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

Carabao Cup · Saturday 8 August 2026

Result

Preston North End 1-1 Huddersfield Town

Carabao Cup · Saturday 8 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · Deepdale, Preston · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 1-1 Huddersfield Town: match report

Preston North End drew with Huddersfield Town 1-1 (decided on penalties; score after 90 minutes) in the Carabao Cup on Saturday 8 August 2026 at Deepdale. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Radinio Balker opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Jusef Erabi (90+3'). Huddersfield Town scored through Radinio Balker (38').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Huddersfield Town received 3 yellow cards.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-3 and Huddersfield Town in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Radinio Balker of Huddersfield Town (8.0), ahead of Jack Whatmough (7.6).

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 7 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Lynden GoochHuddersfield Town
  • 21'Red card · Lewis GibsonPreston North End
  • 37'Yellow card · Andrija VukcevicPreston North End
  • 38'Goal · Radinio BalkerHuddersfield Town · 0-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Ali McCannPreston North End
  • 90'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonHuddersfield Town
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Lasse SørensenHuddersfield Town
  • 90+3'Goal · Jusef ErabiPreston North End · 1-1

Form and table

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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 (3-4-3)

Daniel Iversen, O. Offiah, Lewis Gibson, Andrew Hughes, Pol Valentín, Ali McCann, Jordan Thompson, Andrija Vukcevic, Milutin Osmajic, Alfie Devine, Callum Lang

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

Matty Young, Radinio Balker, Jack Whatmough, Seán Roughan, Lasse Sørensen, Ryan Ledson, David Kasumu, Lynden Gooch, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Ashley Fletcher, Marcus Harness

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