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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Deepdale
  • Attendance: 11879
  • Referee: Pike, M

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Gareth Ainsworth is replaced by Shabazz Baidoo.

86mins

Goal!! Preston have scored with Paul McKenna putting it in the back of the net.

82mins

Ray Jones is replaced by Kevin Gallen.

80mins

Chris Sedgwick is being taken off, Patrick Agyemang has come on in his place.

73mins

Matt Hill is being taken off, Lewis Neal has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

41mins

Kelvin Wilson is replaced by Alan McCormack.

29mins

Paul McKenna is booked for unsporting behaviour.

12mins

Martin Rowlands is being taken off, Steve Lomas has come on in his place.

5mins

Goal!! QPR have scored with Gareth Ainsworth putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Honours finished even at Deepdale between Preston North End and Queens Park Rangers in front of 11,879 and it was probably a fair result.

Ex-Lilywhites winger Gareth Ainsworth, the QPR captain, made a great return to Deepdale with a goal after just five minutes.

It was a Lee Cook left-wing corner which Ray Jones got a touch to and the Preston defenders were hesitant and Ainsworth managed to reach the loose ball to volley home right-footed from six yards into the middle of the net past home keeper Carlo Nash.

Martin Rowlands limped off with an injury after just 11 minutes and was replaced by Steve Lomas.

Rangers midfielder Nick Ward had an 18-yard left-foot shot from the left channel which went wide of the right-hand post and Matthew Rose hit a 20-yard right-foot shot wide after 21 minutes.

Preston captain Paul McKenna was booked for a foul on Dexter Blackstock after half an hour and Lee Cook curled a free-kick which went narrowly wide.

Kelvin Wilson had to be stretchered off after 41 minutes when he went down holding his right knee and was replaced by Alan McCormack.

Blackstock had a 25-yard left-foot shot caught by Preston keeper Nash and just before half-time David Nugent had a header saved by QPR keeper Paul Jones, who tipped it round the post for a left-wing corner and then he shot over from close range.

Simon Whaley started the second half with a 25-yard right-foot shot which was saved by Jones.

Jones, the QPR forward, headed wide and then Ward shot wide as the visitors went in search of a killer second goal.

Danny Pugh, the Preston left winger, had a 25-yard left-foot shot caught by Jones from the left channel and then he shot wide of the left-hand post after a pass by Whaley.

Ainsworth had a left-foot shot deflected over the bar for a right-wing corner and Jason Jarrett had a 30-yard shot which went over the bar.

Then, with time running out, Paul McKenna, the Preston captain, met an inch-perfect Lewis Neal left-foot left-wing cross and headed the ball into the bottom left-hand corner of the net to make it 1-1.

Five minutes of injury time were added on at the end of the game, but neither side could force a winner and a draw was a fair result.

Preston North End Team

Queens Park Rangers Team

Preston North End

Queens Park Rangers

Corners

97

Fouls

76

Goal attempts

1210

Shots off target

56

Offsides

10

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