Preston North End's Graham Alexander and Chris Lucketti weighed in with around 650 games for the club, while Stuart McCall and Paul Heckingbottom accounted for about 550 City outings between them. The match was an entertaining, open encounter that delivered enough for the home crowd to enjoy as the lead changed hands three times. Preston had been a yard off it but that changed seven minutes after the restart. Will Swan has been scoring for fun in pre-season and continued his run with a composed finish set up by Antoni Sarcevic's ball round the corner and intelligent play from Jake Beesley. Bradford City eventually came out on top in the match, with Preston conceding three goals in the first half at the same Bradford end with Huddersfield last season. The visitors were cutting Preston open at will and should have gone two up five minutes before the break. Swan provided the assist in the box for Sarcevic, who screwed a shot past the far post as the goal beckoned. Beesley then scorned a chance to shoot after being played in by Swan, opting instead to unsuccessfully try to square for Bobby Pointon. But it had been an encouraging half for the home fans. Preston had been a yard off it but that changed seven minutes after the restart. Lang found himself in space on the right and he square for Milutin Osmajic to beat Walker with a thumping first-time blast. Preston were enjoying their best spell as McCann nodded over and Connolly was booked for a spiky challenge on Andrew Moran. And they turned things round with a second goal on 58 minutes. Andrija Vukcevic's deep cross had Walker scrambling across his goal, but Preston's Lee Nicholls then put himself in dire straits with an awful pass out under heavy pressure from City's press. Sarcevic picked up possession but chose to chip with only the keeper to beat and put it into his relieved arms. The match ended with Preston conceding three goals in the first half at the same Bradford end with Huddersfield last season. League standing (final 2025 table -- new season not yet under way): 14th in Championship, 60 pts, 15W-15D-16L from 46 games, recent form LWLLW. Goals this season: 55 scored, 62 conceded (-7 goal difference). Title race: 35 points behind leaders Coventry. Next fixture: vs QPR (at home, 2027-02-20) (15th in the table).