Fulham 3-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017

Result

Fulham 3-1 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Fulham 3-1 Preston North End: match report

Fulham defeated Preston North End 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 4 March 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sone Aluko opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Fulham's goals came from Sone Aluko (22'), Chris Martin (60') and Neeskens Kebano (77'). Preston North End scored through Tom Barkhuizen (68').

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

Going into the game Fulham were 9th on 50 points from 33 and Preston North End 7th on 53 points from 34. Fulham went on to finish that season 6th with 78 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Fulham lined up in a 4-3-3 and Preston North End in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sone Aluko of Fulham (8.9), ahead of Neeskens Kebano (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fulham win, 2 draws and 0 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Sone AlukoFulham · 1-0
  • 60'Goal · Chris MartinFulham · 2-0
  • 68'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 2-1
  • 77'Goal · Neeskens KebanoFulham · 3-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Greg CunninghamPreston North End

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Fulham 1, draws 2, Preston North End 0.

Team news

Fulham line-up (4-3-3)

David Button, Kazım Nas, Tomas Kalas, Tim Ream, Ryan Sessegnon, Tom Cairney, K. McDonald, Stefan Johansen, Sone Aluko, Chris Martin, Neeskens Kebano

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

Chris Maxwell, G. Cunningham, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, Tommy Spurr, Tom Barkhuizen, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, Daryl Horgan, Aiden McGeady, Jordan Hugill