Preston North End 1-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2017

Result

Preston North End 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 1-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Preston North End drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 1 April 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Preston North End's goal came from Aiden McGeady (52'). Nottingham Forest scored through Britt Assombalonga (22').

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 8th on 58 points from 38 and Nottingham Forest 20th on 41 points from 38. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Nottingham Forest 21st with 51.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Vaughan of Nottingham Forest (8.1), ahead of Jordan Smith (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 4 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Britt AssombalongaNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Eric LichajNottingham Forest
  • 37'Yellow card · A. BoylePreston North End
  • 52'Goal · Aiden McGeadyPreston North End · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Callum RobinsonPreston North End
  • 71'Yellow card · Dani PinillosNottingham Forest
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Danny FoxNottingham Forest
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 4.

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Tom Clarke, Andy Boyle, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Daryl Horgan, Paul Gallagher, Ben Pearson, Aiden McGeady, Tom Barkhuizen, Jordan Hugill

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Joe Worrall, Danny Fox, Dani Pinillos, David Vaughan, Ben Brereton Díaz, Zach Clough, Chris Cohen, Ben Osborn, Britt Assombalonga