Wrexham host Preston in the Championship. Wrexham have been picking up reasonably solid results of late, while Preston have found wins hard to come by all season.
The fixture is still a few weeks off, so the current form picture may not be exactly how things look by kickoff. The two sides have met three times recently, and each of those games was settled by a single goal or finished level.
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Form Check: Wrexham vs Preston
Wrexham's last 20 matches, spanning pre-season friendlies, cup ties and league games, show six wins, six draws and eight losses. They've scored 20 and conceded 29 across that stretch, a mixed return rather than anything red-hot.
Wrexham: 20 completed matches; Preston: 20 completed matches.
Wrexham
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 40% 8 / 20
- Scored
- 20
- Conceded
- 29
- Difference
- -9
Preston
- Win
- 15% 3 / 20
- Draw
- 10% 2 / 20
- Loss
- 75% 15 / 20
- Scored
- 22
- Conceded
- 41
- Difference
- -19
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Wrexham | Southampton | 19.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Championship | West Ham | Wrexham | 11.09.2026 | 6-0 |
| Championship | Wrexham | Burnley | 08.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Championship | Swansea | Wrexham | 05.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| Championship | Millwall | Wrexham | 02.09.2026 | 0-3 |
| Championship | Wrexham | Birmingham | 28.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Championship | Wrexham | Watford | 22.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Championship | Cardiff | Wrexham | 17.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| League Cup | Middlesbrough | Wrexham | 07.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premier League - Summer Series | Wrexham | Sunderland | 02.08.2026 | 0-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | QPR | Preston | 19.09.2026 | 2-2 |
| Championship | Preston | Lincoln | 12.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Championship | Watford | Preston | 08.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Championship | Preston | Blackburn | 05.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Championship | Preston | Bristol City | 01.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| Championship | Charlton | Preston | 29.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| League Cup | Preston | Everton | 26.08.2026 | 0-4 |
| Championship | Preston | Wolves | 22.08.2026 | 1-3 |
| Championship | Bolton | Preston | 15.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| League Cup | Preston | Huddersfield | 08.08.2026 | 1-1 |
Preston's equivalent sample is much rougher: three wins, two draws and fifteen losses from twenty games, with 22 scored against 41 conceded. That run includes a 0-4 home defeat to Everton in the League Cup and a 1-3 loss to Bristol City.
Preston's results across this sample have been poor almost regardless of opponent or competition.
Comparative Team Statistics: Wrexham vs Preston

How Recent Meetings Have Gone
The last three meetings between these two have been close. Wrexham won 2-1 at home in December, Preston held them to a 1-1 draw at Deepdale that same month, and Preston edged a 3-2 League Cup tie back in August 2025.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Wrexham | Preston | 29.12.2025 | 2-1 |
| Championship | Preston | Wrexham | 06.12.2025 | 1-1 |
| League Cup | Preston | Wrexham | 26.08.2025 | 2-3 |
None of those results was settled by more than a single goal, and both teams scored in every one of them.
Recent head-to-heads suggest tight games rather than one-sided contests, even with the current gap in league form.
Where They Sit in the Table
The league standings paint a clearer picture than the mixed form sample. After eight games, Wrexham are 14th with ten points from two wins, four draws and two losses. Preston are down in 23rd with just four points, having won only once.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Southampton | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19/10 | 10 |
| 14 | Wrexham | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9/12 | 10 |
| 15 | Bolton | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11/15 | 10 |
| 22 | Derby | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7/14 | 5 |
| 23 | Preston | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8/15 | 4 |
| 24 | Burnley | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9/17 | 4 |
Wrexham have scored nine and conceded twelve this season, while Preston have eight for and fifteen against. It's still early days, but the points gap between them is already sizeable.
Preston's position deep in the bottom half is the most concrete sign of their struggles so far.

Players to Watch
K. Moore has been Wrexham's most productive forward lately with three goals in eight appearances, matched by Preston's C. Lang over the same number of games. Daniel Edward Peter Imray has added two assists for Wrexham in six matches.
On discipline, Preston's H. Clarke has four yellow cards in seven games and J. Thompson three in eight, while Wrexham's D. Hyam has three yellows in eight. These are partial lists rather than confirmed lineups, so they don't guarantee who plays.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Worrall | England | 29 | Defender | 193 | 64 |
| C. O'Hare | England | 28 | Midfielder | 175 | 65 |
| D. Ward | Wales | 33 | Goalkeeper | 191 | 88 |
| M. James | England | 35 | Midfielder | 181 | 86 |
| J. Windass | England | 32 | Midfielder | 175 | 68 |
| Z. Vyner | England | 29 | Defender | 178 | 68 |
| K. Moore | Wales | 34 | Attacker | 196 | 89 |
| A. Patterson | England | 26 | Goalkeeper | 189 | 77 |
| B. Whiteman | England | 30 | Midfielder | 185 | 68 |
| D. Hyam | Scotland | 30 | Defender | 188 | 70 |
| O. Rathbone | England | 29 | Midfielder | 170 | 66 |
| S. Smith | England | 28 | Attacker | 181 | 73 |
| D. Scarr | England | 31 | Defender | 188 | 80 |
| G. Dobson | England | 28 | Midfielder | 185 | 73 |
| L. O'Brien | England | 27 | Midfielder | 173 | 74 |
| D. Keillor-Dunn | England | 28 | Attacker | 180 | 68 |
| B. Sheaf | England | 28 | Midfielder | 185 | 64 |
| N. Broadhead | Wales | 28 | Attacker | 178 | 73 |
| R. Longman | England | 25 | Midfielder | 180 | 83 |
| I. Kaboré | Burkina Faso | 25 | Defender | 180 | 77 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Nicholls | England | 34 | Goalkeeper | 195 | 85 |
| A. Hughes | Wales | 34 | Defender | 188 | 75 |
| D. Iversen | Denmark | 29 | Goalkeeper | 193 | 80 |
| C. Lang | England | 28 | Attacker | 180 | 70 |
| J. Storey | England | 29 | Defender | 188 | 75 |
| L. Lindsay | Scotland | 30 | Defender | 193 | 79 |
| J. Thompson | Northern Ireland | 29 | Midfielder | 175 | 65 |
| L. Leroy | France | 26 | Midfielder | 187 | 82 |
| D. Burgzorg | Netherlands | 27 | Attacker | 186 | 76 |
| A. Vukčević | Montenegro | 29 | Midfielder | 180 | 77 |
| Pol Valentín | Spain | 29 | Midfielder | 180 | 73 |
| M. Osmajić | Montenegro | 27 | Attacker | 186 | 75 |
| A. McCann | Northern Ireland | 26 | Midfielder | 176 | 64 |
| A. Moran | Republic of Ireland | 22 | Midfielder | 177 | 73 |
| H. Clarke | England | 25 | Defender | 180 | 71 |
| L. Gibson | England | 26 | Defender | 185 | 73 |
| L. Gibbs | England | 23 | Midfielder | 178 | 60 |
| C. Wiley | USA | 21 | Defender | 180 | 73 |
| A. Devine | England | 22 | Attacker | 182 | 75 |
| O. Offiah | England | 23 | Defender | 187 | 77 |
Wrexham sit well clear of Preston in the table right now, and that gap is the clearest signal here. But recent meetings between these two have all been close, and Preston have shown they can still compete even during a poor run.
With no market to weigh up and a decent amount of time before kickoff, we're happy to sit this one out rather than force a view.
