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

Championship · Wednesday 22 August 2018

Result

Norwich City 2-0 Preston North End

Championship · Wednesday 22 August 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Norwich City 2-0 Preston North End: match report

Norwich City won against Preston North End 2-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 22 August 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Teemu Pukki opened the scoring in the 80th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Teemu Pukki (80') and Alexander Tettey (87'). Preston North End did not score.

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

Going into the game Norwich City were 21st on 1 point from 3 and Preston North End 15th on 4 points from 3. Norwich City went on to finish that season 1st with 94 points, and Preston North End 15th with 61.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Timm Klose of Norwich City (7.7), ahead of Tim Krul (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Norwich City wins, 5 draws and 2 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 61'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 65'Yellow card · Moritz LeitnerNorwich City
  • 80'Goal · Teemu PukkiNorwich City · 1-0
  • 84'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 87'Goal · Alexander TetteyNorwich City · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Alexander TetteyNorwich City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 3, draws 5, Preston North End 2.

Team news

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

Tim Krul, Ivo Pinto, Grant Hanley, Timm Klose, Jamal Lewis, Alexander Tettey, Moritz Leitner, Ben Marshall, Teemu Pukki, Onel Hernández, J. Rhodes

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, Andrew Hughes, Tom Barkhuizen, Alan Browne, Ben Pearson, Callum Robinson, Lukas Nmecha, L. Moult