Preston North End 3-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 March 2017

Result

Preston North End 3-0 Reading

Championship · Saturday 11 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Preston North End 3-0 Reading: match report

Preston North End beat Reading 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 11 March 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Tom Barkhuizen opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Preston North End's goals came from Tom Barkhuizen (31'), Daryl Horgan (40') and Tom Barkhuizen (49'). Reading did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 8th on 54 points from 36 and Reading 5th on 64 points from 36. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Barkhuizen of Preston North End (9.0), ahead of Daryl Horgan (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 5 for Reading.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · A. BoylePreston North End
  • 31'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 1-0
  • 40'Goal · Daryl HorganPreston North End · 2-0
  • 49'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 3-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Chris GunterReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 2, Reading 5.

Team news

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

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

Reading line-up (4-3-3)

Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Tyler Blackett, Jordan Obita, John Swift, Joey van den Berg, Jordon Mutch, Lewis Grabban, Yann Kermorgant, Garath McCleary