Derby County 5-3 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 16 February 2010

Result

Derby County 5-3 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 16 February 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Derby County 5-3 Preston North End: match report

Derby County beat Preston North End 5-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 16 February 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jon Parkin opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Derby County's goals came from an own goal by Billy Jones (34'), Kris Commons (50'), Rob Hulse (64'), Shaun Barker (68') and Rob Hulse (77'). Preston North End scored through Jon Parkin (10'), Chris Sedgwick (62') and Reece Brown (90').

Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Derby County were 17th on 36 points from 30 and Preston North End 12th on 39 points from 30. Derby County went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Preston North End 18th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Derby County win, 5 draws and 1 for Preston North End.

Going into the match Derby County's last five read W-D-W-L-W and Preston North End's D-W-L-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Jon ParkinPreston North End · 0-1
  • 34'Own goal · Billy JonesDerby County · 1-1
  • 50'Goal · Kris CommonsDerby County · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Robbie SavageDerby County
  • 62'Goal · Chris SedgwickPreston North End · 2-2
  • 64'Goal · Rob HulseDerby County · 3-2
  • 68'Goal · Shaun BarkerDerby County · 4-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Jon ParkinPreston North End
  • 77'Goal · Rob HulseDerby County · 5-2
  • 90'Goal · Reece BrownPreston North End · 5-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Derby County 1, draws 5, Preston North End 1.

Team news

Derby County expected line-up (4-4-2)

Roy Carroll, Tyrone Mears, Edward Lewis, Darren Moore, Andy Todd, Robbie Savage, Hossam Ghaly, Mile Sterjovski, Kenny Miller, Emanuel Villa, Alan Stubbs