2018–19 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
2018–19 season
Manager	Alex Neil
Stadium	Deepdale
Championship	14th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Browne; Callum Robinson (12); All: Callum Robinson (13)
Highest home attendance	19,912 vs. Blackburn; (24 November 2018, League)
Lowest home attendance	League: 10,849 vs. Reading; (15 September 2018); All: 5,095 vs. Middlesbrough; (25 Sep 2018, EFL Cup R3)
Average home league attendance	14,160
Biggest win	4–0 vs. Wigan Athletic; (6 October 2018, League)
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs. Leeds United; (18 September 2018, League)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season is Preston North End's 139th season in existence, and their fourth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with the Championship, the club will also compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Season review

Pre-season

Paul Huntington, the club's longest-serving current player since he arrived from Yeovil Town in July 2012, signed a new three-year contract. He made 46 appearances last season. Other new contracts were signed during the summer by Alan Browne, Tom Clarke, Darnell Fisher, Paul Gallagher and Sean Maguire.^[1]^[2]

Striker Eoin Doyle transferred to Bradford City on 1 August for an undisclosed fee and signed a two-year contract.^[3] On the same day, Preston announced that Billy Bodin had a knee ligament injury and would be out of action for up to six months. Sean Maguire, who had recently renewed his contract, was out for "the first few weeks of the season" with a hamstring injury.^[4]

August

Preston signed two forwards on season-long loans from Manchester City. They are Lukas Nmecha, who is an England U-21 striker, and Brandon Barker, an England U-20 winger.^[5]^[6] Both made their debuts in the club's second EFL Championship match, away to Swansea City on 11 August.

Daryl Horgan transferred to Hibernian on 10 August for an undisclosed fee and signed a three-year contract.^[7] Horgan had appeared a substitute in the opening match against QPR.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	End
Goalkeepers
1	Declan Rudd	GK	Diss	33	123	0	Norwich City	1 July 2017	£966,000	2020
13	Michael Crowe	GK	Bexleyheath	28	1	0	Ipswich Town	1 July 2018	Free	2020
25	Connor Ripley	GK	Middlesbrough	31	2	0	Middlesbrough	9 January 2019	Undisclosed	2022
Defenders
2	Darnell Fisher	RB	Reading	30	73	0	Rotherham United	27 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
3	Josh Earl	LB/LW	Liverpool	26	36	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2021
5	Tom Clarke	CB	Sowerby Bridge	36	236	15	Huddersfield Town	22 May 2013	Free	2020
6	Ben Davies	CB/LB	Barrow-in-Furness	29	88	2	Academy	25 January 2013	Free	2021
14	Jordan Storey	CB	Yeovil	27	31	1	Exeter City	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2022
15	Joe Rafferty	RB	Liverpool	31	5	0	Rochdale	23 January 2019	Undisclosed	2022
16	Andrew Hughes	LB	Cardiff	32	34	4	Peterborough United	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2021
23	Paul Huntington	CB	Carlisle	37	271	17	Yeovil Town	22 May 2012	Free	2021
31	Tom Stead	DF		24	0	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2019
50	Kevin O'Connor	LB	Enniscorthy	22	9	0	Cork City	24 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
—	Andy Boyle	CB	Dublin	33	12	0	Dundalk	1 January 2017	Free	2019
Midfielders
4	Ben Pearson	CM/DM	Oldham	29	116	1	Manchester United	11 January 2016	£115,000	2021
8	Alan Browne	CM	Cork	29	204	28	Free agent	1 January 2014	Free	2021
10	Josh Harrop	AM/CF	Stockport	28	50	4	Manchester United	3 July 2017	Undisclosed	2021
11	Daniel Johnson	AM	Kingston	32	186	31	Aston Villa	23 January 2015	£50,000	2021
12	Paul Gallagher	AM/WG	Glasgow	40	264	38	Leicester City	16 June 2015	Free	2020
17	Josh Ginnelly	LW	Coventry	27	5	0	Walsall	1 January 2019	Undisclosed	2021
18	Ryan Ledson	CM	Liverpool	27	28	0	Oxford United	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2021
21	Brandon Barker	WG	Manchester	28	20	2	Manchester City	7 August 2018	Loan	2019
30	Jack Baxter	CM	Chorley	24	0	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2019
32	Adam O'Reilly	CM		23	1	0	Ringmahon Rangers	November 2016	Undisclosed	2020
44	Brad Potts	CM	Hexham	30	10	2	Barnsley	3 January 2019	Undisclosed	2020
Forwards
7	Callum Robinson	WG/CF	Northampton	29	149	35	Aston Villa	4 July 2016	Free	2020
9	Louis Moult	CF	Stoke-on-Trent	32	38	7	Motherwell	1 January 2018	Undisclosed	2021
20	Jayden Stockley	CF	Poole	31	17	4	Exeter City	3 January 2019	£750,000	2022
24	Sean Maguire	CF	Luton	30	52	13	Cork City	24 July 2017	Undisclosed	2021
29	Tom Barkhuizen	RW/SS	Blackpool	31	101	21	Morecambe	1 January 2017	Free	2020
39	Billy Bodin	RW/CF	Swindon	32	19	1	Bristol Rovers	3 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020
45	Lukas Nmecha	CF	Hamburg	25	44	4	Manchester City	9 August 2018	Loan	2019
Out on Loan
19	Graham Burke	SS	Dublin	31	15	2	Shamrock Rovers	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2021
22	Chris Maxwell	GK	St Asaph	34	81	0	Fleetwood Town	1 July 2016	Free	2020
26	Michael Howard	CF	Southport	25	0	0	Academy	20 February 2018	Trainee	2019
27	Connor Simpson	CF	Guisborough	24	1	0	Hartlepool United	11 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020
51	Tommy Spurr	LB	Leeds	37	24	1	Blackburn Rovers	1 July 2016	Free	2019
52	Ben Pringle	CM/LM	Newcastle upon Tyne	35	14	0	Fulham	4 July 2016	£255,000	2019
53	Marnick Vermijl	RB	Peer	32	54	4	Sheffield Wednesday	31 August 2016	Undisclosed	2019

