Aston Villa 2-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2017

Result

Aston Villa 2-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Aston Villa 2-2 Preston North End: match report

Aston Villa drew with Preston North End 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 21 January 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Albert Adomah opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Albert Adomah (22') and Albert Adomah (36', penalty). Preston North End scored through Jordan Hugill (64') and Jordan Hugill (76').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 13th on 35 points from 26 and Preston North End 8th on 40 points from 26. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Albert Adomah of Aston Villa (8.7), ahead of Jordan Hugill (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 0 draws and 1 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 22'Goal · Albert AdomahAston Villa · 1-0
  • 36'Penalty goal · Albert AdomahAston Villa · 2-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Albert AdomahAston Villa
  • 63'Yellow card · Jordan HugillPreston North End
  • 64'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 2-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Jordan AmaviAston Villa
  • 68'Yellow card · M. VermijlPreston North End
  • 76'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 2-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Aiden McGeadyPreston North End

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Aston Villa 0, draws 0, Preston North End 1.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sam Johnstone, Alan Hutton, James Chester, Nathan Baker, J. Amavi, Henri Lansbury, Ashley Westwood, Albert Adomah, Jack Grealish, Andre Green, Gabriel Agbonlahor

Preston North End line-up (4-4-1-1)

Chris Maxwell, Marnick Vermijl, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, Tommy Spurr, Paul Gallagher, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, Aiden McGeady, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill