English League Championship

Preston North End vs Norwich City, 2018-19 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Preston North End
  • 2': Ben Davies
  • 24': Paul Gallagher (P)
  • 69': Sean Maguire
FT
3 - 1
Norwich City
  • 90'+3': Teemu Pukki

About

Preston North End are hosting Norwich City at Deepdale, Preston, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 2': Darnell Fisher (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 2': Foul by Teemu Pukki (Norwich City).
  • 2': Goal! Preston North End 1, Norwich City 0. Ben Davies (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paul Gallagher with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 7': Offside, Preston North End. Alan Browne tries a through ball, but Sean Maguire is caught offside.
  • 8': Foul by Ben Godfrey (Norwich City).
  • 8': Sean Maguire (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a through ball.
  • 10': Foul by Darnell Fisher (Preston North End).
  • 10': Onel Hernández (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Brad Potts (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Paul Gallagher.
  • 14': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Emiliano Buendía.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Tom Barkhuizen (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Browne.
  • 17': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Alexander Tettey.
  • 19': Brad Potts (Preston North End) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Tom Barkhuizen.
  • 19': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Alexander Tettey.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Alexander Tettey (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Teemu Pukki.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Tom Trybull (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 20': Foul by Tom Trybull (Norwich City).
  • 20': Sean Maguire (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Tom Barkhuizen (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alan Browne.
  • 23': Penalty Preston North End. Darnell Fisher draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 23': Penalty conceded by Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 24': Goal! Preston North End 2, Norwich City 0. Paul Gallagher (Preston North End) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 27': Foul by Ben Pearson (Preston North End).
  • 27': Onel Hernández (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Stiepermann.
  • 29': Alan Browne (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 29': Foul by Tom Trybull (Norwich City).
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 31': Penalty Norwich City. Onel Hernández draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 31': Penalty conceded by Ben Pearson (Preston North End) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 32': Ben Pearson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 33': Penalty saved! Marco Stiepermann (Norwich City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 35': Brad Potts (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 35': Foul by Christoph Zimmermann (Norwich City).
  • 36': Christoph Zimmermann (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Christoph Zimmermann (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Sean Maguire (Preston North End).
  • 39': Alan Browne (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 39': Foul by Tom Trybull (Norwich City).
  • 43': Foul by Paul Gallagher (Preston North End).
  • 43': Marco Stiepermann (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Jordan Storey.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Ben Davies (Preston North End).
  • 45'+2': Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Preston North End 2, Norwich City 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Preston North End 2, Norwich City 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Norwich City. Jordan Rhodes replaces Tom Trybull.
  • 46': Attempt saved. Marco Stiepermann (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 47': Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 47': Foul by Onel Hernández (Norwich City).
  • 47': Attempt missed. Sean Maguire (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paul Gallagher with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 48': Attempt saved. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Stiepermann.
  • 48': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Declan Rudd.
  • 50': Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).
  • 50': Jamal Lewis (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Darnell Fisher (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Maximillian Aarons (Norwich City).
  • 53': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Declan Rudd.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Ben Godfrey (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Teemu Pukki.
  • 55': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Paul Gallagher.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Ben Godfrey (Norwich City) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Marco Stiepermann with a cross.
  • 58': Darnell Fisher (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Foul by Jamal Lewis (Norwich City).
  • 58': Foul by Sean Maguire (Preston North End).
  • 58': Jamal Lewis (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Attempt blocked. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.
  • 59': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Darnell Fisher.
  • 60': Attempt saved. Alexander Tettey (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Onel Hernández.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 61': Substitution, Preston North End. Daniel Johnson replaces Paul Gallagher.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Marco Stiepermann (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Onel Hernández (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Teemu Pukki.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Alexander Tettey (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.
  • 66': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Darnell Fisher.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Ben Godfrey (Norwich City) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a cross.
  • 66': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Declan Rudd.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marco Stiepermann.
  • 67': Substitution, Preston North End. Lukas Nmecha replaces Tom Barkhuizen because of an injury.
  • 68': Foul by Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End).
  • 68': Jamal Lewis (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Alan Browne (Preston North End) hits the bar with a right footed shot from more than 35 yards.
  • 69': Goal! Preston North End 3, Norwich City 0. Sean Maguire (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  • 71': Hand ball by Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End).
  • 71': Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 73': Substitution, Norwich City. Kenny McLean replaces Marco Stiepermann.
  • 74': Foul by Daniel Johnson (Preston North End).
  • 74': Onel Hernández (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Ben Godfrey (Norwich City) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Christoph Zimmermann with a headed pass.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Kenny McLean (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Godfrey.
  • 77': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Ben Davies.
  • 78': Substitution, Preston North End. Jayden Stockley replaces Sean Maguire.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Teemu Pukki.
  • 78': Attempt saved. Maximillian Aarons (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamal Lewis.
  • 79': Foul by Onel Hernández (Norwich City).
  • 79': Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 79': Offside, Norwich City. Jamal Lewis tries a through ball, but Jordan Rhodes is caught offside.
  • 81': Foul by Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City).
  • 81': Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lukas Nmecha.
  • 84': Substitution, Norwich City. Felix Passlack replaces Onel Hernández.
  • 85': Foul by Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End).
  • 85': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 85': Delay in match Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End) because of an injury.
  • 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 89': Ben Godfrey (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 89': Foul by Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End).
  • 90'+3': Goal! Preston North End 3, Norwich City 1. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Rhodes with a headed pass.
  • 90'+4': Maximillian Aarons (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+4': Declan Rudd (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': Ben Davies (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Jordan Rhodes (Norwich City).
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Preston North End 3, Norwich City 1.
  • 90'+6': Match ends, Preston North End 3, Norwich City 1.

