Burnley 3-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 February 2023

Result

Burnley 3-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 11 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Burnley 3-0 Preston North End: match report

Burnley defeated Preston North End 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 11 February 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Nathan Tella opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Burnley's goals came from Nathan Tella (15'), Nathan Tella (55') and Nathan Tella (58'). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 1st on 65 points from 29 and Preston North End 11th on 40 points from 29. Burnley went on to finish that season 1st with 101 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Burnley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathan Tella of Burnley (9.1), ahead of Jordan Beyer (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Burnley wins, 1 draw and 5 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Nathan TellaBurnley · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Ali McCannPreston North End
  • 55'Goal · Nathan TellaBurnley · 2-0
  • 57'Yellow card · J. BeyerBurnley
  • 57'Yellow card · Liam DelapPreston North End
  • 58'Goal · Nathan TellaBurnley · 3-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 4, draws 1, Preston North End 5.

Team news

Burnley line-up (4-2-3-1)

Arijanet Murić, Connor Roberts, Hjalmar Ekdal, Jordan Beyer, Ian Maatsen, Josh Cullen, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Nathan Tella, Josh Brownhill, Anass Zaroury, Ashley Barnes

Preston North End line-up (3-4-3)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Ali McCann, Ryan Ledson, Robbie Brady, Liam Delap, Tom Cannon, Ben Woodburn