Preston North End 0-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 18 October 2020

Result

Preston North End 0-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Sunday 18 October 2020, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Preston North End 0-1 Cardiff City: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Cardiff City 0-1 in the Championship on Sunday 18 October 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from S. Ojo of Cardiff City in the 52nd minute.

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 18th on 4 points from 4 and Cardiff City 19th on 4 points from 4. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Cardiff City 8th with 68.

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 Alex Smithies of Cardiff City (7.8), ahead of Curtis Nelson (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 4 for Cardiff City.

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read W-L-D-L and Cardiff City's D-L-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Goal · S. OjoCardiff City · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 3, Cardiff City 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • L. MoultPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)
  • Joe BennettCardiff City · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Billy BodinPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Declan Rudd, Joe Rafferty, Patrick Bauer, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Ben Pearson, Ryan Ledson, Brad Potts, Alan Browne, Scott Sinclair, Sean Maguire

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

Alex Smithies, J. Osei-Tutu, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, G. Cunningham, Leandro Bacuna, Marlon Pack, Sheyi Ojo, Joe Ralls, Junior Hoilett, Kieffer Moore