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/381.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originNOR PNEhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/394.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
13 Fouls 13
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
8 Corner Kicks 3
1 Saves 8
60.6 Possession 39.4
23 SHOTS 11
10 ON GOAL 4
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
385 Accurate Passes 219
494 Passes 323
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
6 Accurate Crosses 4
21 Crosses 14
0.3 Cross % 0.3
41 Long Balls 69
18 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
7 Blocked Shots 1
18 Effective Tackles 12
26 Tackles 21
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
16 Interceptions 10
16 Effective Clearances 29
16 Clearances 29

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Deepdale
Location: Preston, England
Attendance: 11,280

EFL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Millwall 2 +5 6
2 West Bromwich Albion 2 +3 6
3 Charlton Athletic 2 +2 6
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 +2 4
Full Table

Line-Ups

PNE Preston North End (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Declan Rudd (GK) Yellow Card
6 Ben Davies
14 Jordan Storey
16 Andrew Hughes
2 Darnell Fisher
8 Alan Browne
12 Paul Gallagher
4 Ben Pearson Yellow Card
24 Sean Maguire
44 Brad Potts
29 Tom Barkhuizen
Preston North End Substitutes:
Michael Crowe, Tom Clarke, Jayden Stockley, Lukas Nmecha, Daniel Johnson, Joshua Earl, Ryan Ledson.

NOR Norwich City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Tim Krul (GK)
4 Ben Godfrey
6 Christoph Zimmerman Yellow Card
12 Jamal Lewis
37 Max Aarons Yellow Card
18 Marco Stiepermann
19 Tom Trybull
27 Alexander Tettey
22 Teemu Pukki
25 Onel Hernández
17 Emiliano Buendía
Norwich City Substitutes:
Kenny McLean, Dennis Srbeny, Felix Passlack, Jordan Rhodes, Todd Cantwell, Michael McGovern, Grant Hanley.

EFL Championship News

Premier League, EFL summer transfer window 2026 dates: When is Deadline Day?
Premier League, EFL summer transfer window 2026 dates: When is Deadline Day?

Everything that Premier League and EFL supporters need to know about the 2026 summer transfer window, and key dates around it.

Ballard scores insane goal-of-the-year contender
Ballard scores insane goal-of-the-year contender

Dom Ballard produces a moment of individual brilliance with a jaw-dropping back-heel volley for Bristol City in the EFL Championship.

Wrexham boss Parkinson eyes more signings with Reynolds, Mac
Wrexham boss Parkinson eyes more signings with Reynolds, Mac

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson said he had spoken with co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac about further strengthening the squad ahead of Saturday's draw with Watford.

Quevin Castro dies aged 25: West Brom 'devastated' by death of former player
Quevin Castro dies aged 25: West Brom 'devastated' by death of former player

West Brom have said they are "devastated" following the death of former midfielder Quevin Castro, aged 25.

West Ham miss late penalty, lose to Charlton in the Championship
West Ham miss late penalty, lose to Charlton in the Championship

Charlton maintained their perfect start to the Championship season with a 2-1 victory at West Ham in a pulsating London derby to pile more pressure on Hammers boss Nuno Espirito Santo.