Championship · ENG · Round 30

Preston North End
2 - 1 Full time
Huddersfield Town

Deepdale

Lineups

Preston North End4-4-2
AL1Lindegaard
CW15Woods
TC5Clarke
BW6Wright
GC3Cunningham
CR37↓58'Robinson
AB16⚽Browne
PG12Gallagher
AR32↓87'Reach
JH25↓58'Hugill
JG14Garner
JS1Steer
TS2Smith
MC14Cranie
JL33⚽Lynch
JH15Husband
JH6Hogg
PB29Billing
HB17↓78'Bunn
JP8↓90'Paterson
JL18↓67'Lolley
NW21⚽Wells
Huddersfield Town4-2-3-1

Preston North End substitutes

11 Daniel Johnson ↑58'
19 John Welsh ↑58'
13 Eoin Doyle ↑87'
43 Chris Kirkland
2 Marnick Vermijl
8 Neil Kilkenny
23 Paul Huntington

Coach: Simon Grayson

Huddersfield Town substitutes

10 Karim Matmour ↑67'
28 Elvis Manu ↑78'
34 William Boyle ↑90'
4 Dean Whitehead
3 Jason Davidson
13 Joe Murphy
22 Kyle Dempsey

Coach: David Wagner

Match events

Second half
58'↑ John Welsh ↓ Callum Robinson⇄
58'↑ Daniel Johnson ↓ Jordan Hugill⇄
67'↑ Karim Matmour ↓ Joe Lolley⇄
78'↑ Elvis Manu ↓ Harry Bunn⇄
78'Jonathan Hogg
80'Nahki Wells assist: Jamie Paterson 0 - 1⚽
81'Karim Matmour
83'Joel Lynch (own goal) 1 - 1⚽
87'↑ Eoin Doyle ↓ Adam Reach⇄
90'↑ William Boyle ↓ Jamie Paterson⇄
90'Alan Browne assist: Calum Woods 2 - 1⚽

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Match details

CompetitionChampionship
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 6 February 2016, 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

9Preston North End wins2Draws5Huddersfield Town wins

16 past meetings on record. Biggest Preston North End win: Preston North End 3–0 Huddersfield Town (2021). Biggest Huddersfield Town win: Huddersfield Town 1–4 Preston North End (2022).

7 Jan 2023Preston North End 3 - 1 Huddersfield TownFA Cup
26 Dec 2022Preston North End 1 - 2 Huddersfield TownChampionship
18 Oct 2022Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
9 Aug 2022Huddersfield Town 1 - 4 Preston North EndEFL Cup
9 Feb 2022Preston North End 0 - 0 Huddersfield TownChampionship
17 Aug 2021Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship
27 Feb 2021Preston North End 3 - 0 Huddersfield TownChampionship
24 Oct 2020Huddersfield Town 1 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
4 Jul 2020Huddersfield Town 0 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship
9 Nov 2019Preston North End 3 - 1 Huddersfield TownChampionship
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14 Apr 2017Huddersfield Town 3 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
19 Oct 2016Preston North End 3 - 1 Huddersfield TownChampionship
26 Dec 2015Huddersfield Town 3 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
13 Aug 2012Preston North End 2 - 0 Huddersfield TownLeague Cup
14 Apr 2012Preston North End 1 - 0 Huddersfield TownLeague One
22 Oct 2011Huddersfield Town 3 - 1 Preston North EndLeague One