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

Championship · Monday 26 December 2022

Result

Preston North End 1-2 Huddersfield Town

Championship · Monday 26 December 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Preston North End · Huddersfield Town · Championship predictions

Preston North End 1-2 Huddersfield Town: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Huddersfield Town 1-2 in the Championship on Monday 26 December 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Greg Cunningham opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Greg Cunningham (34'). Huddersfield Town scored through Jordan Rhodes (76') and Kaine Kesler-Hayden (85').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 9th on 34 points from 23 and Huddersfield Town 24th on 19 points from 22. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Huddersfield Town 18th with 53.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Huddersfield Town in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Rudoni of Huddersfield Town (7.7), ahead of Ben Whiteman (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 2 for Huddersfield Town.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · David KasumuHuddersfield Town
  • 26'Yellow card · Jonathan HoggHuddersfield Town
  • 34'Goal · Greg CunninghamPreston North End · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Greg CunninghamPreston North End
  • 76'Goal · Jordan RhodesHuddersfield Town · 1-1
  • 85'Goal · Kaine Kesler-HaydenHuddersfield Town · 1-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Ched EvansPreston North End
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Duane HolmesHuddersfield Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 6, draws 2, Huddersfield Town 2.

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, G. Cunningham, Brad Potts, Ben Whiteman, Ryan Ledson, Álvaro Carreras, Daniel Johnson, Ben Woodburn, Ched Evans

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

Lee Nicholls, Tom Lees, Michal Helik, Will Boyle, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Jonathan Hogg, David Kasumu, Josh Ruffels, Jack Rudoni, Duane Holmes, J. Rhodes