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

Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018

Result

Preston North End 1-2 Hull City

Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 1-2 Hull City: match report

Preston North End lost to Hull City 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 26 December 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jackson Irvine opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Alan Browne (47'). Hull City scored through Jackson Irvine (28') and Jackson Irvine (80').

Discipline: Preston North End received no yellow cards; Hull City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 15th on 28 points from 23 and Hull City 16th on 27 points from 23. Preston North End went on to finish that season 15th with 61 points, and Hull City 13th with 62.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hull City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jackson Irvine of Hull City (8.7), ahead of Paul Gallagher (8.0).

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

  • 28'Goal · Jackson IrvineHull City · 0-1
  • 47'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Markus HenriksenHull City
  • 80'Goal · Jackson IrvineHull City · 1-2

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, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Paul Gallagher, Daniel Johnson, Graham Burke, Alan Browne, Tom Barkhuizen, Lukas Nmecha

Hull City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Txiki Acaz, Todd Kane, Tommy Elphick, Jordy de Wijs, Stephen Kingsley, Jarrod Bowen, Markus Henriksen, Kevin Stewart, Kamil Grosicki, Jackson Irvine, Fraizer Campbell