Preston North End 1-3 Norwich City: result and report

Championship · Monday 17 April 2017

Result

Preston North End 1-3 Norwich City

Championship · Monday 17 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Preston North End 1-3 Norwich City: match report

Preston North End lost to Norwich City 1-3 in the Championship on Monday 17 April 2017. The half-time score was 0-2.

Graham Dorrans opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Tommy Spurr (67'). Norwich City scored through Graham Dorrans (28'), Josh Murphy (40') and James Maddison (90+2').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 8th on 62 points from 42 and Norwich City 10th on 60 points from 42. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Norwich City 8th with 70.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-2 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Graham Dorrans of Norwich City (8.2), level with Alex Pritchard (8.2).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Graham DorransNorwich City · 0-1
  • 40'Goal · Josh MurphyNorwich City · 0-2
  • 67'Goal · Tommy SpurrPreston North End · 1-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Josh MurphyNorwich City
  • 90+2'Goal · James MaddisonNorwich City · 1-3

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Marnick Vermijl, Andy Boyle, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Tom Barkhuizen, Paul Gallagher, Alan Browne, Aiden McGeady, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill

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

John Ruddy, Ivo Pinto, Russell Martin, Ryan Bennett, Mitchell Dijks, Jonathan Howson, Graham Dorrans, Steven Naismith, Alex Pritchard, Josh Murphy, Cameron Jerome