Swansea City 3-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 August 2024

Result

Swansea City 3-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 17 August 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Swansea City 3-0 Preston North End: match report

Swansea City beat Preston North End 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 17 August 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Matt Grimes opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Swansea City's goals came from Matt Grimes (40', penalty), Azeem Abdulai (61') and Zan Vipotnik (83'). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Swansea City received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.

Swansea City went on to finish that season 11th with 61 points, and Preston North End 20th with 50.

Swansea City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ronald of Swansea City (8.1), ahead of Matt Grimes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Swansea City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Penalty goal · Matt GrimesSwansea City · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End
  • 59'Yellow card · Azeem AbdulaiSwansea City
  • 61'Goal · Azeem AbdulaiSwansea City · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 63'Yellow cardPreston North End
  • 83'Goal · Zan VipotnikSwansea City · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swansea City 5, draws 1, Preston North End 4.

Team news

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Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lawrence Vigouroux, Josh Key, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling, Josh Tymon, Gonçalo Franco, Matt Grimes, Ji-sung Eom, Oliver Cooper, Ronald, Liam Cullen

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

Freddie Woodman, Brad Potts, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Stefán Teitur Thórdarson, Ben Whiteman, Ryan Ledson, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Emil Riis, Robbie Brady