Preston North End 3-2 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2009

Result

Preston North End 3-2 Coventry City

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Preston North End · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Preston North End 3-2 Coventry City: match report

Preston North End defeated Coventry City 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 19 September 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Sammy Clingan opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Reece Brown (50'), Neil Mellor (55') and Reece Brown (68'). Coventry City scored through Sammy Clingan (19') and Clinton Morrison (90').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 6th on 12 points from 7 and Coventry City 10th on 11 points from 7. Preston North End went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Coventry City 20th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 1 for Coventry City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Reece BrownPreston North End
  • 19'Goal · Sammy ClinganCoventry City · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Clinton MorrisonCoventry City
  • 50'Goal · Reece BrownPreston North End · 1-1
  • 55'Goal · Neil MellorPreston North End · 2-1
  • 68'Goal · Reece BrownPreston North End · 3-1
  • 90'Goal · Clinton MorrisonCoventry City · 3-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Preston North End 5, draws 2, Coventry City 1.