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Preston North End vs Hull City
20 Jan 2026, 19:45 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Stephen MartinChampionship 2025/2026 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Preston North EndMin
Hull City- 33′⚽
Liam Millar 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Babajide David Akintola
Left foot shot
- 45′⚽
Akin Famewo 0-2
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Oliver McBurnie
Left foot shot
Odeluga Offiah
Yellowcard
Foul
45+2′- ⇄
Lewis Dobbin
Substitution
Off: Thierry Small
46′ - ⇄
Daniel Jebbison
Substitution
Off: Michael Smith
46′ - ⇄
Jamal Piaras Lewis
Substitution
Off: Pol Valentín
46′ - 48′⇄
Yu Hirakawa
Substitution
Off: Babajide David Akintola
- 49′⚽
Oliver McBurnie 0-3
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Yu Hirakawa
Right foot shot
- 51′
Lewie Coyle
Yellowcard
Foul
Jamal Piaras Lewis
Yellowcard
Foul
57′- 59′
John Egan
Yellowcard
Argument
- 69′⇄
Joe Gelhardt
Substitution
Off: Liam Millar
- 69′⇄
John Lundstram
Substitution
Off: Matt Crooks
- ⇄
Alistair Edward McCann
Substitution
Off: Ben Whiteman
74′ - ⇄
Brad Potts
Substitution
Off: Jordan Andrew Thompson
74′ - 81′⇄
Joel Ndala
Substitution
Off: Oliver McBurnie
- 82′⇄
Cathal McCarthy
Substitution
Off: John Egan
Milutin Osmajic
Redcard
Violent conduct
90+5′- 90+8′
John Lundstram
Yellowcard
Argument
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 7.31 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.54 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.50 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 7.18 | |
| 74 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 6.76 | |
| 46 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.34 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 6.53 | |
| 74 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | 7.62 | |
| 46 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.50 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6.67 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.51 | |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.73 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.32 | |
| 16 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.73 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.54 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.14 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Preston North End
Latest: Derby County · 0–1
Match stats
17 Jan 2026, 15:00 · Home vs Derby County · 2025/2026
Hull City
Latest: Southampton · 2–1
Match stats
17 Jan 2026, 15:00 · Away vs Southampton · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Preston North End’s ground: 10 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Preston North End’s home games with Hull City’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Preston North End
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Hull City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Preston North End
Hull City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Preston North End
Hull City
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Preston North End
Hull City
Previous meetings
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