Preston North End 1-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

Preston North End 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Preston North End · Nottingham Forest · Championship predictions

Preston North End 1-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Preston North End drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 23 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

B. Brereton opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Paul Huntington (75'). Nottingham Forest scored through B. Brereton (58').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 9th on 35 points from 22 and Nottingham Forest 12th on 30 points from 22. Preston North End went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 53.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Huntington of Preston North End (7.8), ahead of Paul Gallagher (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · D. VaughanNottingham Forest
  • 42'Yellow card · Liam BridcuttNottingham Forest
  • 49'Yellow card · B. BreretonNottingham Forest
  • 58'Goal · B. BreretonNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Ben OsbornNottingham Forest
  • 75'Goal · Paul HuntingtonPreston North End · 1-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 89'Yellow card · Paul GallagherPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 3, Nottingham Forest 4.

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Tom Clarke, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Kevin O'Connor, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Michael Mancienne, Ben Osborn, Joe Worrall, Liam Bridcutt, Ben Brereton Díaz, Mustapha Carayol, Kieran Dowell, David Vaughan, Daryl Murphy