Preston North End FC vs Cardiff City FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Preston North End FC

1 – 2

Full Time

Cardiff City FC

Sat 25 Nov 2023 · 15:00 UTC Deepdale HT 45' · FT 45'

Milutin Osmajic 48' 1–0

1–1 90+6' Karlan Grant

1–2 90+9' Ike Ugbo

Y 30' Jamilu Collins

Ched Evans 31' Y

Robbie Brady 31' Y

Kian Best 45' Y

Robbie Brady 52' YR

Freddie Woodman 77' Y

Overview

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Preston North End FC vs Cardiff City FC — Championship at Deepdale.

Preston North End FC 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Cardiff City FC 8 games · 7 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Bobby Madley (England)
Assistant 1 Craig Taylor
Assistant 2 Blake Antrobus (England)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Preston North End FC 12 games · Avg 2.1 goals Cardiff City FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-11-25 Preston North End FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC 2023-03-11 Preston North End FC 2–0 Cardiff City FC 2022-08-27 Cardiff City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC 2022-03-12 Cardiff City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC 2021-11-20 Preston North End FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Nov	Cardiff City FC	H	1–2	L
10 Nov	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	2–1	W
04 Nov	Coventry City FC	H	3–2	W
28 Oct	Hull City AFC	A	0–1	L
25 Oct	Southampton FC	H	2–2	D
21 Oct	Millwall FC	H	1–1	D

Cardiff City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Nov	Preston North End FC	A	2–1	W
11 Nov	Norwich City FC	H	2–3	L
04 Nov	Stoke City FC	A	0–0	D
28 Oct	Bristol City FC	H	2–0	W
24 Oct	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	4–0	W
21 Oct	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Preston North End FC		Cardiff City FC
#23	Position	#21
4	Points	7
8	Played	8
1 / 1 / 6	W / D / L	1 / 4 / 3
8	Scored	10
15	Conceded	12
-7	GD	-2
0.50	PPG	0.88
13%	Win %	13%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season

Preston North End FC are 23rd (4 pts). Cardiff City FC are 21st (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Preston North End FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Cardiff City FC

0-15

2/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/2

46-60

–/3

61-75

3/–

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	3 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Cardiff City FC

Jack Moylan	3 G	1 A
Yousef Salech	2 G	1 A
Cian Ashford	2 G	1 A
Rubin Colwill	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Preston North End FC host Cardiff City FC — let the battle begin!
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Preston North End FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Preston North End FC in their 3-5-2 trying to find a way past Cardiff City FC's compact 4-2-3-1.
20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Preston North End FC and Cardiff City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
25' Ryan Wintle has been relatively quiet despite scoring 8 goals in his last 96 appearances.
30' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jamilu Collins on 30.
31' It’s a booking for Preston North End FC player. Ched Evans gets a Yellow card.
32' Preston North End FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 32.
37' England international Jonathan Panzo has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
42' named a 3-5-2 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
45' Kian Best is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
48' GOAL! Milutin Osmajic fires home to make it 1-0!
52' Robbie Brady catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Red card on 52.
57' It’s high time Erol Bulut made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
58' Ched Evans makes way for Ryan Ledson at the 58 minute mark. A tactical switch from Preston North End FC.
63' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Cardiff City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
68' Both keepers have barely been tested. Preston North End FC and Cardiff City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
71' Fresh legs for Cardiff City FC! Ike Ugbo comes on to replace Yakou Meite.
72' Another substitution for Cardiff City FC to replace Josh Bowler by Ollie Tanner on 72 minute.
75' A change in the Cardiff City FC ranks — Mark McGuinness exits the field as Jonathan Panzo enters on 75.
77' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Freddie Woodman.
78' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ryan Ledson on 78.
83' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ryan Lowe might look to freshen things up shortly.
84' Liam Millar is replacing Milutin Osmajic for the Preston North End FC side.
89' It looks surprising Preston North End FC does not make any changes. Freddie Woodman has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
90' Ryan Wintle gets the nod from Cardiff City FC. He replaces Manolis Siopis and will look to change the dynamic.
Full Time. Cardiff City FC beats Preston North End FC

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ryan Lowe

Cardiff City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

35
Andy Rinomhota
2
Mahlon Romeo
12
Ike Ugbo ↑ 71'
21
Jak Alnwick
6
Ryan Wintle ↑ 90'
18
Ebou Adams
24
Jonathan Panzo ↑ 75'
27
Rubin Colwill ↑ 71'
32
Ollie Tanner ↑ 72'

Coach Erol Bulut

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Milutin Osmajic	3
Mark Harris	1
Ben Whiteman	1
Kieffer Moore	1
Emil Riis Jakobsen	1
Josh Murphy	1
Stefan Teitur Thordarson	1
Sean Maguire	1

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2023-11-25 Preston North End FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC L 2023-11-10 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W 2023-11-04 Preston North End FC 3–2 Coventry City FC W 2023-10-28 Hull City AFC 1–0 Preston North End FC L 2023-10-25 Preston North End FC 2–2 Southampton FC D 2023-10-21 Preston North End FC 1–1 Millwall FC D

Cardiff City FC Form

2023-11-25 Preston North End FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC W 2023-11-11 Cardiff City FC 2–3 Norwich City FC L 2023-11-04 Stoke City FC 0–0 Cardiff City FC D 2023-10-28 Cardiff City FC 2–0 Bristol City FC W 2023-10-24 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–4 Cardiff City FC W 2023-10-21 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Cardiff City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.12 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.47 Cardiff City FC xG

I would bet for: Preston North End FC or Cardiff City FC 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC30% Draw29% Cardiff City FC41%

Actual: Cardiff City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.59

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

59%

Draw or Cardiff City FC

70%

Preston North End FC or Cardiff City FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC21% Draw48% Cardiff City FC31%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.3%

0 – 1

10.1%

0 – 0

9.6%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

7.9%

1 – 0

7.4%

2 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

4.9%

2 – 0

4.6%

1 – 3

4.3%

0 – 3

3.8%

2 – 3

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Cardiff City FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	16%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	22%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	13%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.