City beat Preston in behind-closed-doors friendly ahead of Palermo trip

In partnership with

Manchester City F.C.

·2 August 2025

City beat Preston in behind-closed-doors friendly ahead of Palermo trip

City beat Preston North End 1-0 in a friendly played behind closed doors at the City Football Academy on Saturday.

Rico Lewis scored the only goal of the game that marked the end of our first week of pre-season following this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup.

OneFootball Videos

Pep Guardiola’s side will now prepare for next week’s Anglo Palermitan Trophy clash with CFG sister club Palermo in Sicily.

That game kicks off at 20:00 (UK) on Saturday 9 August and will be available to watch live on mancity.com and our official app for those with a CITY+ subscription.

SUBSCRIBE TO CITY+

View publisher imprint

Mentioned in this article

Manchester City

City beat Preston in behind-closed-doors friendly ahead of Palermo trip | OneFootball

City beat Preston in behind-closed-doors friendly ahead of Palermo trip

OneFootball Videos

Manchester City

MORE STORIES