Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 August 2016

Result

Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 20 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Preston North End: match report

Queens Park Rangers were beaten by Preston North End 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 August 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

J. Beckford opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Queens Park Rangers did not score. Preston North End scored through J. Beckford (21') and an own goal by Nedum Onuoha (52').

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

Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 2nd on 7 points from 3 and Preston North End 22nd on 1 point from 3. Queens Park Rangers went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to G. Cunningham of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Tom Clarke (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Queens Park Rangers wins, 6 draws and 1 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · J. BeckfordPreston North End · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · James PerchQueens Park Rangers
  • 52'Own goal · Nedum OnuohaPreston North End · 0-2
  • 58'Yellow card · J. WelshPreston North End
  • 85'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Alex Smithies, James Perch, Nedum Onuoha, Steven Caulker, Jake Bidwell, Karl Henry, Massimo Luongo, Jordan Cousins, Tjaronn Chery, Yeni N'Gbakoto, Sebastian Polter

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

Anders Lindegaard, Chris Humphrey, Tom Clarke, Bailey Wright, G. Cunningham, Tommy Spurr, Paul Gallagher, John Welsh, Daniel Johnson, Callum Robinson, Jermaine Beckford