Preston North End 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Championship · Saturday 1 October 2016
Result
Preston North End 2-0 Aston Villa
Championship · Saturday 1 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Preston North End 2-0 Aston Villa: match report
Preston North End beat Aston Villa 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 1 October 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Ben Pearson opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Ben Pearson (5') and Jordan Hugill (39'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Preston North End received 4 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Preston North End were 17th on 11 points from 10 and Aston Villa 19th on 10 points from 10. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Aston Villa 13th with 62.
Preston North End lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Pearson of Preston North End (8.0), ahead of Chris Maxwell (7.8).
Going into the match Preston North End's last five read D-W-L-W-L and Aston Villa's D-D-D-D-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Ben Pearson
- 39'Goal · Jordan Hugill
- 42'Yellow card · Alan Hutton
- 44'Yellow card · Ben Pearson
- 44'Yellow card · Ashley Westwood
- 45+3'Yellow card · Mile Jedinak
- 61'Yellow card · Greg Cunningham
- 85'Yellow card · Jordan Amavi
- 87'Yellow card · J. Welsh
- 90+5'Yellow card · Bailey Wright
- 90+6'Missed penalty · Ross McCormack
Team news
Preston North End line-up (4-1-4-1)
Chris Maxwell, Alex Baptiste, Tom Clarke, Bailey Wright, G. Cunningham, John Welsh, Aiden McGeady, Daniel Johnson, Ben Pearson, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mark Bunn, Alan Hutton, Tommy Elphick, James Chester, Aly Cissokho, Mile Jedinak, Ashley Westwood, Albert Adomah, Jack Grealish, Jordan Ayew, Jonathan Kodjia