Preston North End 6-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 April 2009

Result

Preston North End 6-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 18 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Preston North End 6-0 Cardiff City: match report

Preston North End beat Cardiff City 6-0 in the Championship on Saturday 18 April 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.

Neil Mellor opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Neil Mellor (17'), Neil Mellor (41'), Jon Parkin (51'), an own goal by Mark Kennedy (54'), Reece Brown (75') and L. Williamson (86'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 8th on 65 points from 43 and Cardiff City 4th on 73 points from 42. Preston North End went on to finish that season 6th with 75 points, and Cardiff City 7th with 74.

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

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read W-L-D-D-W and Cardiff City's W-W-W-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Neil MellorPreston North End · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · L. WilliamsonPreston North End
  • 41'Goal · Neil MellorPreston North End · 2-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Jon ParkinPreston North End
  • 44'Missed penalty · Ross McCormackCardiff City
  • 51'Goal · Jon ParkinPreston North End · 3-0
  • 54'Own goal · Mark KennedyPreston North End · 4-0
  • 71'Yellow card · G. RaeCardiff City
  • 75'Goal · Reece BrownPreston North End · 5-0
  • 86'Goal · L. WilliamsonPreston North End · 6-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 2, Cardiff City 3.