Hull City 2-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Monday 21 April 2025

Result

Hull City 2-1 Preston North End

Championship · Monday 21 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Hull City 2-1 Preston North End: match report

Hull City beat Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship on Monday 21 April 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Lewis Gibson opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Hull City's goals came from Joe Gelhardt (50', penalty) and Joe Gelhardt (67', penalty). Preston North End scored through Lewis Gibson (34').

Discipline: Hull City received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hull City were 20th on 45 points from 43 and Preston North End 17th on 49 points from 43. Hull City went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Preston North End 20th with 50.

Hull City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Gelhardt of Hull City (9.5), ahead of Sean McLoughlin (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Hull City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Lewis GibsonPreston North End · 0-1
  • 50'Penalty goal · Joe GelhardtHull City · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Stefán Teitur ThórdarsonPreston North End
  • 67'Penalty goal · Joe GelhardtHull City · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Mads Frøkjaer-JensenPreston North End
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Robbie BradyPreston North End
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hull City 4, draws 3, Preston North End 3.

Team news

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

Ivor Pandur, Lewie Coyle, John Egan, Charlie Hughes, Sean McLoughlin, Steven Alzate, Regan Slater, Abu Kamara, Joe Gelhardt, Nordin Amrabat, Kyle Joseph

Preston North End line-up (3-5-1-1)

David Cornell, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Lewis Gibson, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Stefán Teitur Thórdarson, Ben Whiteman, Robbie Brady, Jayden Meghoma, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Milutin Osmajic