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

Championship · Wednesday 11 December 2024

Result

Cardiff City 0-2 Preston North End

Championship · Wednesday 11 December 2024, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cardiff City · Preston North End · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 0-2 Preston North End: match report

Cardiff City lost to Preston North End 0-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 11 December 2024. The half-time score was 0-0.

Calum Chambers opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Cardiff City did not score. Preston North End scored through Calum Chambers (48') and Milutin Osmajic (90+3').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 22nd on 17 points from 18 and Preston North End 18th on 19 points from 19. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 24th with 44 points, and Preston North End 20th with 50.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Storey of Preston North End (8.9), ahead of Jack Whatmough (8.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Mads Frøkjaer-JensenPreston North End
  • 33'Yellow card · Perry NgCardiff City
  • 37'Yellow card · Sam GreenwoodPreston North End
  • 48'Goal · Calum ChambersPreston North End · 0-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Alistair Edward McCannPreston North End
  • 76'Yellow card · Kaine Kesler-HaydenPreston North End
  • 81'Yellow card · Joe RallsCardiff City
  • 90+3'Goal · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End · 0-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Calum Chambers, Joel Bagan, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Alex Robertson, Yakou Méïté, Rubin Colwill, Callum O'Dowda, Callum Robinson

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Jack Whatmough, Liam Lindsay, Josh Bowler, Ali McCann, Stefán Teitur Thórdarson, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Sam Greenwood, Emil Riis