Huddersfield Town 3-1 Preston North End: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 December 2015
Result
Huddersfield Town 3-1 Preston North End
Championship · Saturday 26 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Huddersfield Town 3-1 Preston North End: match report
Huddersfield Town defeated Preston North End 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
N. Wells opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Huddersfield Town's goals came from N. Wells (38'), N. Wells (55') and Emyr Huws (76'). Preston North End scored through Adam Reach (90+4').
Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 4 yellow cards; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 19th on 21 points from 22 and Preston North End 16th on 25 points from 22. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 19th with 51 points, and Preston North End 11th with 62.
Huddersfield Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emyr Huws of Huddersfield Town (8.5), ahead of Joe Lolley (8.2).
Going into the match Huddersfield Town's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Preston North End's L-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Emyr Huws
- 25'Yellow card · T. Smith
- 38'Goal · N. Wells
- 43'Yellow card · Paul Huntington
- 52'Yellow card · Paul Gallagher
- 55'Goal · N. Wells
- 65'Yellow card · Joe Garner
- 65'Yellow card · Jonathan Hogg
- 65'Yellow card · J. Lynch
- 76'Goal · Emyr Huws
- 90+4'Goal · Adam Reach
Team news
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Huddersfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
J. Steer, Tommy Smith, Mark Hudson, Joel Lynch, Ben Chilwell, Jonathan Hogg, Emyr Huws, Sean Scannell, Kyle Dempsey, Joe Lolley, Nahki Wells
Preston North End expected line-up (5-3-2)
Iain Turner, Billy Jones, Craig Morgan, Bongani Khumalo, Ian Ashbee, Keith Treacy, Iain Edward Hume, Eddie Johnson, Chris Brown, Barry Nicholson, Darren Carter