All appearances and goals up to date as of 5 May 2019.

Statistics

As of 5 May 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Declan Rudd	36	0	36+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Darnell Fisher	38	0	32+3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Josh Earl	16	0	12+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Ben Pearson	32	0	30+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Tom Clarke	22	1	21+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Ben Davies	41	1	39+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
7	FW	IRL	Callum Robinson	28	13	24+3	12	0+0	0	1+0	1
8	MF	IRL	Alan Browne	40	12	35+2	12	0+1	0	1+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Louis Moult	27	5	8+16	4	0+0	0	2+1	1
10	MF	ENG	Josh Harrop	11	0	4+4	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
11	MF	JAM	Daniel Johnson	37	7	26+8	6	1+0	0	2+0	1
12	MF	SCO	Paul Gallagher	40	6	28+10	6	1+0	0	1+0	0
13	GK	WAL	Michael Crowe	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Jordan Storey	31	1	27+1	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
15	DF	IRL	Joe Rafferty	5	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	WAL	Andrew Hughes	34	4	31+1	3	1+0	1	1+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Josh Ginnelly	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Ryan Ledson	28	0	14+10	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Jayden Stockley	17	4	8+9	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Brandon Barker	20	2	6+10	0	0+1	0	3+0	2
23	DF	ENG	Paul Huntington	25	0	21+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
24	FW	IRL	Sean Maguire	26	3	19+6	3	0+1	0	0+0	0
25	GK	ENG	Connor Ripley	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	ENG	Tom Barkhuizen	37	7	26+8	6	1+0	0	2+0	1
32	MF	IRL	Adam O'Reilly	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	ENG	Ethan Walker	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	MF	ENG	Brad Potts	10	2	10+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
45	FW	ENG	Lukas Nmecha	44	4	24+17	4	1+0	0	0+2	0
Players currently on loan:
19	FW	IRL	Graham Burke	15	2	6+6	1	1+0	0	1+1	1
22	GK	WAL	Chris Maxwell	11	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
Players who left during the season:
15	DF	ENG	Calum Woods	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	IRL	Daryl Horgan	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 5 May 2019

