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Carabao Cup · 2026/27

Preston North End Carabao Cup fixtures and results 2026/27

Preston North End's 2024 tie against Fulham is remembered for a score that needs an explanation: 16–15 was the penalty shoot-out, while the match itself finished 1–1. Check North End's current fixtures above, then revisit the Deepdale evening that kept both teams taking penalties far longer than expected.

UK kick-off times · GMT / BSTUpdated twice daily · Last fixture check: 14 Nov 2026, 18:00 GMT
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Preston North End: cup campaign

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Preston North End 0–4 Everton. Full time. Everton go through. Preston North End are out of this season’s Carabao Cup.

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Preston 1–1 Fulham: the match before the shoot-out

The third-round tie took place at Deepdale on 17 September 2024. Ryan Ledson put Preston ahead in the 35th minute, and Reiss Nelson equalised for Fulham in the 61st. Neither team found a winner before the game went to penalties.

Those two goals belong in the match score. The much larger figures that followed describe a separate contest from the penalty spot, with Preston eventually winning 16–15. Combining the numbers would create a misleading result and hide the fact that this was a closely balanced scoreline across the match itself.

Ledson was central to both parts of the evening. After scoring during the game, he also converted the decisive penalty following Timothy Castagne's miss with the shoot-out level at 15–15. For a supporter returning to the highlights, that provides a natural starting point and finishing point.

Why the penalty takers had to come round again

The shoot-out lasted 34 kicks, with 31 converted. Both goalkeepers, Freddie Woodman and Steven Benda, scored their own penalties, and the sequence continued into a second turn for players who had already taken one. It was much more than the usual first five kicks followed by a brief sudden-death finish.

Fulhamweb's match account describes the missed opportunities to settle it earlier, including saves that kept the teams together. Its report also places the shoot-out after a game in which Fulham had changed their entire starting eleven from their previous league match. Those details help explain the occasion without reducing it to a single enormous number.

The report appeared the day after the match. When looking up the fixture, use 17 September rather than the publication date. The competition was the Carabao Cup third round, and Preston's reward for surviving the shoot-out was a place in the fourth round.

Preston's Fulham shoot-out explained

Was Preston v Fulham really a 16–15 match?

The match finished 1–1. Preston won the penalty shoot-out 16–15, so the two scores should be shown separately when describing the result.

Who scored Preston's winning penalty?

Ryan Ledson converted the decisive kick. He had also scored North End's goal during the match, making his contribution more than just the final moment of the shoot-out.

Did the goalkeepers take penalties?

Yes. Woodman and Benda both scored before the shoot-out continued with players taking a second kick. There were 34 attempts in total, of which 31 went in.

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