Preston North End 3-0 Huddersfield Town: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 February 2021

Result

Preston North End 3-0 Huddersfield Town

Championship · Saturday 27 February 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Preston North End · Huddersfield Town · Championship predictions

Preston North End 3-0 Huddersfield Town: match report

Preston North End won against Huddersfield Town 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 27 February 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Brad Potts opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Preston North End's goals came from Brad Potts (23'), Ched Evans (67') and Scott Sinclair (80'). Huddersfield Town did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Huddersfield Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 15th on 40 points from 32 and Huddersfield Town 19th on 36 points from 32. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Huddersfield Town 20th with 49.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Huddersfield Town in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Iversen of Preston North End (8.9), ahead of Brad Potts (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 1 draw and 2 for Huddersfield Town.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Brad PottsPreston North End · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Rarmani Edmonds-GreenHuddersfield Town
  • 57'Yellow card · J. BacunaHuddersfield Town
  • 67'Goal · Ched EvansPreston North End · 2-0
  • 75'Yellow card · A. GordonPreston North End
  • 75'Yellow card · PipaHuddersfield Town
  • 77'Yellow card · Greg CunninghamPreston North End
  • 80'Goal · Scott SinclairPreston North End · 3-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Preston North End 4, draws 1, Huddersfield Town 2.

Team news

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

Daniel Iversen, Sepp van den Berg, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, G. Cunningham, Ben Whiteman, Alan Browne, Scott Sinclair, Brad Potts, Anthony Gordon, Ched Evans

Huddersfield Town line-up (3-4-3)

Ryan Schofield, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Richard Keogh, Naby Sarr, Juninho Bacuna, Alex Vallejo, Lewis O'Brien, Pipa, Isaac Mbenza, Fraizer Campbell, Duane Holmes