Preston North End 3-1 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 March 2008

Result

Preston North End 3-1 Sheffield United

Championship · Saturday 29 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 3-1 Sheffield United: match report

Preston North End beat Sheffield United 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 29 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Callum Davidson opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Callum Davidson (28', penalty), Neil Mellor (63') and Neil Mellor (90+7'). Sheffield United scored through James Beattie (87').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 15th on 50 points from 40 and Sheffield United 12th on 53 points from 39. Preston North End went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Sheffield United 9th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sheffield United.

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Sheffield United's W-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Penalty goal · Callum DavidsonPreston North End · 1-0
  • 63'Goal · Neil MellorPreston North End · 2-0
  • 87'Goal · James BeattieSheffield United · 2-1
  • 90+7'Goal · Neil MellorPreston North End · 3-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Preston North End 0, draws 2, Sheffield United 1.

Team news

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge