Preston North End 1-2 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 February 2021

Result

Preston North End 1-2 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 6 February 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 1-2 Rotherham United: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Rotherham United 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 6 February 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Preston North End's goal came from Ched Evans (65'). Rotherham United scored through an own goal by Joe Rafferty (1') and Ben Wiles (55').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 11th on 36 points from 27 and Rotherham United 23rd on 26 points from 25. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 42.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Wing of Rotherham United (7.8), ahead of Ben Whiteman (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 2 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Own goal · Joe RaffertyRotherham United · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Dan BarlaserRotherham United
  • 37'Yellow card · Ched EvansPreston North End
  • 55'Goal · Ben WilesRotherham United · 0-2
  • 65'Goal · Ched EvansPreston North End · 1-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Michael IhiekweRotherham United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Matt CrooksRotherham United

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 3, Rotherham United 2.

Team news

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

Daniel Iversen, Joe Rafferty, Paul Huntington, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Ben Whiteman, Ryan Ledson, Tom Barkhuizen, Jayson Molumby, Anthony Gordon, Ched Evans

Rotherham United line-up (3-5-2)

Viktor Johansson, Michael Ihiekwe, A. MacDonald, Clark Robertson, Wes Harding, Lewis Wing, Dan Barlaser, Jamie Lindsay, Ryan Giles, Freddie Ladapo, George Hirst