Preston North End vs Cardiff City

Championship

Preston

10-19-12

2-2

Final

Cardiff

9-15-17

Deepdale

Match pulse

PNEAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'CAR

0Shots0

0On target0

0Corners0

0Saves0

0Fouls0

78'Alex RobertsonCAR86'William FishCAR

Team	1H	2H	T
PNE	1	1	2
CAR	0	2	2

Final score

Preston North End and Cardiff City drew 2-2 on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at Deepdale. Goals for Preston: Milutin Osmajic (19') and Stefán Teitur Thórdarson (72'). Goals for Cardiff: Will Alves (52') and Yakou Meite (90'+4').

What it means

Cardiff has dropped 4 of the last 5.
Preston has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Oct 2

Sir Alex Ferguson on David Beckham's Preston loan: 'He thought I wanted him gone but that's not true'

ESPN · Sep 6

Portsmouth urge supporters not to speculate on social media as fan incident with Cardiff player is investigated

Recap · Aug 17

Late Cardiff goal spoils Wrexham's start in Championship

ESPN · Aug 17

Cardiff 1-1 Wrexham: Colwill hits injury-time free kick to rescue dramatic point in Welsh derby - as it happened

ESPN · Aug 7

Wrexham make Preston captain Ben Whiteman 2nd summer signing

ESPN · Jun 25

English Championship fixtures 2026-27: West Ham start against Burnley, Wrexham head to Cardiff City

ESPN · Mar 30

Cardiff's $138m claim over Emiliano Sala's death dismissed

Recap · Dec 29

Wrexham inches closer to playoff spots with win over Preston

Lineups

Cardiff21st in English League Championship

Lineup (3-4-3)

1Ethan HorvathG
2Dimitrios GoutasCD
3Jesper DalandCD-L
4William FishCD-R
5Sivert MannsverkCM-L
6Calum ChambersCM-R
7Callum O'DowdaLM
8Andy RinomhotaRM
9Yousef SalechF
10Rubin ColwillCF-L
11Cian AshfordCF-R

Preston24th in English League Championship

Lineup (3-4-2-1)

1David CornellG
2Lewis GibsonCD
3Andrew HughesCD-L
4Ryan PorteousCD-R
5Benjamin WhitemanCM-L
6Stefán Teitur ThórdarsonCM-R
7Robbie BradyLM
8Kaine Kesler HaydenRM
9Milutin OsmajicF
10Mads FrökjaerCF-L
11Will KeaneCF-R

Head to head

PNE leads series 3-1-1

Last meeting: Preston 0, Cardiff 0 (Aug 27)

Last 5

CAR

T@ QPR0-0
Tvs SHW1-1
W@ BLK2-1
Lvs LTN1-2
L@ SUN1-2

PNE

Tvs STK1-1
L@ DER0-2
Lvs AVL0-3
Wvs POR2-1
T@ SUN1-1

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Game info

Venue: Deepdale, Preston, England · Attendance 13,293
Officials: David Webb

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