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	7	CF	Callum Robinson	12	0	1	13
2	8	CM	Alan Browne	12	0	0	12
3	11	CM	Daniel Johnson	6	0	1	7
3	29	WG	Tom Barkhuizen	6	0	1	7
5	12	AM	Paul Gallagher	6	0	0	6
6	9	CF	Louis Moult	4	0	1	5
7	16	LB	Andrew Hughes	3	1	0	4
	20	CF	Jayden Stockley	4	0	0	4
	45	CF	Lukas Nmecha	4	0	0	4
10	24	CF	Sean Maguire	3	0	0	3
11	19	SS	Graham Burke	1	0	1	2
	21	WG	Brandon Barker	0	0	2	2
	44	CM	Brad Potts	2	0	0	2
14	5	CB	Tom Clarke	1	0	0	1
	6	CB	Ben Davies	1	0	0	1
	14	CB	Jordan Storey	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	1
Total				67	1	7	74

Disciplinary record

As of 5 May 2019

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	4		DM	Ben Pearson	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	3
2	2		RB	Darnell Fisher	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	1	0
3	11		CM	Daniel Johnson	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
4	6		CB	Ben Davies	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
4	18		CM	Ryan Ledson	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2
6	8		CM	Alan Browne	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
7	3		LB	Josh Earl	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
7	12		AM	Paul Gallagher	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	1		GK	Declan Rudd	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	22		GK	Chris Maxwell	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
	24		CF	Sean Maguire	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	45		CF	Lukas Nmecha	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	9		CF	Louis Moult	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	16		LB	Andrew Hughes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23		CB	Paul Huntington	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	7		CF	Callum Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10		AM	Josh Harrop	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	14		CB	Jordan Storey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20		CF	Jayden Stockley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					68	3	4	2	0	0	6	0	1	76	3	5

