FA Cup · ENG · Round 4

Preston North End
1 - 1 Full time
Sheffield United

Lineups

Preston North End4-2-3-1
TS21Stuckmann
CW15Woods
TC5Clarke
PH23Huntington
DB16Buchanan
JW19↓74'Welsh
NK8↓62'Kilkenny
CH7Humphrey
PG12⚽Gallagher
KR17↓85'Reid
SE40Ebanks-Blake
MH1Howard
CA2Alcock
HM17McGahey
TK27Kennedy
BD16↓82'Davies
CD28↓56'Dimaio
CB6Basham
DD23⚽↓78'De Girolamo
LR22Reed
JB11Baxter
MH21Higdon
Sheffield United4-5-1

Preston North End substitutes

22 Jack King ↑62'
9 Kevin Davies ↑74'
31 Alan Browne ↑85'
30 Josh Brownhill
35 Matthew Hudson
3 Scott Laird
4 Scott Wiseman

Coach: Simon Grayson

Sheffield United substitutes

9 Jamie Murphy ↑56'
12 Marc McNulty ↑78'
3 Robert Harris ↑82'
25 George Long
20 Jamal Campbell-Ryce
8 Michael Doyle
10 Stefan Scougall

Coach: Nigel Clough

Match events

18'Paul Gallagher 1 - 0⚽
Second half
56'↑ Jamie Murphy ↓ Connor Dimaio⇄
62'↑ Jack King ↓ Neil Kilkenny⇄
66'Terry Kennedy
67'Diego De Girolamo 1 - 1⚽
74'↑ Kevin Davies ↓ John Welsh⇄
78'↑ Marc McNulty ↓ Diego De Girolamo⇄
81'Jose Baxter
82'↑ Robert Harris ↓ Ben Davies⇄
85'↑ Alan Browne ↓ Kyel Reid⇄
89'Louis Reed
90'Paul Gallagher

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 24 January 2015, 15:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

5Preston North End wins6Draws10Sheffield United wins

21 past meetings on record. Biggest Preston North End win: Sheffield United 4–1 Preston North End (2023). Biggest Sheffield United win: Preston North End 0–2 Sheffield United (2022).

29 Apr 2023Sheffield United 4 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
17 Sep 2022Preston North End 0 - 2 Sheffield UnitedChampionship
18 Jan 2022Preston North End 2 - 2 Sheffield UnitedChampionship
14 Sep 2021Sheffield United 2 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
4 Sep 2020Sheffield United 2 - 2 Preston North EndClub Friendlies
6 Apr 2019Preston North End 0 - 1 Sheffield UnitedChampionship
22 Sep 2018Sheffield United 3 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
28 Apr 2018Sheffield United 0 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
27 Jan 2018Sheffield United 1 - 0 Preston North EndFA Cup
16 Dec 2017Preston North End 1 - 0 Sheffield UnitedChampionship
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3 Feb 2015Sheffield United 1 - 3 Preston North EndFA Cup
10 Jan 2015Sheffield United 2 - 1 Preston North EndLeague One
30 Aug 2014Preston North End 1 - 1 Sheffield UnitedLeague One
17 Mar 2014Preston North End 0 - 0 Sheffield UnitedLeague One
21 Sep 2013Sheffield United 0 - 1 Preston North EndLeague One
27 Apr 2013Sheffield United 0 - 0 Preston North EndLeague One
20 Oct 2012Preston North End 0 - 1 Sheffield UnitedLeague One
18 Feb 2012Sheffield United 2 - 1 Preston North EndLeague One
19 Oct 2011Preston North End 2 - 4 Sheffield UnitedLeague One
16 Apr 2011Preston North End 3 - 1 Sheffield UnitedChampionship
28 Aug 2010Sheffield United 1 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship