Preston North End 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 January 2017

Result

Preston North End 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Championship · Saturday 14 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Preston North End · Brighton & Hove Albion · Championship predictions

Preston North End 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Preston North End defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 14 January 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Paul Huntington opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Paul Huntington (13') and Callum Robinson (53'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 10th on 37 points from 25 and Brighton & Hove Albion 1st on 54 points from 24. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 2nd with 93.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Gallagher of Preston North End (8.5), ahead of Paul Huntington (8.1).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Paul HuntingtonPreston North End · 1-0
  • 53'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Bruno SaltorBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 68'Yellow card · Greg CunninghamPreston North End
  • 73'Yellow card · Shane DuffyBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jordan HugillPreston North End
  • 90+7'Missed penalty · T. HemedBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Preston North End 0, draws 5, Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-4-1-1)

Chris Maxwell, Marnick Vermijl, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Daryl Horgan, Paul Gallagher, Alan Browne, Aiden McGeady, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-2)

David Adam Stockdale, Bruno Saltor, Connor Goldson, Shane Duffy, Sam Adekugbe, Anthony Knockaert, Steve Sidwell, Oliver Norwood, Jiri Skalak, Sam Baldock, Glenn Murray