Preston North End 2-1 Hull City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 February 2018

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Hull City

Championship · Saturday 3 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Preston North End 2-1 Hull City: match report

Preston North End won against Hull City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 3 February 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Jarrod Bowen opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Greg Cunningham (36') and Alan Browne (45+1', penalty). Hull City scored through Jarrod Bowen (29').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 9th on 45 points from 29 and Hull City 22nd on 26 points from 29. Preston North End went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Hull City 18th with 49.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hull City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alan Browne of Preston North End (8.0), ahead of G. Cunningham (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 1 draw and 5 for Hull City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Jarrod BowenHull City · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Greg CunninghamPreston North End · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Billy BodinPreston North End
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 2-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Max ClarkHull City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 4, draws 1, Hull City 5.

Team news

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

Declan Rudd, G. Cunningham, Tom Clarke, Darnell Fisher, Paul Huntington, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Billy Bodin, Callum Robinson

Hull City line-up (4-4-2)

Allan McGregor, Michael Hector, Max Clark, Ola Aina, A. MacDonald, Jackson Irvine, David Meyler, Sebastian Larsson, Jarrod Bowen, Nouha Dicko, Fraizer Campbell