West Ham United drew 2-2 with Preston North End in a friendly match back in 2018. Before that, you have to go back to 2005 to find the last time the two sides met. That was in the Championship play-off final, where Bobby Zamora scored the winner.
West Ham vs. Preston: Head-to-head record in the last five games
- West Ham Wins: 1. Draws: 1. Preston Wins: 3.
- West Ham Goals Scored: 6. Preston Goals Scored: 8.
West Ham vs. Preston: Head-to-head results from the last five games
- July 21, 2018: Preston 2-2 West Ham - Friendly - Marco Arnautovic X2.
- May 30, 2005: Preston 0-1 West Ham - Championship playoff final - Zamora.
- March 5, 2005: West Ham 1-2 Preston - Championship - Zamora.
- December 18, 2004: Preston 2-1 West Ham - Championship - Nigel Reo-Coker.
- January 10, 2004: West Ham 1-2 Preston - First Division - David Connelly.
There are not many sides in the Championship that West Ham has a negative record against. However, Preston is one of them. However, it has been over 20 years since the two sides last met in competitive games.
The friendly in 2018 saw Arnautovic score a brace. He was a hero for West Ham at the time, but moved to Shanghai SIPG for the riches that Chinese football had at the time. He is 37 now and played for Red Star Belgrade in Serbia.
The 2005 playoff final made Zamora a West Ham legend for his goal at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to win it against Preston. The striker would recreate that feat for Queens Park Rangers as he netted the winner in another Championship playoff final. That time, his goal sent QPR up at the expense of Derby County.
West Ham lost to Preston on both occasions during the league phase of the Championship during the 2004/05 season. However, Zamora and Reo-Coker both scored against the Lilywhites in those games. Zamora is now a striker's coach at Brighton & Hove Albion, whilst Reo-Coker is a pundit on CBS Sports.
The Hammers also lost to Preston the last time they met in the First Division. Connelly scored West Ham's goal in that game. He went on to represent Wigan Athletic and Sunderland in the Premier League.
Also featuring for West Ham in that First Division match was Michael Carrick. He is still the Manchester United manager, despite their poor run of form recently. However, recent fighting displays against AS Roma and Aston Villa look to have kept him in the job.
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