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

Championship · Saturday 14 December 2019

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Luton Town

Championship · Saturday 14 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Preston North End · Luton Town · Championship predictions

Preston North End 2-1 Luton Town: match report

Preston North End beat Luton Town 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 14 December 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.

Paul Gallagher opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Paul Gallagher (5') and Jayden Stockley (84'). Luton Town scored through James Collins (43', penalty).

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Luton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 6th on 34 points from 21 and Luton Town 21st on 20 points from 21. Preston North End went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Luton Town 20th with 51.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Luton Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Collins of Luton Town (7.5), ahead of Patrick Bauer (7.3).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Paul GallagherPreston North End · 1-0
  • 5'Missed penalty · Paul GallagherPreston North End
  • 43'Penalty goal · James CollinsLuton Town · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Kazenga LuaLuaLuton Town
  • 67'Yellow card · Darnell FisherPreston North End
  • 81'Yellow card · Luke BerryLuton Town
  • 84'Goal · Jayden StockleyPreston North End · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 0, Luton Town 2.

Team news

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Patrick Bauer, Paul Huntington, Andrew Hughes, Ben Pearson, Paul Gallagher, Billy Bodin, Alan Browne, Sean Maguire, David Nugent

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

James Shea, Luke Bolton, Matty Pearson, Sonny Bradley, James Bree, Jacob Butterfield, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Callum McManaman, Luke Berry, Kazenga LuaLua, James Collins