Preston North End 1-1 Queens Park Rangers: Late own goal gives QPR point

Brad Potts celebrating — Image caption,
Brad Potts was making his 250th appearance for Preston

Queens Park Rangers' outside hopes of a late charge for the Championship play-offs took a hit as they were held at Preston, despite a late equaliser.

Brad Potts put the hosts in front a minute into the second half on his 250th appearance for North End.

Rangers rescued a point with eight minutes remaining through an own-goal by Preston substitute Thierry Small.

But the result kept Julien Stephan's side in 12th, seven points off the top six with only five games remaining.

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Coventry City	40	25	8	7	84	42	42	83	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win
2 Ipswich Town	39	20	12	7	69	40	29	72	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win
3 Millwall	41	21	9	11	56	47	9	72	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
4 Middlesbrough	40	20	11	9	60	39	21	71	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
5 Hull City	40	20	7	13	63	58	5	67	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
6 Wrexham	40	17	13	10	62	53	9	64	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
7 Southampton	39	17	12	10	63	48	15	63	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
8 Derby County	41	18	9	14	60	51	9	63	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
9 Norwich City	41	17	7	17	55	48	7	58	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win
10 Watford	41	14	15	12	52	49	3	57	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
11 Bristol City	41	16	9	16	52	51	1	57	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
12 Queens Park Rangers	41	16	9	16	58	63	-5	57	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
13 Stoke City	41	15	9	17	48	45	3	54	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
14 Preston North End	41	13	15	13	48	52	-4	54	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
15 Birmingham City	41	14	11	16	49	52	-3	53	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
16 Swansea City	40	15	8	17	47	52	-5	53	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
17 Sheffield United	41	15	6	20	57	58	-1	51	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
18 Charlton Athletic	41	12	13	16	38	49	-11	49	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
19 Blackburn Rovers	41	12	11	18	37	49	-12	47	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
20 West Bromwich Albion	41	11	12	18	42	56	-14	45	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
21 Portsmouth	40	10	12	18	40	57	-17	42	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
22 Leicester City	41	11	14	16	54	63	-9	41	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
23 Oxford United	41	9	14	18	39	54	-15	41	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
24 Sheffield Wednesday	41	1	10	30	25	82	-57	-5	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw

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Position 1, 2: Promotion
Position 3, 4, 5, 6: Promotion Play-off
Position 22, 23, 24: Relegation

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 12 points for entering administration and 6 points for breaches of payment obligations

Breach of EFL Regulation – Leicester City deducted 6 points

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home team,Preston North End

Manager:Paul Heckingbottom

Formation:5 - 3 - 2

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away team,Queens Park Rangers

Manager:Julien Stéphan

Formation:4 - 4 - 2

home team,Preston North End

Manager:Paul Heckingbottom

Formation:5 - 3 - 2

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Referee:: Thomas Kirk
Assistant Referee 1:: Johnathon Bickerdike
Assistant Referee 2:: Shaun Hudson
Fourth Official:: Ben Speedie

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v Leicester City

2

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v Watford

2

1

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v Stoke City

3

1

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v Portsmouth

6

1

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v Norwich City

2

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v Leicester City

1

3

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v Coventry City

3

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v Birmingham City

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v Oxford United

1

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v Middlesbrough

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4

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Preston have won just three of their last 13 league games against QPR (D2 L8), failing to win any of the last five (D1 L4).
QPR have won their last three away league games against Preston, as many as they had in their first 23 visits to Deepdale (D10 L10).
Following a 3-1 win against Stoke, Preston are looking to win consecutive home league games for just the third time this season.
QPR have failed to score in five of their last seven away league games, though they have won both games in which they’ve found the net in this run (3-1 v Hull, 3-1 v Leicester).
Preston have lost four of their last six home league games played on Easter Monday (W2), though did win their most recent against Reading in April 2023.

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Postat 90 minutes plus 8
Match ends, Preston North End 1, Queens Park Rangers 1.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 8
Second Half ends, Preston North End 1, Queens Park Rangers 1.
Postat 90 minutes plus 7
Daniel Iversen (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 7
Foul by Harvey Vale (Queens Park Rangers).
Postat 90 minutes plus 7
Attempt blocked. Kieran Morgan (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Jordan Storey.
Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Attempt saved. Daniel Bennie (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Daniel Iversen (Preston North End). Assisted by Richard Kone.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Pol Valentín (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Foul by Daniel Bennie (Queens Park Rangers).
Bookingat 90 minutes plus 1
Jake Clarke-Salter (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Jordan Storey.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
Postat 87 minutes
Attempt missed. Kwame Poku (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ronnie Edwards.
Postat 86 minutes
Attempt blocked. Harvey Vale (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Substitutionat 85 minutes
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Jake Clarke-Salter replaces Amadou Mbengue.
Postat 84 minutes
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Daniel Iversen.
Postat 84 minutes
Attempt saved. Daniel Bennie (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Daniel Iversen (Preston North End). Assisted by Harvey Vale with a cross.
Postat 82 minutes
Own Goal by Thierry Small, Preston North End. Preston North End 1, Queens Park Rangers 1.
Postat 80 minutes
Attempt saved. Daniel Bennie (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Daniel Iversen (Preston North End). Assisted by Amadou Mbengue with a cross.
Postat 79 minutes
Attempt saved. Richard Kone (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Daniel Iversen (Preston North End). Assisted by Daniel Bennie.

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