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

Championship · Saturday 14 April 2018

Result

Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 14 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Queens Park Rangers · Preston North End · Championship predictions

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

Queens Park Rangers lost to Preston North End 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 14 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Matt Smith opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Queens Park Rangers's goal came from Matt Smith (13'). Preston North End scored through Callum Robinson (45') and Alan Browne (74').

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

Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 15th on 53 points from 42 and Preston North End 11th on 63 points from 42. Queens Park Rangers went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Preston North End 7th with 73.

Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darnell Fisher of Preston North End (8.5), ahead of Jake Bidwell (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Matt SmithQueens Park Rangers · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Matt IngramQueens Park Rangers
  • 41'Yellow card · Greg CunninghamPreston North End
  • 45'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Jack RobinsonQueens Park Rangers
  • 74'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Massimo LuongoQueens Park Rangers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Queens Park Rangers 2, draws 4, Preston North End 4.

Team news

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

Matt Ingram, Darnell Furlong, Jake Bidwell, Jack Robinson, Alex Baptiste, Jordan Cousins, Ryan Manning, Massimo Luongo, Eberechi Eze, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Matt Smith

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

Declan Rudd, G. Cunningham, Tom Clarke, Darnell Fisher, Paul Huntington, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Billy Bodin, Callum Robinson