Preston North End 3-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 13 September 2016

Result

Preston North End 3-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 13 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Preston North End 3-0 Cardiff City: match report

Preston North End beat Cardiff City 3-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 September 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Tom Clarke opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Tom Clarke (36'), Callum Robinson (41') and Jordan Hugill (88'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 23rd on 4 points from 6 and Cardiff City 17th on 7 points from 6. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Cardiff City 11th with 64.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Clarke of Preston North End (8.7), ahead of Anders Lindegaard (8.3).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Ben WilsonCardiff City
  • 36'Goal · Tom ClarkePreston North End · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 2-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Rickie LambertCardiff City
  • 62'Yellow card · Craig NooneCardiff City
  • 67'Yellow card · Alberto SuárezCardiff City
  • 79'Yellow card · Callum RobinsonPreston North End
  • 88'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 3-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Anders Lindegaard, Marnick Vermijl, Tom Clarke, Alex Baptiste, G. Cunningham, Callum Robinson, Paul Gallagher, Alan Browne, Aiden McGeady, Jordan Hugill, Eoin Doyle

Cardiff City line-up (3-5-2)

Ben Wilson, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Kadeem Harris, Emyr Huws, Aron Gunnarsson, Joe Ralls, Declan John, Anthony Pilkington, Rickie Lambert