Reading 1-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 April 2018

Result

Reading 1-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 7 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 1-0 Preston North End: match report

Reading beat Preston North End 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 7 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Modou Barrow of Reading in the 12th minute.

Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 19th on 39 points from 40 and Preston North End 10th on 60 points from 40. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 44 points, and Preston North End 7th with 73.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Moore of Reading (8.6), ahead of Chris Gunter (7.8).

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

Going into the match Reading's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Preston North End's L-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Ben DaviesPreston North End
  • 12'Goal · Modou BarrowReading · 1-0
  • 17'Yellow card · L. BacunaReading
  • 27'Yellow card · Darnell FisherPreston North End
  • 60'Yellow card · John SwiftReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 4, draws 2, Preston North End 4.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tiago Ilori, Omar Richards, John Swift, Sone Aluko, Modou Barrow, Leandro Bacuna, Liam Kelly, J. Böðvarsson

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

Declan Rudd, G. Cunningham, Darnell Fisher, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Tom Barkhuizen, Callum Robinson, Billy Bodin, L. Moult