Cardiff City 2-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 December 2008

Result

Cardiff City 2-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 6 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City 2-0 Preston North End: match report

Cardiff City won against Preston North End 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 6 December 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

R. Johnson opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from R. Johnson (42') and Michael Chopra (76', penalty). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 7th on 30 points from 20 and Preston North End 6th on 31 points from 20. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Preston North End 6th with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Preston North End.

Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read D-D-L-W-L and Preston North End's W-D-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Callum DavidsonPreston North End
  • 42'Goal · R. JohnsonCardiff City · 1-0
  • 76'Penalty goal · Michael ChopraCardiff City · 2-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Jon ParkinPreston North End

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Cardiff City 2, draws 2, Preston North End 2.