2023–24 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
2023–24 season
Manager	Ryan Lowe
Stadium	Deepdale
EFL Championship	10th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Will Keane (11); All: ; Will Keane (11)
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 2023–24 season is the 144th season in the history of Preston North End and their ninth consecutive season in the Championship. The club are participating in the Championship, the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Current squad

As of 1 February 2024

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Freddie Woodman	GK	Croydon	4 March 1997	Newcastle United	1 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
21	David Cornell	GK	Waunarlwydd	28 March 1991	Peterborough United	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2026
Defenders
3	Greg Cunningham	LB	Galway	31 January 1991	Cardiff City	28 January 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
5	Patrick Bauer	CB	Backnang	28 October 1992	Charlton Athletic	1 July 2019	Free	30 June 2024
6	Liam Lindsay	CB	Glasgow	12 October 1995	Stoke City	1 July 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
14	Jordan Storey	CB	Yeovil	2 September 1997	Exeter City	1 July 2018	£850,000	30 June 2025
16	Andrew Hughes	LB	Cardiff	5 June 1992	Peterborough United	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
26	Jack Whatmough	CB	Gosport	19 August 1996	Wigan Athletic	2 August 2023	Free	30 June 2026
33	Kian Best	LWB		27 August 2005	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2025
36	Josh Seary	RB	Liverpool	10 September 2004	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Midfielders
4	Benjamin Whiteman	CM	Rochdale	17 June 1996	Doncaster Rovers	14 January 2021	£1,670,000	30 June 2026
8	Alan Browne	CM	Cork	15 April 1995	Cork City	1 January 2014	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
10	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	AM	Hvidovre	29 July 1999	Odense	11 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
11	Robbie Brady	LM	Dublin	14 January 1992	Bournemouth	4 July 2022	Free	30 June 2025
13	Ali McCann	CM	Edinburgh	4 December 1999	St Johnstone	31 August 2021	£1,400,000	30 June 2027
18	Ryan Ledson	CM	Liverpool	19 August 1997	Oxford United	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
20	Ben Woodburn	AM	Nottingham	15 October 1999	Liverpool	4 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
25	Duane Holmes	AM	Columbus	6 November 1994	Huddersfield Town	12 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
30	Kian Taylor	CM		15 February 2005	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2025
35	Noah Mawene	CM	Lytham St Annes	1 February 2005	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
37	Kaedyn Kamara	CM	Liverpool	29 November 2005	Burnley	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
44	Brad Potts	RM	Hexham	3 July 1994	Barnsley	3 January 2019	£1,600,000	30 June 2026
Forwards
7	Will Keane	CF	Stockport	11 January 1993	Wigan Athletic	14 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
9	Ched Evans	CF	Rhyl	28 December 1988	Fleetwood Town	6 February 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
17	Layton Stewart	CF	Liverpool	3 September 2002	Liverpool	22 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
19	Emil Riis Jakobsen	CF	Hobro	24 June 1998	Randers	1 October 2020	£1,500,000	30 June 2025
23	Liam Millar	LW	Toronto	27 September 1999	Basel	1 September 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
24	Felipe Rodriguez-Gentile	CF	Vinhedo	4 October 2006	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2025
28	Milutin Osmajić	CF	Podgorica	25 July 1999	Cádiz	1 September 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2027
Out on Loan
29	Finlay Cross-Adair	CF		11 January 2005	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
32	Lewis Leigh	CM	Preston	5 December 2003	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
34	Kitt Nelson	AM		12 January 2005	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2025
38	James Pradic	GK		2 July 2005	Charlton Athletic	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2026

Statistics

As of 24 September 2023

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Preston North End.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Freddie Woodman	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	IRL	Greg Cunningham	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Ben Whiteman	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	GER	Patrick Bauer	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	SCO	Liam Lindsay	8	2	8+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	IRL	Will Keane	6	4	5+0	4	0+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	IRL	Alan Browne	9	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	MF	DEN	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	9	1	5+3	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
11	MF	IRL	Robbie Brady	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	NIR	Ali McCann	8	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
14	DF	ENG	Jordan Storey	9	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF	WAL	Andrew Hughes	9	1	7+1	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	FW	ENG	Layton Stewart	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Ryan Ledson	9	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
20	MF	WAL	Ben Woodburn	6	1	0+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
21	GK	WAL	David Cornell	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	FW	CAN	Liam Millar*	3	1	2+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	USA	Duane Holmes	9	3	5+3	2	0+0	0	1+0	1
26	DF	ENG	Jack Whatmough	7	0	2+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
28	FW	MNE	Milutin Osmajić	3	1	3+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF	ENG	Kian Taylor	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
32	MF	ENG	Lewis Leigh	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Kian Best	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
35	MF	ENG	Noah Mawene	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	DF	IRL	Josh Seary	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
44	MF	ENG	Brad Potts	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 24 September 2023

