Preston North End 2-1 Fulham (2019-20 Championship)

Tue 10 Dec 2019 19:45	Preston North End	(1) 2-1 (0)	Fulham	Deepdale, Preston, Lancashire Attendance: 10,093 Referee: Keith Stroud
	Maguire  23' Nugent  52' Rafferty 45'	Report	Mitrović  81' Odoi 28'

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PRESTON NORTH END (4-1-4-1) GK 1 Declan Rudd DR 15 Joe Rafferty 45' DC 21 Patrick Bauer DC 23 Paul Huntingdon 76' DL 16 Andrew Hughes DM 4 Ben Pearson 34' 83' MR 39 Billy Bodin 84' MC 8 Alan Browne (c) 75' MC 44 Brad Potts 83' ML 24 Sean Maguire ST 35 David Nugent 75' Substitutes: GK 28 Mathew Hudson DF 5 Tom Clarke 83' MF 7 Tom Bayliss MF 10 Josh Harrop 84' MF 18 Ryan Ledson FW 20 Jayden Stockley FW 29 Tom Barkhuizen 75' Manager: Alex Neil

FULHAM (4-4-2) GK 12 Marek Rodák DR 22 Cyrus Christie DC 26 Alfie Mawson 60' DC 13 Tim Ream DL 4 Denis Odoi 28' MR 24 Anthony Knockaert 90+2' MC 25 Josh Onomah 88' MC 8 Stefan Johansen ML 19 Ivan Cavaleiro 32' ST 47 Aboubakar Kamara ST 9 Aleksandar Mitrović (c) Substitutes: GK 12 Marcus Bettinelli DF 23 Joe Bryan 32' MF 33 Matt O'Riley MF 36 Luca de la Torre 90+2' MF 46 Jayden Harris FW 7 Neeskens Kebano 60' FW 39 Martell Taylor-Crossdale Manager: Scott Parker

Assistant referees: Nick Greenhalgh James Mainwaring Fourth official: Ross Joyce Previous Meeting: Preston North End 1-2 Fulham (2017-18 Championship) (10 Mar 2018) Following Meeting: Fulham 2-0 Preston North End (2019-20 Championship) (29 Feb 2020) Trivia Jayden Harris appears for the first time in the matchday squad for the first team Joe Bryan makes his 50th appearance in all competitions for Fulham Statistics Preston North End Fulham Possession 43% 57% Shots on target 7 1 Shots off target 6 7 Shots blocked 6 7 Corner kicks 6 5 Fouls conceded 13 12 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 4 1 Red cards 1 1 Total passes 364 492 Passing success 74% 81% Tackles 15 11 Tackles success 53% 55% Total crosses 15 23 Successful crosses 47% 22% Interceptions 13 8 Clearances 23 11 Images 1-0: Sean Maguire pounces on a loose ball and puts the hosts a goal up midway through the first half An incredibly reckless shoulder to the face of Preston defender Patrick Bauer by Denis Odoi meant it was a straight red card for the Belgian in just the 28th minute of the match Shortly after Ben Pearson was lucky to have not been also sent off for Preston, full back Joe Rafferty was given a straight red card for a dangerous tackle on Joe Bryan just before half-time to make it ten men each 2-0: David Nugent broke his goalscoring drought when he scored from close range following Marek Rodák's initial save 2-1: Aleksandar Mitrović was given time and space after a lay-off from Neeskens Kebano, and sent a 20-yard deflected shot into the bottom corner to hand Fulham a way back into the match, though it was not to be 2019-20 season Pre-season: Cambridge Utd (h) • Burnley (n) • Porto (n) • Brighton (h) • Oxford Utd (a) • West Ham (h) Championship: Barnsley (a) • Blackburn (h) • Huddersfield (a) • Millwall (h) • Nottm Forest (h) • Cardiff (a) • West Brom (h) • Sheff Wed (a) • Wigan (h) • Reading (a) • Charlton (h) • Stoke (a) • Luton (h) • Middlesbrough (a) • Hull (h) • Birmingham (a) • QPR (h) • Derby (h) • Swansea (a) • Bristol City (h) • Preston (a) • Brentford (a) • Leeds (h) • Luton (a) • Stoke (h) • Reading (h) • Hull (a) • Middlesbrough (h) • Charlton (a) • Huddersfield (h) • Blackburn (a) • Millwall (a) • Barnsley (h) • Derby (a)) • Swansea (h) • Preston (h) • Bristol City (a) • Brentford (h) • Leeds (a) • QPR (a) • Birmingham (h) • Nottm Forest (a) • Cardiff (h) • West Brom (a) • Sheff Wed (h) • Wigan (a) Play-offs- Semi-final 1st Leg: Cardiff (a) • Semi-final 2nd Leg: Cardiff (h) • Final: Brentford (n) FA Cup: 3rd round: Aston Villa (h) • 4th round: Man City (a) EFL Cup: 2nd round: Southampton (h)