Preston North End 1-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Saturday 1 April 2017
Result
Preston North End 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Saturday 1 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Preston North End 1-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Preston North End drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 1 April 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Preston North End's goal came from Aiden McGeady (52'). Nottingham Forest scored through Britt Assombalonga (22').
Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Preston North End were 8th on 58 points from 38 and Nottingham Forest 20th on 41 points from 38. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Nottingham Forest 21st with 51.
Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Vaughan of Nottingham Forest (8.1), ahead of Jordan Smith (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 4 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 34'Yellow card · Eric Lichaj
- 37'Yellow card · A. Boyle
- 52'Goal · Aiden McGeady
- 55'Yellow card · Callum Robinson
- 71'Yellow card · Dani Pinillos
- 90+2'Yellow card · Danny Fox
- 90+4'Yellow card · Ben Pearson
Head-to-head
Team news
Preston North End line-up (4-4-1-1)
Chris Maxwell, Tom Clarke, Andy Boyle, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Daryl Horgan, Paul Gallagher, Ben Pearson, Aiden McGeady, Tom Barkhuizen, Jordan Hugill
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Joe Worrall, Danny Fox, Dani Pinillos, David Vaughan, Ben Brereton Díaz, Zach Clough, Chris Cohen, Ben Osborn, Britt Assombalonga