Cardiff continued their climb up the Championship table after coming from behind to record a 2-1 victory over Preston at Deepdale.

The visitors trailed at half-time following a fifth-minute strike from Simon Whaley but second-half strikes from Roger Johnson and Joe Ledley gave the Bluebirds their fourth win in six games.

Preston got off to a great start by scoring from the first shot on target when the unmarked Whaley beat goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel with a rasping 20-yard drive into the bottom right corner.

Schmeichel then saved well to deny Patrick Agyemang.

But Cardiff were level after Johnson rose highest to head home Ledley's left-wing corner from six yards and the winner came when Ledley exchanged passes with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and kept his feet to steer the ball past Andy Lonergan from a wide angle.