Preston North End 1-4 Hull City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 August 2021

Result

Preston North End 1-4 Hull City

Championship · Saturday 7 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Preston North End 1-4 Hull City: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Hull City 1-4 in the Championship on Saturday 7 August 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Emil Riis opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Emil Riis (8'). Hull City scored through K. Lewis-Potter (35'), Richard Smallwood (62'), Josh Magennis (85') and Andy Cannon (90+2').

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

Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 64 points, and Hull City 20th with 51.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Hull City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Richard Smallwood of Hull City (8.6), ahead of Keane Lewis-Potter (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 4 for Hull City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Emil RiisPreston North End · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · K. Lewis-PotterHull City · 1-1
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End
  • 62'Goal · Richard SmallwoodHull City · 1-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End
  • 75'Yellow card · K. Lewis-PotterHull City
  • 85'Goal · Josh MagennisHull City · 1-3
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Tom EavesHull City
  • 90+2'Goal · Andy CannonHull City · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 4, draws 2, Hull City 4.

Team news

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Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Declan Rudd, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Tom Barkhuizen, Ryan Ledson, Alan Browne, Ben Whiteman, G. Cunningham, Ched Evans, Emil Riis

Hull City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matt Ingram, Lewie Coyle, Alfie Jones, Jacob Greaves, Josh Emmanuel, Richard Smallwood, Greg Docherty, Mallik Wilks, George Moncur, Keane Lewis-Potter, Josh Magennis