Preston North End 1-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 August 2017

Result

Preston North End 1-0 Reading

Championship · Saturday 19 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 1-0 Reading: match report

Preston North End won against Reading 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 19 August 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Jordan Hugill of Preston North End in the 22nd minute.

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 13th on 4 points from 3 and Reading 15th on 4 points from 3. Preston North End went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Reading 20th with 44.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Hugill of Preston North End (8.0), ahead of Vito Mannone (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 4 for Reading.

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read L-D-W and Reading's W-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 19'Yellow card · Liam MooreReading
  • 22'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Darnell FisherPreston North End
  • 45+1'Yellow card · George EvansReading
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Chris GunterReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 4, draws 2, Reading 4.

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Darnell Fisher, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Josh Earl, Ben Pearson, Josh Harrop, Daniel Johnson, Sean Maguire, Tom Barkhuizen, Jordan Hugill

Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, John Swift, Modou Barrow, Leandro Bacuna, Adrian Dumitru Popa, Liam Kelly, Pelle Clement