Preston North End 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 March 2023

Result

Preston North End 2-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 11 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Preston North End 2-0 Cardiff City: match report

Preston North End won against Cardiff City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 11 March 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Thomas Cannon opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Thomas Cannon (68') and Ched Evans (90+4'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 13th on 47 points from 35 and Cardiff City 21st on 38 points from 35. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Cardiff City 22nd with 49.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cardiff City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Freddie Woodman of Preston North End (8.4), ahead of Ben Whiteman (8.2).

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

  • 14'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
  • 15'Yellow card · Ryan LowePreston North End
  • 41'Yellow card · Mark McGuinnessCardiff City
  • 68'Goal · Thomas CannonPreston North End · 1-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Thomas CannonPreston North End
  • 90+1'Red card · J. AlnwickCardiff City
  • 90+4'Goal · Ched EvansPreston North End · 2-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Bambo Diaby, G. Cunningham, Ben Whiteman, Brad Potts, Ben Woodburn, Daniel Johnson, Álvaro Carreras, Tom Cannon, Troy Parrott

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

Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Cédric Kipré, Mark McGuinness, Jaden Philogene, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, R. Sawyers, Ryan Wintle, Callum O'Dowda, Sory Kaba, Kion Etete