Contracts

Date	Position	Name	Contract Length	Status	Expires	Ref.
10 July 2018	CB	Paul Huntington	3 years	Signed	June 2021	^[1]
11 July 2018	CM	Alan Browne	3 years	Signed	June 2021	^[2]
24 January 2019	CM	Paul Gallagher	1 year	Signed	June 2020	^[8]
25 January 2019	LB	Josh Earl	2 years	Signed	June 2021	^[9]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	SS	Graham Burke	Shamrock Rovers	Undisclosed	^[10]
1 July 2018	GK	Jimmy Corcoran	Cherry Orchard	Undisclosed	^[11]
1 July 2018	GK	Michael Crowe	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	^[12]
1 July 2018	LB	Andrew Hughes	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	^[13]
1 July 2018	CM	Ryan Ledson	Oxford United	Undisclosed	^[14]
1 July 2018	CM	Brian McManus	St Kevin Boys	Undisclosed	^[15]
1 July 2018	CB	Jordan Storey	Exeter City	£765,000	^[16]
1 January 2019	LW	Josh Ginnelly	Walsall	Undisclosed	^[17]
3 January 2019	CM	Brad Potts	Barnsley	£1,440,000	^[18]
3 January 2019	CF	Jayden Stockley	Exeter City	£747,000	^[19]
9 January 2019	GK	Connor Ripley	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	^[20]
23 January 2019	RB	Joe Rafferty	Rochdale	Undisclosed	^[21]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
13 June 2018	LB	Greg Cunningham	Cardiff City	Undisclosed	^[22]
1 July 2018	CM	John Welsh	Grimsby Town	End of Contract	^[23]^[24]
1 August 2018	CF	Eoin Doyle	Bradford City	Undisclosed	^[25]
11 August 2018	RM	Daryl Horgan	Hibernian	Undisclosed	^[26]
23 January 2019	RB	Calum Woods	Bradford City	Free transfer	^[27]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
7 August 2018	RW		Brandon Barker	Manchester City	31 May 2019	^[28]
9 August 2018	CF		Lukas Nmecha	Manchester City	31 May 2019	^[29]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 July 2018	LB	Tommy Spurr	Fleetwood Town	3 January 2019	^[30]^[31]
6 July 2018	GK	Mathew Hudson	Bury	1 January 2019	^[32]^[33]
17 August 2018	CF	Michael Howard	Hednesford Town	1 January 2019	^[34]
29 August 2018	LB	Kevin O'Connor	Crewe Alexandra	7 January 2019	^[35]
31 August 2018	CB	Andy Boyle	Dundee	1 January 2019	^[36]
31 August 2018	LM	Ben Pringle	Grimsby Town	21 January 2019	^[37]^[38]
31 August 2018	RB	Marnick Vermijl	MVV Maastricht	31 May 2019	^[39]
12 October 2018	CF	Connor Simpson	Hyde United	1 January 2019	^[40]^[41]
8 January 2019	GK	Chris Maxwell	Charlton Athletic	31 May 2019	^[42]
9 January 2019	CF	Connor Simpson	Carlisle United	31 May 2019	^[43]
11 January 2019	CF	Michael Howard	Stalybridge Celtic	31 May 2019	^[44]
22 January 2019	LM	Ben Pringle	Tranmere Rovers	31 May 2019	^[38]
29 January 2019	CB	Andy Boyle	Ross County	30 June 2019	^[45]
31 January 2019	SS	Graham Burke	Gillingham	4 May 2019	^[46]
8 February 2019	LB	Kevin O'Connor	Cork City	31 May 2019	^[47]
8 March 2019	CM	Adam O'Reilly	Hyde United	April 2019	^[48]

Pre-season friendlies

PNE announced they will compete with Bamber Bridge, AFC Fylde, West Ham United and Burnley during pre-season.^[49]

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Friendly	Bamber Bridge	0–7	Preston North End	Bamber Bridge
15:00 BST		Report	Burke 4' Bodin 13' Maguire 15', 29', 35' Moult 59'	Stadium: Sir Tom Finney Stadium

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	AFC Fylde	1–6	Preston North End	Medlar-with-Wesham
15:00 BST	Trialist pen.'	Report	Huntington Robinson x2' Maguire x2' Hughes	Stadium: Mill Farm Attendance: 1,812 Referee: David McNamara

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) Friendly	Cobh Ramblers	0–5	Preston North End	Cork, Republic of Ireland
19:00 BST		Report	Barkhuizen 5', 17', 45' Clarke 39' Burke 83'	Stadium: Turners Cross Referee: Anthony Buttimer

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Friendly	Preston North End	2–2	West Ham United	Preston
15:00 BST	Clarke 40' Bodin 76'		Arnautović 6', 45'	Stadium: Deepdale

23 July 2018 (2018-07-23) Friendly	Preston North End	2–3	Burnley	Preston
19:45 BST	Harrop 22' Robinson 74'	Report	Lennon 26' Agyei 72' McNeil 84'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 4,934 Referee: Peter Bankes

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Friendly	Oldham Athletic	0–3	Preston North End	Oldham
15:00 BST		Report	Moult 50' Horgan 68' Gallagher 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,660 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Brentford	46	17	13	16	73	59	+14	64^[a]
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	16	14	60	62	−2	64
13	Hull City	46	17	11	18	66	68	−2	62
14	Preston North End	46	16	13	17	67	67	0	61
15	Blackburn Rovers	46	16	12	18	64	69	−5	60
16	Stoke City	46	11	22	13	45	52	−7	55
17	Birmingham City	46	14	19	13	64	58	+6	52^[b]

