Preston North End 1-3 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League One · Saturday 8 December 2012

Result

Preston North End 1-3 Crewe Alexandra

League One · Saturday 8 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Preston North End · Crewe Alexandra · League One predictions

Preston North End 1-3 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Preston North End lost to Crewe Alexandra 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 8 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Luke Murphy opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Preston North End's goal came from Paul Huntington (89'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Luke Murphy (32'), Bradden Inman (49') and Mathias Pogba (52').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 11th on 28 points from 20 and Crewe Alexandra 14th on 27 points from 20. Preston North End went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Crewe Alexandra 14th with 64.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 0 draws and 0 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Todd KanePreston North End
  • 32'Goal · Luke MurphyCrewe Alexandra · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · H. DavisCrewe Alexandra
  • 49'Goal · Bradden InmanCrewe Alexandra · 0-2
  • 52'Goal · Mathias PogbaCrewe Alexandra · 0-3
  • 83'Yellow card · C. RobertsonPreston North End
  • 85'Yellow card · Shane Cansdell-SherriffPreston North End
  • 89'Goal · Paul HuntingtonPreston North End · 1-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 0, Crewe Alexandra 0.

Team news

Unavailable

Preston North End expected line-up

Steve Simonsen, Scott Laird, Chris Robertson, Paul Huntington, Bailey Wright, Keith Keane, Nicky Wroe, Jack King, Jeffrey Monakana, Stuart Beavon, John Welsh

Crewe Alexandra expected line-up

Chris Martin, Harry Davis, Kelvin Mellor, Mark Ellis, Matt Tootle, Luke Murphy, Abdul Osman, Mathias Pogba, Byron Moore, C. Aneke