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

Championship · Tuesday 29 December 2020

Result

Preston North End 2-0 Coventry City

Championship · Tuesday 29 December 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 2-0 Coventry City: match report

Preston North End won against Coventry City 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 29 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

Daniel Johnson opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Daniel Johnson (18') and Sean Maguire (53'). Coventry City did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Coventry City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 13th on 29 points from 21 and Coventry City 17th on 23 points from 21. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Coventry City 16th with 55.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Coventry City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean Maguire of Preston North End (8.2), ahead of Declan Rudd (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Preston North End wins, 5 draws and 0 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
  • 53'Goal · Sean MaguirePreston North End · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Josh EarlPreston North End
  • 89'Yellow card · Sean MaguirePreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 5, draws 5, Coventry City 0.

Team news

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Preston North End line-up (3-4-1-2)

Declan Rudd, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Darnell Fisher, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Josh Earl, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Sean Maguire

Coventry City line-up (3-5-2)

Ben Wilson, Leo Østigård, Kyle McFadzean, Dominic Hyam, Fankaty Dabo, Gustavo Hamer, Ben Sheaf, Jamie Allen, Ryan Giles, Callum O'Hare, Matty Godden