Preston North End 3-0 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 12 September 2017
Result
Preston North End 3-0 Cardiff City
Championship · Tuesday 12 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Preston North End 3-0 Cardiff City: match report
Preston North End won against Cardiff City 3-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 12 September 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Josh Harrop opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Josh Harrop (38'), Sean Maguire (70') and Alan Browne (78'). Cardiff City did not score.
Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Preston North End were 11th on 9 points from 6 and Cardiff City 1st on 16 points from 6. Preston North End went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Cardiff City 4th with 90.
Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Davies of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Sean Maguire (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 5 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Darnell Fisher
- 24'Yellow card · A. Gunnarsson
- 38'Goal · Josh Harrop
- 39'Yellow card · Sol Bamba
- 64'Yellow card · J. Welsh
- 70'Goal · Sean Maguire
- 75'Yellow card · Josh Harrop
- 78'Goal · Alan Browne
- 82'Yellow card · Lee Peltier
Head-to-head
Team news
Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)
Chris Maxwell, Darnell Fisher, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Josh Earl, Alan Browne, Josh Harrop, John Welsh, Sean Maguire, Tom Barkhuizen, Jordan Hugill
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Joe Bennett, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Ralls, Aron Gunnarsson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Loïc Damour, Junior Hoilett, Kenneth Zohore