Source: Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[52]
Notes:

^ Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.^[50]
^ Birmingham City were deducted 9 points for failure to comply with the EFL profitability and sustainability rules.^[51]

Result summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	16	13	17	67	67	0	61	8	10	5	42	30	+12	8	3	12	25	37	−12

Last updated: 4 May 2019.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L
Position	6	10	13	18	19	18	23	23	24	24	24	22	21	19	20	21	18	16	15	17	15	15	15	17	17	17	18	18	16	16	14	14	11	10	12	11	9	7	10	10	11	12	9	12	12	14

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the Championship fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[53]^[54]

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Preston North End	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Preston
15:00 BST	Alan Browne 50'	Report	Ryan Manning 66' Josh Scowen 73'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,418 Referee: Darren England

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Swansea City	1–0	Preston North End	Swansea
15:00 BST	Fulton 32'	Report	Fisher 32'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Referee: James Linington

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Preston North End	2–2	Stoke City	Preston
17:30 BST	Gallagher 40' Burke 45+4' Pearson 64' Gallagher 83'	Report	Allen 27' Pieters 42' Crouch 61' Shawcross 86' Crouch 90+1'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,996 Referee: Andy Madley

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 4	Norwich City	2–0	Preston North End	Norwich
19:45 BST	Leitner 65' Pukki 80' Tettey 87', 87'	Report	Pearson 61' Browne 84'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,936 Referee: Gavin Ward

25 August 2018 5	Derby County	2–0	Preston North End	Derby
15:00 BST	Mount 38' Keogh 78'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,257 Referee: David Webb

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Preston North End	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	Preston
15:00 BST	Robinson 11' Browne 16' Johnson 83' Pearson 90+8'	Report	Ameobi 38' Olkowski 40' Magennis 70' O'Neil 86' Williams 90+8'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 16,331 Referee: Andy Davies

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 7	Preston North End	2–3	Reading	Preston
15:00 BST	Johnson 31' Robinson 76' Earl 90+4'	Report	Baldock 23' Yiadom 43' Ilori 52' Bacuna 81'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,849 Referee: Darren Bond

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 8	Leeds United	3–0	Preston North End	Leeds
19:45 BST	Cooper 37' Roberts 74', 82'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 27,729 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Sheffield United	3–2	Preston North End	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Sharp 36' Basham 51' McGoldrick 87'	Report	Robinson 80' Johnson 82'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 23,857 Referee: Scott Duncan

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Preston North End	2–3	West Bromwich Albion	Preston
15:00 BST	Hughes 71' Browne 90+6'	Report	Rodriguez 48' Davies 73' (o.g.) Gayle 88'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,099 Referee: Tony Harrington

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Aston Villa	3–3	Preston North End	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Kodjia 26' Abraham 37' Chester 54' Bolasie 90+1'	Report	Johnson 56' (pen.) Gallagher 79' Moult 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 27,331 Referee: Peter Bankes

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Preston North End	4–0	Wigan Athletic	Preston
15:00 BST	Barkhuizen 17' Robinson 51' Gallagher 85' (pen.) Burn 90+6' (o.g.)	Report	Gibson 56'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,280 Referee: Lee Probert

20 October 2018 13	Hull City	1–1	Preston North End	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Irvine 13' Bowen 85' (pen)	Report	Fisher 66' Hughes 78' Davies 81' Storey 84' Louis Moult 90+3'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 12,066 Referee: Gavin Ward

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 14	Preston North End	4–3	Brentford	Preston
19:45 BST	Browne 5' Robinson 12', 69' Barkhuizen 23'	Report	Canós 29' Watkins 56' Maupay 85'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,882 Referee: Scott Duncan

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 15	Preston North End	1–1	Rotherham United	Preston
15:00 BST	Barkhuizen 40' Maguire 90'	Report	Smith 55' Towell 84'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,780 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 16	Ipswich Town	1–1	Preston North End	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Chambers 36' Sears 45' (pen.) Edwards 51' Jordan Roberts 62' Pennington 90+6'	Report	Maxwell 44' 75' Johnson 45' Pearson 57' Gallagher 73'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,129 Referee: Andy Woolmer