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	EFL Cup	Total
1	7	CF	Will Keane	4	0	4
2	25	RM	Duane Holmes	2	1	3
3	6	CB	Liam Lindsay	2	0	2
3	10	AM	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	1	0	1
	16	LB	Andrew Hughes	1	0	1
	20	AM	Ben Woodburn	0	1	1
	23	LW	Liam Millar	1	0	1
	28	CF	Milutin Osmajić	1	0	1
	Own Goals			1	0	1
Total				13	2	15

Disciplinary record

As of 24 September 2023

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	8		CM	Alan Browne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	18		CM	Ryan Ledson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	25		RM	Duane Holmes	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	13		CM	Ali McCann	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	44		CM	Brad Potts	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	6		LB	Liam Lindsay	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7		CF	Will Keane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10		AM	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11		LM	Robbie Brady	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26		CB	Jack Whatmough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	28		CF	Milutin Osmajić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	33		LB	Kian Best	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					17	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee
11 July 2023	AM	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	Odense	Undisclosed
12 July 2023	AM	Duane Holmes	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed
14 July 2023	CF	Will Keane	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed
22 July 2023	CF	Layton Stewart	Liverpool	Undisclosed
2 August 2023	CB	Jack Whatmough	Wigan Athletic	Free Transfer
1 September 2023	CF	Milutin Osmajić	Cádiz	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee
30 June 2023	AM	Aaron Bennett	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	LB	Lewis Coulton	FC United of Manchester	Released
30 June 2023	AM	Daniel Johnson	Stoke City	Rejected Contract
30 June 2023	CB	Harry Nevin	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CM	Dana De Oliveira Amaral	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	RB	Matthew Olosunde	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CM	Josh Onomah	Free agent	Withdrew Offer
30 June 2023	CF	Rio Pemberton	Free agent	Released
30 June 2023	CB	Finlay Wallbank	Workington	Released
29 July 2023	LB	Jacob Slater	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed
2 August 2023	CB	Bambo Diaby	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed
1 February 2024	CF	Mikey O'Neill	Burnley	Undisclosed

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2023	RB	Calvin Ramsay	Liverpool	15 January 2024
1 September 2023	LW	Liam Millar	Basel	End of Season

On 15 January, Ramsay was recalled back to Liverpool early.

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until
29 July 2023	GK	James Pradic	Bamber Bridge	End of Season
3 August 2023	CF	Finlay Cross-Adair	Annan Athletic	31 January 2024
5 September 2023	CF	Mikey O'Neill	Southport	6 January 2024
6 September 2023	CM	Lewis Leigh	Bromley	6 January 2024
30 September 2023	AM	Kitt Nelson	Workington	End of Season
8 January 2024	CM	Lewis Leigh	Crewe Alexandra	End of Season

On 5 January, Pradic's loan at Bamber Bridge was extended until the end of the season.
On 11 December, Nelson's loan at Workington was extended until the end of the season.

Pre-season and friendlies

In April, PNE confirmed they would once again spend a week in Campoamor, Spain between 2–8 July 2023. The club then announced three pre-season friendlies on 30 May, against Bamber Bridge, Fleetwood Town and Stockport County. A further two, against Bury and Barrow were later added. During the trip to Spain, it was confirmed that the club would meet Bruno's Magpies. Two home friendlies against Ipswich Town and Aberdeen was next to added.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 July 2023 Friendly	Bamber Bridge	0–7	Preston North End	Bamber Bridge
15:00 BST		Report	Pond 17' (o.g.) Slater 50', 63' O'Neill 56' Nelson 60', 77' Rodriguez-Gentile 68'	Stadium: Sir Tom Finney Stadium

5 July 2023 Friendly	Preston North End	3–0	Bruno's Magpies	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
17:00 CEST 16:00 BST	Rodriguez-Gentile 50' Mawene 57' Taylor 65'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: José David Martínez Montalbán

9 July 2023 Friendly	Bury	0–3	Preston North End B	Bury
15:00 BST		Report	Taylor 25' Leigh 47' Nelson 75'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Oliver Noonan (England)

15 July 2023 Friendly	Barrow	1–0	Preston North End	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Worrall 5'	Report		Stadium: SO Legal Stadium Attendance: 2,026

19 July 2023 Friendly	Preston North End	1–2	Ipswich Town	Preston
19:00 BST	Rodriguez-Gentile 81'	Report	Chaplin 33' Hirst 78'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 2,532 (349 Ipswich Town fans)

22 July 2023 Friendly	Preston North End	2–0	Aberdeen	Preston
15:00 BST	Frøkjær-Jensen 7', 18'	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 4,271 (1,332 Aberdeen fans) Referee: Oliver Langford

