Huddersfield Town 1-3 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 12 December 2023

Result

Huddersfield Town 1-3 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 12 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Huddersfield Town 1-3 Preston North End: match report

Huddersfield Town were beaten by Preston North End 1-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 12 December 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Alan Browne opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Huddersfield Town's goal came from Daniel Ward (54'). Preston North End scored through Alan Browne (3'), Will Keane (39') and Ben Whiteman (66').

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 21st on 21 points from 20 and Preston North End 9th on 29 points from 20. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Preston North End 10th with 63.

Huddersfield Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Preston North End in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alan Browne of Preston North End (7.7), level with Liam Millar (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Huddersfield Town wins, 2 draws and 5 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 0-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End
  • 39'Goal · Will KeanePreston North End · 0-2
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Brad PottsPreston North End
  • 54'Goal · Daniel WardHuddersfield Town · 1-2
  • 66'Goal · Ben WhitemanPreston North End · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Huddersfield Town 3, draws 2, Preston North End 5.

Team news

Huddersfield Town line-up (3-5-2)

Chris Maxwell, Matty Pearson, Michal Helik, Tom Lees, Sorba Thomas, David Kasumu, Jonathan Hogg, Josh Austerfield, Josh Koroma, Delano Burgzorg, Daniel Ward

Preston North End line-up (3-4-1-2)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Jack Whatmough, Liam Lindsay, Brad Potts, Ben Whiteman, Alan Browne, Liam Millar, Duane Holmes, Ched Evans, Will Keane