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 17	Bristol City	0–1	Preston North End	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Hunt 88'	Report	Robinson 35' Johnson 75' Earl 79'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 19,797 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 18	Preston North End	4–1	Blackburn Rovers	Preston
15:00 GMT	Barkhuizen 2' Robinson 10' Moult 74' Browne 85'	Report	Graham 48'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 19,912 Referee: Andrew Madley

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 19	Preston North End	1–1	Middlesbrough	Preston
19:45 GMT	Browne 43'	Report	Tavernier 46'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,990 Referee: Peter Bankes

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 20	Birmingham City	3–0	Preston North End	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Kieftenbeld 46' Maghoma 61' Adams 77'	Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 20,523 Referee: David Webb

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Preston North End	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Yacob 86'	Report	Moult 56' Davies 74'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,777 Referee: Steve Martin

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 22	Preston North End	3–2	Millwall	Preston
	Davies 15' Browne 37' Barkhuizen 42' Hughes 81'	Report	Romeo 5' Cooper 61', 80' Wallace 69' Gregory 90+3'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,924 Referee: John Brooks

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Preston North End	Sheffield
	Hector 62' Nuhiu 90+3'	Report	Moult 16' Pearson 26' Rudd 57' Ledson 78'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 22,366 Referee: David Coote

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24	Preston North End	1–2	Hull City	Preston
	Browne 47'	Report	Irvine 28', 80' Henriksen 67'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,026 Referee: Scott Duncan

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25	Preston North End	1–1	Aston Villa	Preston
	Johnson 52' Gallagher 59' Elmohamady 61' (og)	Report	Abraham 45', 59' Hutton 70'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 19,126 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26	Rotherham United	2–1	Preston North End	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Palmer 12' Raggett 29' Vaulks 45+1' 74' Smith 76' 83' Wiles 82'	Report	Ledson 31' Nmecha 78'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,077 Referee: Lee Probert

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	Preston North End	1–1	Swansea City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Johnson 60' (pen.) Earl 72' 81'	Report	Fer 45+3' Baker-Richardson 55', 62' van der Hoorn 59'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,604 Referee: Keith Stroud

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 28	Queens Park Rangers	1–4	Preston North End	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Scowen 9' Smith 84' Furlong 90+2' Lynch 90+3'	Report	Stockley 14' Sean Maguire 23' Storey 68' Browne 82' Potts 87'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,736 Referee: Andy Madley

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 29	Stoke City	0–2	Preston North End	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Clucas 31' McLean 85'	Report	Browne 20' Potts 80' Pearson 86'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 25,053 Referee: Oliver Langford

1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) 30	Preston North End	0–0	Derby County	Preston
19:45 GMT	Pearson 28'	Report	Malone 90+1'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,124 Referee: Darren Bond

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 31	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Preston North End	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Magennis 60' Vela 85' Donaldson 90'	Report	Browne 40' Barkhuizen 82'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 17,381 Referee: Andy Madley

13 February 2019 (2019-02-13) 32	Preston North End	3–1	Norwich City	Preston
19:45 GMT	Davies 2' Gallagher 24' (pen.) Pearson 32' Maguire 69' Nmecha 71' Rudd 90+4'	Report	Stiepermann 33' Zimmermann 36' Pukki 90+3' Aarons 90+4'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,280 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 33	Preston North End	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Preston
15:00 GMT	Stockley 83'	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,904 Referee: Tim Robinson

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 34	Millwall	1–3	Preston North End	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Thompson 67' Williams 73' Wallace 89'	Report	Hughes 4' Clarke 16' Maguire 27' Pearson 85'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 13,265 Referee: Stephen Martin

