Coventry City 0-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 24 April 2021

Result

Coventry City 0-1 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 24 April 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Coventry City · Preston North End · Championship predictions

Coventry City 0-1 Preston North End: match report

Coventry City lost to Preston North End 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 24 April 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Alan Browne of Preston North End in the 67th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Coventry City received 3 yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 16th on 51 points from 43 and Preston North End 14th on 52 points from 43. Coventry City went on to finish that season 16th with 55 points, and Preston North End 13th with 61.

Coventry City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Storey of Preston North End (7.8), ahead of Sam McCallum (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 2 draws and 7 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Gustavo HamerCoventry City
  • 67'Penalty goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 0-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Fankaty DaboCoventry City
  • 76'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End
  • 80'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzeanCoventry City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Ched EvansPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 1, draws 2, Preston North End 7.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Patrick BauerPreston North End · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

Ben Wilson, Michael Rose, Kyle McFadzean, Dominic Hyam, Julien Dacosta, Matty James, Gustavo Hamer, Sam McCallum, Callum O'Hare, Viktor Gyökeres, Maxime Biamou

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Sepp van den Berg, Alan Browne, Ben Whiteman, Ryan Ledson, Tom Barkhuizen, Ched Evans, Sean Maguire