25 July 2023 Friendly	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Preston North End	Fleetwood
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Referee: Jeremy Simpson

29 July 2023 Friendly	Stockport County	2–0	Preston North End	Stockport
15:00 BST	Collar 17' Rydel 75'	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4,200 (635 PNE fans) Referee: Thomas Kirk

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	Matchday 1		26	10	5	11	31	44	−13	038.46
FA Cup	Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
EFL Cup	First round	First round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total			28	10	6	12	33	50	−17	035.71

Last updated: 6 January 2024
Source: Soccerway

Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Coventry City	30	11	11	8	46	34	+12	44
8	Sunderland	30	13	5	12	41	33	+8	44
9	Norwich City	30	13	5	12	48	45	+3	44
10	Preston North End	30	12	6	12	38	49	−11	42
11	Watford	30	10	11	9	45	39	+6	41
12	Middlesbrough	29	12	5	12	43	42	+1	41
13	Cardiff City	29	12	4	13	36	39	−3	40

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
29	11	6	12	35	47	−12	39	7	2	5	20	24	−4	4	4	7	15	23	−8

Last updated: 27 January 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D
Position	13	8	6	5	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	9	6	5	6	8	8	9	8	8	13	9	11	14	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL Championship fixtures were released.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 August 2023 1	Bristol City	1–1	Preston North End	Ashton Gate
15:00 BST	Bell 47'	Report	Keane 86' McCann 90'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 29,359 Referee: David Webb

12 August 2023 2	Preston North End	2–1	Sunderland	Preston
15:00 BST	Keane 25' 35' Frøkjær-Jensen 59' Browne 90+4' Potts 90+5'	Report	Clarke 31' (pen.) Ballard 69'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 19,892 Referee: James Linington

19 August 2023 3	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	Preston North End	Owlerton
15:00 BST	Vásquez 82'	Report	Lindsay 49' Ledson 90+3'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 25,138 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

26 August 2023 4	Preston North End	2–1	Swansea City	Preston
15:00 BST	Ledson 11' Browne 48' Hughes 67' Holmes 79'	Report	Ashby 33' Wood 48'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,464 Referee: Josh Smith

2 September 2023 5	Stoke City	0–2	Preston North End	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Pearson 1' Stevens 63' Laurent 90+6'	Report	Lindsay 25' Frøkjær-Jensen 45+1' Keane 51' (pen.), 57' Holmes 63' Browne 67'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 22,957 Referee: Matt Donohue

16 September 2023 6	Preston North End	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Preston
15:00 BST	Holmes 1' 32' Ledson 22' Millar 25' McCann 89'	Report	Miller 19' Hardie 61'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 17,542 Referee: Gavin Ward

19 September 2023 7	Preston North End	2–1	Birmingham City	Preston
19:45 BST	Whatmough 48' Bielik 51' (o.g.) Osmajić 67', 68'	Report	Stansfield 46' Bacuna 72'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,838 Referee: Dean Whitestone

23 September 2023 8	Rotherham United	1–1	Preston North End	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Hugill 35' Rathbone 38' Clucas 55' Blackett 69'	Report	Lindsay 45' Potts 59'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 11,434 Referee: Sam Allison

30 September 2023 9	Preston North End	0–4	West Bromwich Albion	Preston
15:00 BST	McCann 35' Potts 81' Hughes 87'	Report	Furlong 4' Yokuşlu 18' Mowatt 29' Phillips 62' Bartley 87'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 16,658 Referee: Joshua Smith

4 October 2023 10	Leicester City	3–0	Preston North End	Leicester
19:45 BST	Dewsbury-Hall 60', 90' Iheanacho 76'	Report	Woodburn 82' Stewart 86'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,380 Referee: Thomas Bramall

7 October 2023 11	Ipswich Town	4–2	Preston North End	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Chaplin 18' Williams 35' Broadhead 45+1' Jackson 78'	Report	Ledson 8' Lindsay 22' Frøkjær-Jensen 27' Browne 31' Whiteman 52'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 29,018 Referee: David Webb

21 October 2023 12	Preston North End	1–1	Millwall	Preston
12:30 BST	Frøkjær-Jensen 3' Holmes 19' Cunningham 61' Millar 63' Lindsay 90+3'	Report	Flemming 30' Emakhu 66'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,427 Referee: Matt Donohue

25 October 2023 13	Preston North End	2–2	Southampton	Preston
19:45 BST	Whiteman 42' Osmajić 52' Potts 55' Millar 80' Cunningham 90+1'	Report	Smallbone 22' Walker-Peters 33' Bazunu 45+1' Evans 90+6' (o.g.) Bednarek 90+8'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,346 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

28 October 2023 14	Hull City	1–0	Preston North End	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Lokilo 46' Philogene 68' Seri 77'	Report	Cunningham 18' Holmes 55' Potts 59' Best 90+3'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 24,267 Referee: Martin Woods