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 35	Preston North End	1–1	Bristol City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Johnson 42'	Report	Kelly 41' O'Dowda 50' Diédhiou 69' Pack 84'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,863 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 36	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Preston North End	Blackburn
12:00 GMT	Evans 58' Reed 60'	Report	Johnson 8' Fisher 81' 90+2'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 21,577 Referee: Oliver Langford

13 March 2019 (2019-03-13) 37	Middlesbrough	1–2	Preston North End	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Fletcher 32' Ayala 61'	Report	Pearson 55' Gallagher 63' Stockley 81' Hughes 90'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 21,088 Referee: Keith Stroud

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 38	Preston North End	1–0	Birmingham City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Pearson 10' Fisher 45' Davies 86' Maguire 90+4'	Report	Kieftenbeld 64' Maghoma 84' Gardner 90+6'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 17,509 Referee: Scott Duncan

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 39	Reading	2–1	Preston North End	Reading
15:00 GMT	Méïté 30' Barrow 36'	Report	Fisher 72' Stockley 90+3'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,771 Referee: Tony Harrington

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 40	Preston North End	0–1	Sheffield United	Preston
15:00 BST	Pearson 36' Gallagher 89' Browne 90+2'	Report	Dowell 20' McGoldrick 33'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 18,339 Referee: Gavin Ward

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 41	Preston North End	0–2	Leeds United	Preston
19:45 BST	Pearson 14' 49' Davies 45+2'	Report	Bamford 62', 76' Alioski 67' Phillips 81'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 18,019 Referee: Robert Jones

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	West Bromwich Albion	4–1	Preston North End	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Gayle 27', 31', 71' Rodriguez 43' Livermore 57' Dawson 90'	Report	Fisher 74'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,088 Referee: Roger East

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	Preston North End	4–0	Ipswich Town	Preston
15:00 BST	Robinson 6', 22' Nmecha 56', 75'	Report	Kenlock 78'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,546 Referee: Stephen Martin

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Preston North End	Wigan
15:00 BST	Clarke 11' Morsy 44' Evans 68'	Report	Nmecha 13' Ledson 34' Maguire 76'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,496 Referee: Andrew Madley

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45	Preston North End	3–3	Sheffield Wednesday	Preston
15:00 BST	Stockley 9' Lees 36' (o.g.) Browne 62' Fisher 64'	Report	Pelupessy 35' Bannan 49' 54' Forestieri 76' Nuhiu 78' Iorfa 80'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,873 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 46	Brentford	3–0	Preston North End	Brentford
12:30 BST	Konsa 45+4' Maupay 54' Forss 83'	Report	Johnson 28' Fisher 65'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,289 Referee: James Linington

FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.^[55]

6 January 2019 (2019-01-06) Third round	Preston North End	1–3	Doncaster Rovers	Preston
14:00 GMT	Ledson 38' Hughes 56' Gallagher 71'	Report	Butler 2' Marquis 5' Wilks 33' 87' Anderson 72' Andrew 77'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 8,101 Referee: Andy Davies

EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[56] The second round draw was done on 16 August.^[57] The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott.^[58]

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Preston North End	3–1	Morecambe	Preston
19:45 BST	Barker 14' Moult 33' Fisher 39' Burke 58'	Report	Mandeville 45'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 6,077 Referee: Tom Nield

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round	Leeds United	0–2	Preston North End	Leeds
19:45 BST		Report	Johnson 2' (pen.) Ledson 29' Barker 45+1'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 18,652 Referee: Tony Harrington

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) Third round	Preston North End	2–2 (3–4 p)	Middlesbrough	Preston
19:45 BST	Robinson 27' Barkhuizen 66'	Report	Fletcher 34' Tavernier 69'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 5,095 Referee: Oliver Langford
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[table_hth_BOL0.28300754366583-51] Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.^[50]

[table_hth_BIR0.28300754366583-53] Birmingham City were deducted 9 points for failure to comply with the EFL profitability and sustainability rules.^[51]

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