Cardiff City 0-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Friday 29 December 2017

Result

Cardiff City 0-1 Preston North End

Championship · Friday 29 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cardiff City · Preston North End · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 0-1 Preston North End: match report

Cardiff City were beaten by Preston North End 0-1 in the Championship on Friday 29 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Tom Clarke of Preston North End in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 3rd on 47 points from 24 and Preston North End 9th on 37 points from 24. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Preston North End 7th with 73.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Huntington of Preston North End (8.4), ahead of Tom Clarke (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Lee PeltierCardiff City
  • 27'Yellow card · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End
  • 36'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 48'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 90'Goal · Tom ClarkePreston North End · 0-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jordan HugillPreston North End
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Callum PatersonCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 2, Preston North End 4.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Callum Paterson, Lee Tomlin, Joe Ralls, Loïc Damour, Kenneth Zohore, Liam Feeney, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Chris Maxwell, G. Cunningham, Tom Clarke, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Ben Pearson, Daryl Horgan, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Jordan Hugill