Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 October 2016

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 15 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Preston North End: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion drew with Preston North End 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 15 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jordan Hugill opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Sam Baldock (54') and Glenn Murray (65'). Preston North End scored through Jordan Hugill (10') and Simon Makienok (90+2').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 3rd on 21 points from 11 and Preston North End 16th on 14 points from 11. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 2nd with 93 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-4-2 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Norwood of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.5), ahead of Jamie Murphy (8.1).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 0-1
  • 54'Goal · Sam BaldockBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 65'Goal · Glenn MurrayBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Jordan HugillPreston North End
  • 82'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 90+2'Goal · Simon MakienokPreston North End · 2-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 0, draws 4, Preston North End 0.

Team news

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-2)

David Adam Stockdale, Bruno Saltor, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Steve Sidwell, Oliver Norwood, Jamie Murphy, Glenn Murray, Sam Baldock

Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Chris Maxwell, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, Alex Baptiste, Chris Humphrey, Ben Pearson, Daniel Johnson, John Welsh, Tommy Spurr, Jordan Hugill, Callum Robinson