Preston North End 4-2 Brentford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 February 2017

Result

Preston North End 4-2 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 11 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Preston North End · Brentford · Championship predictions

Preston North End 4-2 Brentford: match report

Preston North End defeated Brentford 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 11 February 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tom Field opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Aiden McGeady (18'), Callum Robinson (52'), Aiden McGeady (75') and Daryl Horgan (77'). Brentford scored through Tom Field (12') and Maxime Colin (89').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 10th on 43 points from 30 and Brentford 14th on 37 points from 29. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Brentford 10th with 64.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brentford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Aiden McGeady of Preston North End (9.9), ahead of Ben Pearson (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Preston North End wins, 0 draws and 3 for Brentford.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Tom FieldBrentford · 0-1
  • 18'Goal · Aiden McGeadyPreston North End · 1-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Maxime ColinBrentford
  • 52'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 2-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Josh McEachranBrentford
  • 75'Goal · Aiden McGeadyPreston North End · 3-1
  • 77'Goal · Daryl HorganPreston North End · 4-1
  • 89'Goal · Maxime ColinBrentford · 4-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Preston North End 0, draws 0, Brentford 3.

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Tyias Browning, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Daryl Horgan, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Aiden McGeady, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill

Brentford line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Bentley, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, Andreas Bjelland, Tom Field, Nico Yennaris, Ryan Woods, Josh McEachran, Jota Peleteiro, Lasse Vibe, Florian Jozefzoon