Portsmouth vs Preston North End LIVE: Championship result, final score and reaction

Follow live coverage as Portsmouth face Preston North End in the Championship today.

An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Relegation from the top flight last term means Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton are all back in the second tier this term and will be expected to push for play-off spots again at least, but so too will newly-promoted Birmingham City and Wrexham, with a host of hopefuls eyeing up the £200m jackpot that comes with promotion to the top flight. At the other end of the table, Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City hope to stay up amid crises.

Follow updates from today’s game in the live blog below.

Portsmouth FC 1 - 0 Preston North End FC

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:57

Match ends, Portsmouth 1, Preston North End 0.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:55

Second Half ends, Portsmouth 1, Preston North End 0.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:55

Attempt missed. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Terry Devlin following a fast break.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:55

Odeluga Offiah (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:55

Pol Valentín (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:55

Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Andre Dozzell.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:55

Lewis Dobbin (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:53

Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:51

Substitution, Portsmouth. Thomas Waddingham replaces Colby Bishop.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:48

Substitution, Portsmouth. Terry Devlin replaces Adrian Segecic.

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16:48

Attempt missed. Lewis Dobbin (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:46

Substitution, Preston North End. Odeluga Offiah replaces Jordan Storey.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:46

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:46

Delay in match because of an injury Colby Bishop (Portsmouth).

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:46

Thierry Small (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:40

Offside, Portsmouth. Colby Bishop is caught offside.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:40

Substitution, Portsmouth. Josh Knight replaces Zak Swanson.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:40

Foul by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End).

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:40

Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Luke Le Roux.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:40

Attempt blocked. Thierry Small (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ali McCann.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:40

Foul by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End).

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:39

Offside, Portsmouth. Josh Murphy is caught offside.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:39

Attempt blocked. Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:39

Attempt missed. Michael Smith (Preston North End) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen with a cross following a corner.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:39

Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Zak Swanson.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:34

Attempt blocked. Lewis Dobbin (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Hughes.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:34

Substitution, Preston North End. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen replaces Daniel Jebbison because of an injury.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:34

Substitution, Preston North End. Lewis Dobbin replaces Stefán Thórdarson.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:34

Attempt missed. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Connor Ogilvie.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:34

Substitution, Portsmouth. Luke Le Roux replaces Florian Bianchini.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:34

Michael Smith (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:34

Offside, Preston North End. Daniel Jebbison is caught offside.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:30

Attempt missed. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Adrian Segecic.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:29

Attempt blocked. Zak Swanson (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:29

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:26

Delay in match because of an injury Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth).

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:25

Attempt saved. Thierry Small (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth). Assisted by Stefán Thórdarson with a cross.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:10

Attempt missed. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Andre Dozzell following a fast break.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:10

Attempt missed. Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:08

Attempt saved. Stefán Thórdarson (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth). Assisted by Ali McCann.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:08

Andre Dozzell (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:07

Foul by Andre Dozzell (Portsmouth).

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:11

Attempt missed. Daniel Jebbison (Preston North End) header from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stefán Thórdarson with a cross.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

16:03

Second Half begins Portsmouth 1, Preston North End 0.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:51

First Half ends, Portsmouth 1, Preston North End 0.

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15:50

Ali McCann (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:49

Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Lewis Gibson.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:47

Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:47

Foul by Daniel Jebbison (Preston North End).

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:47

Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Andre Dozzell.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:46

Goal! Portsmouth 1, Preston North End 0. Andre Dozzell (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by John Swift following a corner.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:45

Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Daniel Iversen.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:44

Attempt saved. Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner by Daniel Iversen (Preston North End). Assisted by Josh Murphy with a cross.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:42

Attempt missed. Michael Smith (Preston North End) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Whiteman.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:42

Foul by Lewis Gibson (Preston North End).

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:36

Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Benjamin Whiteman.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:36

Attempt blocked. Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Josh Murphy.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:35

Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:34

Foul by Andrew Hughes (Preston North End).

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:34

Offside, Preston North End. Daniel Jebbison is caught offside.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:32

Offside, Preston North End. Daniel Jebbison is caught offside.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:30

Offside, Portsmouth. Josh Murphy is caught offside.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:29

Attempt missed. Thierry Small (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Stefán Thórdarson.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:29

Offside, Portsmouth. Colby Bishop is caught offside.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:29

Attempt missed. Zak Swanson (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Connor Ogilvie with a cross.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:25

Pol Valentín (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:25

Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:23

Michael Smith (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:21

Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Pol Valentín.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:29

Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:19

Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:19

Attempt missed. John Swift (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:19

Jordan Storey (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:16

Foul by Jordan Storey (Preston North End).

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:12

Offside, Portsmouth. Colby Bishop is caught offside.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:11

Foul by Thierry Small (Preston North End).

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:03

Attempt missed. Daniel Jebbison (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Thierry Small with a cross.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:02

Attempt missed. Stefán Thórdarson (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Whiteman with a cross following a set piece situation.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:01

Ali McCann (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

15:00

First Half begins.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

14:30

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Portsmouth vs Preston North End

13:00

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