Neil promises positive approach at City

PRESTON North End boss Alex Neil says tomorrow’s game at Bristol City offers his side a chance to put things right with their away form.

The Deepdale outfit are yet to win a league game on their travels this campaign, contrasting to last season where they won more away than they did at home.

Their form on the road has improved a little recently, as they have recorded draws with Aston Villa, Hull City and Ipswich Town since the start of October.

However, Neil says his side are not purposefully looking to solely avoid defeat, and is keen to see them winning games on the road, starting against the Robins tomorrow.

“If you don’t get beat away and win your home games, that is something to start with,” said Preston boss Neil to the Lancashire Evening Post. “But we don’t go away with the aim just not to get beaten, we go away to try to win the game.

“It hasn’t happened for us yet and we are trying to put that right.”

Preston are unbeaten in six league matches but, after Reading beat the Robins on Saturday, they are still only out of the relegation zone on goals scored. However, Neil has seen positives in their recent displays.

He said: “At Hull we didn’t deserve anything more than we got. At Ipswich I wouldn’t say we walked away particularly disappointed we didn’t win. But I thought we had the opportunities to win it.

“Against Rotherham we should have won, no question about that. We had more chances, more everything than they had in the game.”