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Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End LIVE: Championship result, final score and reaction

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Luke Baker
Saturday 21 December 2024 08:00 EST
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Follow live coverage as Queens Park Rangers face Preston North End in the Championship today.

An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Relegation from the top flight last term means Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United are all back in the second tier this term and will be expected to push for play-off spots again at least, but so too will Norwich City, an improving Coventry and beaten play-off finalists Leeds United. At the other end of the table, Wayne Rooney is aiming to revive Plymouth’s fortunes after they narrowly avoided relegation last year, with Portsmouth and Derby the teams promoted from League One along with play-off final winners Oxford.

Follow live updates from today’s game in the live blog below.

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End

Offside, Preston North End. Stefán Thórdarson is caught offside.

21 December 2024 15:34

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End

Stefán Thórdarson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

21 December 2024 15:33

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End

Liam Lindsay (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

21 December 2024 15:32

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End

Foul by Liam Lindsay (Preston North End).

21 December 2024 15:31

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End

Foul by Kieran Morgan (Queens Park Rangers).

21 December 2024 15:30

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End

Foul by Jack Whatmough (Preston North End).

21 December 2024 15:29

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End

Attempt missed. Jimmy Dunne (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kenneth Paal with a cross following a corner.

21 December 2024 15:28

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End

Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Liam Lindsay.

21 December 2024 15:27

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End

Attempt missed. Rayan Kolli (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jimmy Dunne with a cross.

21 December 2024 15:26

Queens Park Rangers vs Preston North End

Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Freddie Woodman.

21 December 2024 15:24

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