Preston North End 1-3 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 March 2020

Result

Preston North End 1-3 Queens Park Rangers

Championship · Saturday 7 March 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 1-3 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Queens Park Rangers 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 7 March 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Daniel Johnson opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Daniel Johnson (19', penalty). Queens Park Rangers scored through Grant Hall (61'), Ryan Manning (78') and E. Eze (84').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 6th on 56 points from 36 and Queens Park Rangers 14th on 47 points from 36. Preston North End went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Queens Park Rangers 14th with 58.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Queens Park Rangers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Eberechi Eze of Queens Park Rangers (8.6), ahead of Grant Hall (8.3).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Penalty goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Paul GallagherPreston North End
  • 56'Yellow card · Geoff CameronQueens Park Rangers
  • 61'Goal · Grant HallQueens Park Rangers · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Ben DaviesPreston North End
  • 67'Second yellow · Geoff CameronQueens Park Rangers
  • 78'Goal · Ryan ManningQueens Park Rangers · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Luke AmosQueens Park Rangers
  • 84'Goal · E. EzeQueens Park Rangers · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 6, draws 3, Queens Park Rangers 1.

Team news

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

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

Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Liam Kelly, Àngel Rangel, Grant Hall, Yoann Barbet, Ryan Manning, Geoff Cameron, Dominic Ball, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Eberechi Eze, Marc Pugh, Jordan Hugill