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

Championship · Saturday 14 March 2026

Result

Norwich City 2-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 14 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Norwich City 2-0 Preston North End: match report

Norwich City won against Preston North End 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 14 March 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

Ali Ahmed opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Ali Ahmed (17') and Kenny McLean (39'). Preston North End did not score.

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

Going into the game Norwich City were 15th on 48 points from 36 and Preston North End 14th on 49 points from 37. Norwich City went on to finish that season 9th with 65 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kenny McLean of Norwich City (7.7), ahead of Vladan Kovacevic (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Anis SlimaneNorwich City
  • 17'Goal · Ali AhmedNorwich City · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Kenny McLeanNorwich City · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Brad PottsPreston North End

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Vladan Kovacevic, Jack Stacey, Harry Darling, José Córdoba, Ben Chrisene, Pelle Mattsson, Kenny McLean, Liam Gibbs, Anis Ben Slimane, Ali Ahmed, Mathias Kvistgaarden

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

Daniel Iversen, O. Offiah, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Thierry Small, A. Moran, Ben Whiteman, Jordan Thompson, Daniel Jebbison, Lewis Dobbin