Preston North End 0-2 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Championship · Friday 1 December 2023

Result

Preston North End 0-2 Queens Park Rangers

Championship · Friday 1 December 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Preston North End 0-2 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Queens Park Rangers 0-2 in the Championship on Friday 1 December 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Paul Smyth opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Preston North End did not score. Queens Park Rangers scored through Paul Smyth (55') and Chris Willock (87').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Queens Park Rangers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 8th on 28 points from 18 and Queens Park Rangers 22nd on 13 points from 18. Preston North End went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Queens Park Rangers 18th with 56.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Queens Park Rangers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ilias Chair of Queens Park Rangers (8.5), ahead of Sam Field (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Lyndon DykesQueens Park Rangers
  • 55'Goal · Paul SmythQueens Park Rangers · 0-1
  • 87'Goal · Chris WillockQueens Park Rangers · 0-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ben WoodburnPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 5, draws 1, Queens Park Rangers 4.

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Calvin Ramsay, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Ben Whiteman, Alan Browne, Duane Holmes, Will Keane, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Ched Evans

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

Asmir Begović, Reggie Cannon, Jimmy Dunne, Jake Clarke-Salter, Kenneth Paal, Jack Colback, Sam Field, Chris Willock, Andre Dozzell, Lyndon Dykes, Paul Smyth