22-02-2020, 20:52
Preston North End 2 Gallagher pen, Browne Hull City 1 Wilks
Preston North End: Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Ben Pearson, Ben Davies, Josh Harrop, Paul Gallagher, Andrew Hughes, Patrick Bauer, Sean Maguire, Tom Barkhuizen, Scott Sinclair.
Subs: Connor Ripley, Tom Clarke, Rafferty, Alan Browne, Brad Potts, Jayden Stockley, David Nugent.
Hull City: George Long, Jordy de Wijs, Reece Burke, Tom Eaves, George Honeyman, Matthew Pennington, Callum Elder, Josh Magennis, Jackson Irvine, Leonardo Da Silva Lopes, Mallik Wilks.
Subs: Matt Ingram, Kevin Stewart, Jon Toral, Marcus Maddison, Robbie McKenzie, Sean McLoughlin, Norbert Balogh.
Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire)
Attendance: 12,342 (721 away)
Not at our best today however if we finish in the top six at the end of the season then this could be a might big three points, City had both first choice centre backs in the side which gave them a more solid look compared to last week shambolic defending.
City started well, a flurry of corners which we just about dealt with, we were second best across the park, Wilks had had two attemopts which were easily saved by Rudd and Eaves headed wide when in a good position. We had had two efforts Maguire flicked a header just wide and Barkhuizen fired over the top. The home crowd was getting slightly frustrated and when Rudd hammered a goal kick into touch, the groans from the stand were met by a response from the Vegan one.
Five minutes before the break the frustration grew even more when City took the lead, short corner Elder's cross into the box was superb nobody picked up Wilks simple header 1-0 City deserved as well.
And this is were you have to give credit to the support in the Alan Kelly didn't give the team the bird at half time gave them encouragement and it worked . City could have double the lead Magennis header over the top of Rudd, Davies cleared off the line. A decent move saw Fisher into the box clear in front of goal whether he mishit his shot or it was a pass I'll never know but the ball ran to Maguire who could have put it in with his Todger trouble was he did try to put it in with his Todger as the ball dribble towards the goal Burke managed to clear it.
Two significant events happened City lost Eaves injured North End brought on Stockley and Browne. North End levelled from a penalthy after a foul? on Fisher, looked soft, but Gallagher absolutely buried it, all us now and soon we were in front, Browne to Stockley, ball into box and Browne was never going to miss.
City brought on the tallest player in football league history Balogh and went more aerial but we survived without too much alarm, a mazy run from Pearson could have resulted in a third but that may have been a tad harsh on the Tigers but as I said the three points could be extremely important at the end of the season.
Grant's not impressed with Darnell
Hull City head coach Grant McCann told BBC Radio Humberside:
"I thought the performance, for an away performance, was good on the whole. For probably 10 or 15 minutes they upped the ante a little bit.
"We switched off for the second goal [and] we had spoken at half time about people getting in between us and being a bit more compact.
"The first goal is embarrassing, really, the way Fisher has thrown himself to the floor is scary. We're frustrated because up to that point we were largely in control. After that, the [second] goal is good from their point of view but a poor one from us."
Preston North End: Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Ben Pearson, Ben Davies, Josh Harrop, Paul Gallagher, Andrew Hughes, Patrick Bauer, Sean Maguire, Tom Barkhuizen, Scott Sinclair.
Subs: Connor Ripley, Tom Clarke, Rafferty, Alan Browne, Brad Potts, Jayden Stockley, David Nugent.
Hull City: George Long, Jordy de Wijs, Reece Burke, Tom Eaves, George Honeyman, Matthew Pennington, Callum Elder, Josh Magennis, Jackson Irvine, Leonardo Da Silva Lopes, Mallik Wilks.
Subs: Matt Ingram, Kevin Stewart, Jon Toral, Marcus Maddison, Robbie McKenzie, Sean McLoughlin, Norbert Balogh.
Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire)
Attendance: 12,342 (721 away)
Not at our best today however if we finish in the top six at the end of the season then this could be a might big three points, City had both first choice centre backs in the side which gave them a more solid look compared to last week shambolic defending.
City started well, a flurry of corners which we just about dealt with, we were second best across the park, Wilks had had two attemopts which were easily saved by Rudd and Eaves headed wide when in a good position. We had had two efforts Maguire flicked a header just wide and Barkhuizen fired over the top. The home crowd was getting slightly frustrated and when Rudd hammered a goal kick into touch, the groans from the stand were met by a response from the Vegan one.
Five minutes before the break the frustration grew even more when City took the lead, short corner Elder's cross into the box was superb nobody picked up Wilks simple header 1-0 City deserved as well.
And this is were you have to give credit to the support in the Alan Kelly didn't give the team the bird at half time gave them encouragement and it worked . City could have double the lead Magennis header over the top of Rudd, Davies cleared off the line. A decent move saw Fisher into the box clear in front of goal whether he mishit his shot or it was a pass I'll never know but the ball ran to Maguire who could have put it in with his Todger trouble was he did try to put it in with his Todger as the ball dribble towards the goal Burke managed to clear it.
Two significant events happened City lost Eaves injured North End brought on Stockley and Browne. North End levelled from a penalthy after a foul? on Fisher, looked soft, but Gallagher absolutely buried it, all us now and soon we were in front, Browne to Stockley, ball into box and Browne was never going to miss.
City brought on the tallest player in football league history Balogh and went more aerial but we survived without too much alarm, a mazy run from Pearson could have resulted in a third but that may have been a tad harsh on the Tigers but as I said the three points could be extremely important at the end of the season.
Grant's not impressed with Darnell
Hull City head coach Grant McCann told BBC Radio Humberside:
"I thought the performance, for an away performance, was good on the whole. For probably 10 or 15 minutes they upped the ante a little bit.
"We switched off for the second goal [and] we had spoken at half time about people getting in between us and being a bit more compact.
"The first goal is embarrassing, really, the way Fisher has thrown himself to the floor is scary. We're frustrated because up to that point we were largely in control. After that, the [second] goal is good from their point of view but a poor one from us."
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