4 November 2023 15	Preston North End	3–2	Coventry City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Holmes 38' Browne 41' (pen.) Frøkjær-Jensen 46' Osmajić 71' Brady 90+4'	Report	Wright 33', 83' McFadzean 40' Bidwell 90+8'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 16,716 Referee: Anthony Taylor

10 November 2023 16	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Preston North End	Blackburn
20:00 GMT	Szmodics 49'	Report	Browne 35' Whiteman 72' Lindsay 90'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,596 Referee: Thomas Bramall

25 November 2023 17	Preston North End	1–2	Cardiff City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Evans 31' Best 47' Osmajić 48' Brady 31' 52' Woodman 77'	Sky report	Collins 30' Grant 90+6' Ugbo 90+9'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,593 Referee: Bobby Madley (Yorkshire)

28 November 2023 18	Middlesbrough	4–0	Preston North End	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Jones 16', 37' van den Berg 26' Bangura 90+4'	Report	Potts 65' Hughes 82'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,502 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

1 December 2023 19	Preston North End	0–2	Queens Park Rangers	Preston
20:00 GMT	Woodburn 90+3'	Report	Dykes 22' Smyth 55' Willock 87'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,280 Referee: Joshua Smith

9 December 2023 20	Norwich City	0–0	Preston North End	Norwich
15:00 GMT		Report	Evans 76' Storey 79'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,761 Referee: Oliver Langford

12 December 2023 21	Huddersfield Town	1–3	Preston North End	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT				Stadium: John Smith's Stadium

16 December 2023 22	Preston North End	1–5	Watford	Preston
15:00 GMT	Keane 27'	Report	Bayo 42,71' Martins 46' Kayembe 53' Koné 77'	Stadium: Deepdale Referee: Sunny Singh Gill

22 December 2023 23	Swansea City	2–1	Preston North End	Landore
19:45 GMT	Grimes 30' Lowe 32' Cabango 38' Paterson 42', 60', 90+5'	Report	McCann 45+5' Millar 67' Holmes 74'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 15,098 Referee: Robert Madley

26 December 2023 24	Preston North End	2–1	Leeds United	Preston, Lancashire
12:30 GMT	Potts 22' McCann 30' Osmajić 54' Browne 57', 87' Holmes 80' Millar 89'	Report	Meslier 53' Rodon 54' Struijk 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 21,816 Referee: Josh Smith

29 December 2023 25	Preston North End	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Preston
19:45 GMT	Lindsay 24' Potts 69' Osmajić 75' Frøkjær-Jensen 90+6'	Report	Johnson 27' Musaba 63' Byers 85' Dawson 86'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 19,763 Referee: Rebecca Welch

1 January 2024 26	Sunderland	2–0	Preston North End	Sunderland
12:30 GMT	Pritchard 10' Rusyn 44'	Report	Lindsay 39'	Stadium: The Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,714 (670 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

13 January 2024 27	Preston North End	2–0	Bristol City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Keane 57' 65', 77'	Report	Pring 50' Cornick 90+5'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,929 Referee: Samuel Barrott

21 January 2024 28	Leeds United	2–1	Preston North End	Leeds
20:00 GMT	James 6' Summerville 38' Rutter 67' Firpo 76' Bamford 85' Piroe 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Keane 2' Whiteman 8' McCann 34' Lindsay 62' Cornell 83' Ledson 85' Stewart 86'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,570 Referee: David Webb
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 20 January, but was moved for TV coverage.

27 January 2024 29	Millwall	1–1	Preston North End	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Flemming 5' 90+4' Honeyman 51' Obafemi 90+1'	Report	Potts 33' Storey 56' Ledson 70' Woodman 90+1'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 14,744 Referee: John Busby

FA Cup

Preston entered into the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn away to Chelsea.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

6 January 2024 Third round	Chelsea	4–0	Preston North End	Fulham
17:30 GMT	Broja 58' Silva 66' Sterling 69' Fernández 85'	Report	Whiteman 68' Holmes 90+4'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,705 Referee: Thomas Bramall

EFL Cup

PNE were drawn at home to Salford City in the first round.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2023 First round	Preston North End	2–2 (2–4 p)	Salford City	Preston
19:45 BST	Woodburn 44' Holmes 50' 50' Best 90+7'	Report	McLennan 5', 38' 27' Cairns 80'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 6,790 Referee: Tom Reeves
	Penalties
	Ledson Keane Best Frøkjær-Jensen		Smith McAleny Mallan Garbutt

[15] On 15 January, Ramsay was recalled back to Liverpool early.

[19] On 5 January, Pradic's loan at Bamber Bridge was extended until the end of the season.

[25] On 11 December, Nelson's loan at Workington was extended until the end of the season.