Match Day Thread Preston North End v Queens Park Rangers Deepdale 7/3/2020

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LAST TIME OUT
FULHAM 2 PRESTON NORTH END 0

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QUEENS PARK RANGERS 2 BIRMINGHAM CITY 2

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LAST SEASON
PRESTON NORTH END 1 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 0

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FORM GUIDE
PNE 8(25) QPR 14(25)

Rangers arrive at Deepdale unbeaten in 5 games have a forward who can find the net, our ex Jordan Hugill and two young players destined for better things in Eze and Osayi-Samuel. Our forwards have not scored a goal since before the election Stockley against Luton if memory serves me right and also will be missing the midfield dynamo that is Pearson for the next three weeks at least.

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As tricky games go this is it, at the moment we are determined to give up sixth place but teams below us seem to be coming out in sympathy by also being abject at the same time.
Rangers have a habit of not keeping a clean sheet although they managed that at Loftus Road last December.
In the two defeats they have been periods of play were we have conceded easy goals that will have to stop. Would love to see Stockley play gives us a physical presence up front but no doubt the boss will play Maguire.
Need a win this one is not Eze(sic)

Match Officials: Queens Park Rangers Home

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Saturday’s clash against Queens Park Rangers sees a match official taking charge of his fourth North End game of the season.
Dean Whitestone will be the referee for the visit of the Rs to Deepdale, having only been in PR1 six weeks ago, for our home win over Charlton Athletic in late January.

The Northamptonshire official has refereed PNE games on 12 previous occasions, the first of which was at Bramall Lane back in October 2008.

As mentioned, the official has taken charge of three North End fixtures so far this season, the aforementioned Charlton win, plus the trip to Reading’s Madejski Stadium in October and August’s trip to Swansea City.
He has officiated 24 games so far this campaign, issuing 64 cautions and two red cards – both in the same game between Swansea City and Middlesbrough in December.
Prior to this season, he last refereed North End in October 2015 in a goalless draw with Bolton Wanderers at Deepdale.

Two of the stand-out PNE games he has been in charge of, were a 3-0 victory at Barnsley in August 2009, and a 3-1 triumph on the road at Doncaster in October 2012.

Saturday’s referee is yet to take charge of a QPR game away from the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, having been there for their opening home game of the season and last month’s 1-0 home defeat to Bristol City.

The rest of Saturday’s third team will be made up of assistant referees Nik Barnard and Mark Dwyer, whilst the fourth official will be Steven Copeland.

 

2 1 to the superhoops

 

I hope you are right young kiwi, can’t see it myself.
About 22 years I met a nice chap from Preston, never had a problem with Preston before, never met a PNE supporter, since meeting this bastard Preston always seem to beat us.
He is still a friend.

 

This thread has now had the same amount of replies as the foolham one

 

Nearly right

 

Preston North End 1 Johnson penalty Queens Park Rangers 3 Hall, Manning, Eze

PNE: Rudd, Fisher, Bauer, Davies, Hughes, Browne, Gallagher (Stockley 73), Barkhuizen (Sinclair 81), Johnson, Harrop (Ledson 81), Maguire. Subs (not used): Huntington, Rafferty, Nugent, Ripley.

QPR: Kelly, Rangel, Hall, Barbet, Manning, Cameron, Ball (Amos 46), Osayi-Samuel, Eze, Pugh (Chair 46), Hugill. Subs (not used): Kane, Shodipo, Oteh, Clarke, Lumley.

Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire)

Attendance: 12,378 (613 away)

At half time North End were four points clear of 7th place in the race for the play offs leading 1-0 against a QPR side who apart from a couple of bright runs by Osayi- Samuel had offered little in a first half in which North End had dominated. We had taken the lead from the spot after Fisher was foulded in the box, actually no doubts about the validity of the award for a change this was actually a foul on Darnell not like the ones he usually wins.
Johnson just about beat Kelly.
North End's main tactic was to target Manning the Rangers full back, worked a treat, Barkhuizen gave him a very testing 45 minutes, itb was also down his side which almost led to a goal for the unfortunate Maguire who is on a drought of mammoth proportions. From an difficult angle he beat Kelly whoever the ball hit the post and rebounded to safety.
Although dominant we didn't really create any other clear cut chances but looked so comfortable, Rangers had a couple of headed efforts from dead ball plays but well deserved lead at half time.
A couple of changes at half time by the Hoops, several other players changed position and they never looked back, mind you the hapless 11 in white didn't exactly make it hard for them, long before the goals Rnagers started to get in good positions, there was one almighty shout for a penalty, in true Arsene Wenger style couldn't tell if there was due to a heavily populated box.
Wasn't long until they were level, Davies brings down Hugill, Eze's free kick to the back post Hall being marked by Maguire no contest level.
Almost immediately a clever Maguire header beat the keeper but not the bar, he probably should have scored the rebound but misjudged his jump and put it wide of an open goal.
Rangers were soon down to ten when Cameron walked for his second yellow, push on and win for the home side, no collapse in a heap against ten men, our non tackling midfield couldn't get a grip on Eze and were gradually being pushed back towards our own box, Manning who had had a torrid first 45 minutes was thw first to stick a nail in the coffin by curling one of the underside bar into the net from just outside the box and when Eze curled one past Rudd from a similar position with about five to go it was game set and match.
Fair play to the visitors deserved it hopefully a hugh kick up the arse for us, one consolation still 6th unless the Plastics win at Wayne Rooney tomorrow..

Preston North End boss Alex Neil told BBC Radio Lancashire:

"I think we started the game great, we were really on the front foot.

"I think we haven't capitalised on our dominance in the first half.

"I don't think we worked the ball well enough in the middle, and when we did go forward, they just headed everything out.

"I thought we probably had seven or eight players who were excellent in the first half, but I think a couple of them died out in the second half."

QPR boss Mark Warburton:

"It's a really good result, we know Preston's home record is outstanding this season, they'd only lost three times at home this season.

"We were really poor, deserved to be one down, in truth it was a blessing it was only one. We didn't force a shot, didn't force a save, didn't look like creating a chance.

"Thoroughly deserved to be one down. We had to come out, change our shape, made two changes and I could have made seven.

"What a reaction from the players, what a response, we looked on the front foot, we won our duals, we looked dangerous and scored three wonderful goals."

 

Got to hand it to Warburton: got it spot on at half time. Don't think AN has got the same guile.NE are missing Pearson.

 

Warburton has a pretty decent record against us