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PRESTON. Preston North End and Hull City didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Hull City was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Deepdale stadium in Preston on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 16,997 spectators.​ The referee was Thomas Bramall who was helped by Matthew Wilkes and Derek Eaton. The 4th official was Anthony Backhouse. The weather was rain and snow. The temperature was quite cold at 2.36 degrees Celsius or 36.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 99%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Hull City had a superior ball possession 57% while Preston North End was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Preston North End was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Preston North End to win the match​.

Preston North End shot 16 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hull City shot 15 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Preston North End received 1 yellow card (Ali McCann). Talking about the opposition, Hull City received 1 yellow card (Ryan Giles).

Standings

After playing this match, Preston North End has 53 points to remain in the 8th place. On the other side, Hull City will has 56 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Preston North End will play away with Southampton on the 6th of March with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Southampton (4 draws).

Hull City will host Birmingham City on the 5th of March with a 11-6 head to head record in favor of Hull City (6 draws).

Preston North End – Formation

Preston North End started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Ryan Lowe decided to play with the following team: Freddie Woodman (8.1), Jordan Storey (7.9), Liam Lindsay (8.1), Andrew Hughes (7.3), Alan Browne (7.0), Ben Whiteman (7.7), Ali McCann (7.9), Liam Millar (7.5), Mads Frokjaer-Jensen (7.1), Will Keane (6.8) and Emil Riis (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Greg Cunningham, Robbie Brady, Layton Stewart, Ryan Ledson, Ben Woodburn, David Cornell, Duane Holmes (7.0), Jack Whatmough and Milutin Osmajić (6.6).

Substitutions

Preston North End made 2 changes: Mads Frokjaer-Jensen for Duane Holmes (68′) and Will Keane for Milutin Osmajić (68′).

Player of the match: Freddie Woodman​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Preston North End was the goalkeeper: Freddie Woodman. His rating is 8.06. He performed 4 saves.

Hull City – Formation

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

Liam Rosenior played with: Aaron Connolly, Ryan Allsop (7.9), Lewie Coyle (7.9), Alfie Jones (7.3), Jacob Greaves (8.4), Ryan Giles (7.5), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (6.8), Tyler Morton (7.3), Jean Michaël Seri (7.3), Anass Zaroury (7.0) and Regan Slater (7.0), Fabio Carvalho (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sean McLoughlin, Ozan Tufan (6.4), Greg Docherty, Noah Ohio, Billy Sharp (6.8), Matty Jacob, Ivor Pandur, Cyrus Christie and Abdülkadir Ömür (6.7).

Substitutions

Hull City made 3 changes: Anass Zaroury for Abdülkadir Ömür (65′), Jean Michaël Seri for Billy Sharp (77′) and Fabio Carvalho for Ozan Tufan (86′).

Player of the match: Jacob Greaves​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hull City was Jacob Greaves.

His rating is 8.4 with 63 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 19 duels out of 19.

Results of the day

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

• Swansea City – Blackburn Rovers – 2-1
• Stoke City – Middlesbrough – 2-0
• Rotherham United – Sheffield Wednesday – 0-1
• Preston North End – Hull City – 0-0
• Plymouth Argyle – Ipswich Town – 0-2
• Norwich City – Sunderland – 1-0
• Millwall – Watford – 1-0
• Leicester City – Queens Park Rangers – 1-2
• Huddersfield Town – Leeds United – 1-1
• Bristol City – Cardiff City – 0-1
• Birmingham City – Southampton – 3-4