Norwich City 2-3 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 8 October 2022

Result

Norwich City 2-3 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 8 October 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Norwich City 2-3 Preston North End: match report

Norwich City lost to Preston North End 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 8 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-1.

Josh Sargent opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Norwich City's goals came from Josh Sargent (2') and Gabriel Sara (76'). Preston North End scored through Emil Riis (25'), Emil Riis (51') and Troy Parrott (80').

Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 2nd on 24 points from 12 and Preston North End 11th on 16 points from 12. Norwich City went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emil Riis of Preston North End (8.4), ahead of Josh Sargent (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

2'Goal · Josh SargentNorwich City · 1-0
25'Goal · Emil RiisPreston North End · 1-1
30'Yellow card · S. ByramNorwich City
44'Yellow card · Robbie BradyPreston North End
51'Goal · Emil RiisPreston North End · 1-2
55'Yellow card · Álvaro FernandezPreston North End
59'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
64'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
76'Goal · Gabriel SaraNorwich City · 2-2
80'Goal · Troy ParrottPreston North End · 2-3
90+7'Yellow card · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End

Head-to-head

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

Preston North End 1-1 Norwich CityChampionship · 2 Apr 2021
Norwich City 2-2 Preston North EndChampionship · 19 Sep 2020
Preston North End 3-1 Norwich CityChampionship · 13 Feb 2019
Norwich City 2-0 Preston North EndChampionship · 22 Aug 2018
Preston North End 0-0 Norwich CityChampionship · 21 Apr 2018
Norwich City 1-1 Preston North EndChampionship · 25 Nov 2017

Team news

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Dimitrios GiannoulisNorwich City · injury (Unknown Injury)
Adam IdahNorwich City · injury (Knee Surgery)
Isaac HaydenNorwich City · injury (Knee Problems)
Przemyslaw PlachetaNorwich City · injury (Shin Bone Bruise)

Norwich City line-up (4-3-3)

Tim Krul, Max Aarons, Andrew Omobamidele, Grant Hanley, Sam Byram, Marcelino Núñez, Liam Gibbs, Kenny McLean, Aaron Ramsey, Teemu Pukki, Josh Sargent

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, G. Cunningham, Alan Browne, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Álvaro Carreras, Robbie Brady, Sean Maguire, Emil Riis