PRESTON. Fulham and Preston North End draw 1-1. T. Ream scored the first goal (15′) for Fulham. C. Evans settled the score (72′).

The match was played at the Deepdale stadium in Preston on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Chris Kavanagh with the support of Daniel Robathan and Nick Greenhalgh. The 4th official was Ben Speedie. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.9 degrees Celsius or 40.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Preston North End was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Fulham that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Preston North End was was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Preston North End to win the match​.

Preston North End shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fulham shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Preston North End received 2 yellow cards (S. van den Berg and C. Evans). On the other side, Fulham received 2 yellow cards (A. Robinson and J. Onomah).

Standings

After this contest, Preston North End will have 25 points like Luton Town and Nottingham Forest to remain in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Fulham will have 43 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Preston North End will play away with Blackburn Rovers on the 4th of December with a 6-2 head to head record in favor of Preston North End (2 draws).

Fulham will host AFC Bournemouth on the 3rd of December with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of AFC Bournemouth (0 draws).

Preston North End – Formation

Preston North End started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Frankie McAvoy decided to play with the following team: Daniel Iversen (6.4), Sepp van den Berg (6.8), Liam Lindsay (7.0), Andrew Hughes (7.3), Tom Barkhuizen (6.5), Alistair McCann (8.0), Benjamin Whiteman (8.3), Josh Earl (6.1), Alan Browne (7.8), Sean Maguire (6.4) and Emil Riis (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Matthew Hudson, Ched Evans (6.9), Daniel Johnson, Jordan Storey (6.7), Greg Cunningham, Scott Sinclair and Ryan Ledson.

Preston North End could not rely on the presence of J. Storey (injured) and G. Cunningham (injured).

Substitutions

Preston North End made 3 changes: T. Barkhuizen for J. Storey (53′), S. Maguire for C. Evans (60′) and A. Hughes for G. Cunningham (90′).

Best player: Benjamin Whiteman​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Preston North End was Benjamin Whiteman.

His rating is (8.3) with 58 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 6 crosses.

Fulham – Formation

Fulham started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva played with: Marek Rodák (6.4), Denis Odoi (6.8), Tosin Adarabioyo (6.8), Tim Ream (7.3), Antonee Robinson (6.4), Jean-Michaël Seri (7.4), Harrison Reed (6.2), Harry Wilson (6.9), Fabio Carvalho (6.1), Neeskens Kebano (7.1) and Aleksandar Mitrović (6.2).

They had on the bench: Rodrigo Muniz, Bobby Reid (6.4), Joshua Onomah (5.9), Paulo Gazzaniga, Anthony Knockaert (6.8), Michael Hector and Kenny Tete.

Substitutions

Fulham made 3 changes: J. Seri for J. Onomah (69′), N. Kebano for B. Reid (69′) and F. Carvalho for A. Knockaert (81′).

Best player: Jean-Michaël Seri​

The most impressive player for Fulham was Jean-Michaël Seri.

His rating is (7.4) with 34 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• AFC Bournemouth – Coventry City – 2-2
• Birmingham City – Blackpool – 1-0
• Huddersfield Town – Middlesbrough – 1-2
• Hull City – Millwall – 2-1
• Luton Town – Cardiff City – 1-2
• Peterborough United – Barnsley – 0-0
• Preston North End – Fulham – 1-1
• Stoke City – Blackburn Rovers – 0-1
• Swansea City – Reading – 2-3