Preston North End 2-1 Huddersfield Town: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 February 2016

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Huddersfield Town

Championship · Saturday 6 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Preston North End · Huddersfield Town · Championship predictions

Preston North End 2-1 Huddersfield Town: match report

Preston North End defeated Huddersfield Town 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 6 February 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

N. Wells opened the scoring in the 80th minute. Preston North End's goals came from an own goal by J. Lynch (83') and Alan Browne (90+1'). Huddersfield Town scored through N. Wells (80').

Discipline: Preston North End received no yellow cards; Huddersfield Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 14th on 36 points from 29 and Huddersfield Town 17th on 32 points from 29. Preston North End went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Huddersfield Town 19th with 51.

Preston North End lined up in a 5-3-2 and Huddersfield Town in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Preston North End wins, 0 draws and 1 for Huddersfield Town.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 78'Yellow card · Jonathan HoggHuddersfield Town
  • 80'Goal · N. WellsHuddersfield Town · 0-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Karim MatmourHuddersfield Town
  • 81'Yellow card · Karim MatmourHuddersfield Town
  • 83'Own goal · J. LynchPreston North End · 1-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Preston North End 0, draws 0, Huddersfield Town 1.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Stevie MayPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)

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

Huddersfield Town expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Smithies, Joel Lynch, Mark Hudson, Tommy Smith, Anthony Gerrard, Peter Clarke, Jonathan Hogg, Sean Scannell, Jacob Butterfield, Adam Clayton, James Vaughan