Preston North End 1-1 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 October 2018

Result

Preston North End 1-1 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 27 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 1-1 Rotherham United: match report

Preston North End drew with Rotherham United 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 27 October 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Tom Barkhuizen opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Tom Barkhuizen (40'). Rotherham United scored through Michael Smith (55').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 19th on 13 points from 14 and Rotherham United 21st on 13 points from 14. Preston North End went on to finish that season 15th with 61 points, and Rotherham United 22nd with 40.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Smith of Rotherham United (7.7), ahead of Ryan Williams (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Michael SmithRotherham United · 1-1
  • 84'Yellow card · R. TowellRotherham United
  • 90'Yellow card · Sean MaguirePreston North End

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 2, Rotherham United 0.

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Ben Pearson, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Alan Browne, Callum Robinson, Lukas Nmecha

Rotherham United line-up (4-1-4-1)

Marek Rodák, Zak Vyner, Semi Ajayi, Clark Robertson, Joe Mattock, Will Vaulks, Jon Taylor, Richie Towell, K. Vassell, Ryan Williams, Michael Smith