Cardiff City 4-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 February 2021

Result

Cardiff City 4-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 20 February 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City 4-0 Preston North End: match report

Cardiff City defeated Preston North End 4-0 in the Championship on Saturday 20 February 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Kieffer Moore opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Kieffer Moore (2', penalty), Josh Murphy (46'), Marlon Pack (70') and Mark Harris (77'). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 7th on 43 points from 30 and Preston North End 13th on 39 points from 30. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Preston North End 13th with 61.

Cardiff City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Preston North End in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dillon Phillips of Cardiff City (9.1), ahead of Mark Harris (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

  • 2'Penalty goal · Kieffer MooreCardiff City · 1-0
  • 46'Goal · Josh MurphyCardiff City · 2-0
  • 64'Missed penalty · Paul GallagherPreston North End
  • 65'Yellow card · Aden FlintCardiff City
  • 66'Missed penalty · Ched EvansPreston North End
  • 70'Goal · Marlon PackCardiff City · 3-0
  • 77'Goal · Mark HarrisCardiff City · 4-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Joe BennettCardiff City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Dillon Phillips, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Perry Ng, Will Vaulks, Marlon Pack, Joe Bennett, Harry Wilson, Josh Murphy, Kieffer Moore

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Jayson Molumby, Ben Whiteman, Daniel Johnson, Emil Riis, Ched Evans, G. Cunningham