Cardiff City 2-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 31 January 2017

Result

Cardiff City 2-0 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 31 January 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Cardiff City 2-0 Preston North End: match report

Cardiff City won against Preston North End 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 31 January 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Peter Whittingham opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Peter Whittingham (18', penalty) and K. Zohorè (28'). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 15th on 35 points from 28 and Preston North End 10th on 42 points from 28. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-5-1 and Preston North End in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Peter Whittingham of Cardiff City (8.3), ahead of Tom Clarke (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Penalty goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · K. ZohorèCardiff City · 2-0
  • 64'Yellow card · K. HarrisCardiff City
  • 72'Yellow card · Aiden McGeadyPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 5, draws 2, Preston North End 3.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-5-1)

Allan McGregor, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Jazz Richards, Kadeem Harris, Peter Whittingham, Aron Gunnarsson, Joe Ralls, Junior Hoilett, Kenneth Zohore

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

Chris Maxwell, Tyias Browning, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Paul Gallagher, Ben Pearson, Daniel Johnson, Daryl Horgan, Aiden McGeady, Jordan Hugill