:00+00:00: Preston 1–1 Oxford United
• 2024-08-31T14:00:00+00:00: Oxford United 3–1 Preston

Match events

• 5' Goal Normal Goal — M. Helik (Oxford United) (assists: C. Brannagan)
• 12' Goal Normal Goal — M. Osmajic (Preston) (assists: B. Whiteman)
• 22' Card Yellow Card — Ciaron Brown (Oxford United)
• 45'+4 subst Substitution 1 — C. Lang (Preston) (assists: D. Jebbison)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — J. Currie (Oxford United) (assists: B. Spencer)
• 55' Goal Normal Goal — W. Lankshear (Oxford United)
• 61' Goal Normal Goal — C. Brown (Oxford United) (assists: M. Helik)
• 62' subst Substitution 2 — L. Gibson (Preston) (assists: A. Vukcevic)
• 71' subst Substitution 2 — W. Lankshear (Oxford United) (assists: N. Prelec)
• 80' subst Substitution 3 — Y. E. Konak (Oxford United) (assists: W. Vaulks)
• 80' subst Substitution 4 — S. Mills (Oxford United) (assists: C. Makosso)
• 82' subst Substitution 3 — J. Thompson (Preston) (assists: T. Small)
• 87' subst Substitution 5 — J. Donley (Oxford United) (assists: M. Harris)
• 90'+4 Card Yellow Card — Jordan Storey (Preston)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 4 — 7
• Shots off Goal: 5 — 6
• Total Shots: 13 — 15
• Blocked Shots: 4 — 2
• Shots insidebox: 9 — 9
• Shots outsidebox: 4 — 6
• Fouls: 9 — 10
• Corner Kicks: 9 — 5
• Offsides: 3 — 0
• Ball Possession: 70% — 30%
• Yellow Cards: 1 — 1
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 4 — 3
• Total passes: 483 — 209
• Passes accurate: 398 — 137
• Passes %: 82% — 66%
• expected_goals: 0.93 — 1.74
• goals_prevented: 1.03 — 1.03

Injuries

Preston

• D. Iversen — Groin Injury (Missing Fixture)

Oxford United

• B. De Keersmaecker — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• T. Goodrham — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• G. Leigh — Inactive (Missing Fixture)