Newcastle United 4-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Monday 24 April 2017

Result

Newcastle United 4-1 Preston North End

Championship · Monday 24 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Newcastle United 4-1 Preston North End: match report

Newcastle United won against Preston North End 4-1 in the Championship on Monday 24 April 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Ayoze Pérez opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Ayoze Pérez (7'), Christian Atsu (45'), Matt Ritchie (65', penalty) and Ayoze Pérez (67'). Preston North End scored through Jordan Hugill (14').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 2nd on 86 points from 43 and Preston North End 11th on 62 points from 43. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Preston North End in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ayoze Pérez of Newcastle United (8.9), ahead of Isaac Hayden (7.8).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Ayoze PérezNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 1-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Jiang GuangtaiPreston North End
  • 45'Goal · Christian AtsuNewcastle United · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · J. ShelveyNewcastle United
  • 63'Red card · Paul GallagherPreston North End
  • 65'Penalty goal · Matt RitchieNewcastle United · 3-1
  • 67'Goal · Ayoze PérezNewcastle United · 4-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Matt RitchieNewcastle United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Newcastle United 3, draws 0, Preston North End 0.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Robert Elliot, Vurnon Anita, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Isaac Hayden, Jonjo Shelvey, Christian Atsu, Ayoze Pérez, Aleksandar Mitrović

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

Chris Maxwell, Tyias Browning, Andy Boyle, Paul Huntington, Tommy Spurr, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Daniel Johnson, Aiden McGeady, Jordan Hugill, Tom Barkhuizen