Preston North End 2-1 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 February 2017

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Queens Park Rangers

Championship · Saturday 25 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Preston North End 2-1 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Preston North End beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 February 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Kazenga LuaLua opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Aiden McGeady (45') and Jordan Hugill (71'). Queens Park Rangers scored through Kazenga LuaLua (36').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Queens Park Rangers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 8th on 50 points from 33 and Queens Park Rangers 15th on 41 points from 33. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Queens Park Rangers 17th with 54.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-3 and Queens Park Rangers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aiden McGeady of Preston North End (7.8), ahead of Daniel Johnson (7.5).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Nedum OnuohaQueens Park Rangers
  • 36'Goal · Kazenga LuaLuaQueens Park Rangers · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Luke FreemanQueens Park Rangers
  • 45'Goal · Aiden McGeadyPreston North End · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Kazenga LuaLuaQueens Park Rangers
  • 66'Yellow card · Tom ClarkePreston North End
  • 71'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 2-1
  • 78'Second yellow · Luke FreemanQueens Park Rangers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 5, Queens Park Rangers 3.

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, Tommy Spurr, Daryl Horgan, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, G. Cunningham, Aiden McGeady, Jordan Hugill, Callum Robinson

Queens Park Rangers line-up (3-4-2-1)

Alex Smithies, Nedum Onuoha, James Perch, Joel Lynch, Darnell Furlong, Ryan Manning, Luke Freeman, Jake Bidwell, Paweł Wszołek, Kazenga LuaLua, Matt Smith