Defender

Andrew Hughes

Preston North End
Wales
34 yrs
188 cm
Preferred foot: Left

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Appearances: 10
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Average rating: 6.83

Age34

Date of birth5 Jun 1992

Height188 cm

Weight75 kg

Preferred footLeft

Market value€285K

Contract until30 Jun 2027

Injury / suspension history

Injury Muscle Injury · Doubtful Ended: 10 Oct 2026

Season performance · 2026

Championship

Preston North End

Appearances / Starts9 / 8

Minutes721

Rating6.77

Goals / Assists1 / 0

Shots (on target)5 (1)

Passes · accuracy295 · 71%

Key passes3

Tackles / Interceptions15 / 11

Duels won48 / 79

Successful dribbles2

Yellow cards / Red cards3 / 0

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / 0

Expected goals / assists0.63 / 0.16

Detailed statistics

Big chances created0

Big chances missed0

Goal conversion20%

Headed goals0

Goals from outside the box0

Hit woodwork0

Accurate long balls13

Accurate crosses1

Touches468

Possession lost114

Dispossessed0

Aerial duels won26

Ground duels won22

Clearances44

Ball recoveries25

Fouls won5

Fouls committed11

Offsides0

Penalties won0

Errors leading to goal0

Team of the week1

Clean sheets0

Saves from inside the box0

Distance covered (km)80.09

Top speed (km/h)33.02

EFL Cup

Preston North End

Appearances / Starts1 / 1

Minutes90

Rating7.40

Goals / Assists0 / 0

Shots (on target)0 (0)

Passes · accuracy46 · 78%

Key passes1

Tackles / Interceptions4 / 2

Duels won9 / 11

Successful dribbles0

Yellow cards / Red cards0 / 0

Penalties (scored / missed)0 / 0

Detailed statistics

Big chances created0

Big chances missed0

Goal conversion0%

Headed goals0

Goals from outside the box0

Hit woodwork0

Accurate long balls3

Accurate crosses0

Touches70

Possession lost17

Dispossessed0

Aerial duels won4

Ground duels won5

Clearances5

Ball recoveries3

Fouls won1

Fouls committed0

Offsides0

Penalties won0

Errors leading to goal0

Team of the week0

Clean sheets0

Saves from inside the box0

Attributes

Position: D

line: D average

Attacking35

Technical36

Tactical51

Defending69

Creativity35

Characteristics

Strengths

91516

Weaknesses

Recent matches

Date	Match	Score	Min	rating
3 Nov 2026	Preston North End – Sheffield United	2–3	90'	7.5
31 Oct 2026	Stoke City – Preston North End	2–0	90'	6.8
24 Oct 2026	Preston North End – West Bromwich Albion	1–1	90'	8.8
17 Oct 2026	Wrexham – Preston North End	4–1	90'	6.2
13 Oct 2026	Birmingham City – Preston North End	4–0	90'	5.9
10 Oct 2026	Preston North End – Millwall	0–1	90'	6.5
19 Sep 2026	Queens Park Rangers – Preston North End	2–2	90'	7.5
12 Sep 2026	Preston North End – Lincoln City	0–1	12'	6.5
26 Aug 2026	Preston North End – Everton	0–4	–	–
22 Aug 2026	Preston North End – Wolverhampton	1–3	90'	6.0
15 Aug 2026	Bolton Wanderers – Preston North End	2–1	79'	6.7
8 Aug 2026	Preston North End – Huddersfield Town	5–4	90'	7.4
29 Jul 2026	Bradford City – Preston North End	3–2	–	–
24 Jul 2026	Preston North End – Cambridge United	0–1	–	–
14 Jul 2026	Bamber Bridge FC – Preston North End	1–4	–	–

Career and transfers

4 clubs · 5 moves

Jul 2018

Peterborough Utd To: Preston

Transfer Undisclosed
Jul 2016

Newport To: Peterborough Utd

Free transfer
Dec 2010

Mangotsfield Utd To: Newport

Loan return
Oct 2010

Newport To: Mangotsfield Utd

Loan
Jul 2010

Newport U18 To: Newport

Transfer

Form, last 12 months

Updated: 4 Nov 2026

Matches (12 months)33

Average rating6.84

Last match rating7.53 Nov 2026

Matches missed5

Last 10 matches

7.5 6.8 8.8 6.2 5.9 6.5 7.5 6.5 6.0 6.7

Statistics by season

Season	Competition	Team	Apps (starts)	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
2026	Championship	Preston North End	10 (9)	811	1	0	6.84
2026	EFL Cup	Preston North End	1 (1)	90	0	0	7.40

Stored season statistics; refreshed after each match played and weekly.

Player profile

Championship 2024 · percentile among defenders (200 players)

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40 matches · 3,238 min

Andrew Hughes: percentile radar against positional peers
Metric	Value	Percentile
Tackles / 90 min	2.00	70
Interceptions / 90 min	1.00	49
Clearances / 90 min	4.34	48
Aerials won / 90 min	3.59	79
Duels won	60.4%	63
Pass accuracy	76.3%	23
Progressive carries / 90 min	0.00	46
Rating	6.86	41

How do we calculate this?