Coventry City 0-3 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Friday 23 February 2024

Result

Coventry City 0-3 Preston North End

Championship · Friday 23 February 2024, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Coventry City 0-3 Preston North End: match report

Coventry City were beaten by Preston North End 0-3 in the Championship on Friday 23 February 2024. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Emil Riis opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Coventry City did not score. Preston North End scored through Emil Riis (1'), Will Keane (20') and an own goal by Bobby Thomas (38').

Discipline: Coventry City received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 7th on 51 points from 33 and Preston North End 9th on 49 points from 33. Coventry City went on to finish that season 9th with 64 points, and Preston North End 10th with 63.

Coventry City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emil Riis of Preston North End (8.9), ahead of Alan Browne (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Coventry City wins, 3 draws and 7 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Emil RiisPreston North End · 0-1
  • 20'Goal · Will KeanePreston North End · 0-2
  • 38'Own goal · Bobby ThomasPreston North End · 0-3
  • 43'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 54'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
  • 71'Yellow card · Bobby ThomasCoventry City
  • 90'Yellow card · Ben WoodburnPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 0, draws 3, Preston North End 7.

Team news

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Coventry City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ben Wilson, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Luis Binks, Jay Dasilva, Josh Eccles, Joel Latibeaudiere, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Callum O'Hare, Haji Wright, Ellis Simms

Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Ben Whiteman, Ali McCann, Liam Millar, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Emil Riis, Will Keane