Soccer Football - Championship - Cardiff City vs Preston North End - Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Britain - December 29, 2017 Preston North End's Tom Clarke scores their first goal Action Images/John Sibley
LONDON (Reuters) - Cardiff City missed the chance to go second in the Championship when they lost 1-0 at home to Preston North End on Friday.
Captain Tom Clarke scored Preston's winner in the 90th minute with a close-range header to condemn Cardiff to a third successive defeat.
Wolverhampton Wanderers top the standings by eight points from Bristol City and Cardiff while Preston climbed to seventh, one point below the playoff spots.
Soccer Football - Championship - Cardiff City vs Preston North End - Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Britain - December 29, 2017 Preston North End’s Tom Clarke celebrates scoring their first goal Action Images/John Sibley
Millwall beat London rivals Queens Park Rangers 1-0 in Friday's other game thanks to Steve Morison's 55th-minute strike.
Soccer Football - Championship - Cardiff City vs Preston North End - Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Britain - December 29, 2017 Cardiff City's Nathaniel Mendez-Laing in action with Preston North End’s Callum Robinson Action Images/John Sibley
(Reporting by Ed Osmond; Editing by Gene Cherry)
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