Preston North End 2-1 Hull City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 February 2020

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Hull City

Championship · Saturday 22 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 2-1 Hull City: match report

Preston North End beat Hull City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 22 February 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

Mallik Wilks opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Paul Gallagher (67', penalty) and Alan Browne (71'). Hull City scored through Mallik Wilks (40').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Hull City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 6th on 53 points from 33 and Hull City 17th on 41 points from 33. Preston North End went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Hull City 24th with 45.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hull City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darnell Fisher of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Reece Burke (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Mallik WilksHull City · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · George HoneymanHull City
  • 67'Penalty goal · Paul GallagherPreston North End · 1-1
  • 71'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Matthew PenningtonHull City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Jordy de WijsHull City
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Jayden StockleyPreston North End

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Patrick Bauer, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Ben Pearson, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Josh Harrop, Scott Sinclair, Sean Maguire

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

George Long, Matthew Pennington, Reece Burke, Jordy de Wijs, Callum Elder, Leonardo Lopes, Jackson Irvine, Mallik Wilks, George Honeyman, Josh Magennis, Tom Eaves