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

Championship · Tuesday 9 February 2010

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Sheffield United

Championship · Tuesday 9 February 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 2-1 Sheffield United: match report

Preston North End beat Sheffield United 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 9 February 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Matty James opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Matty James (10') and Jon Parkin (71'). Sheffield United scored through Mark Yeates (81').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 14th on 35 points from 28 and Sheffield United 8th on 42 points from 29. Preston North End went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Sheffield United 8th with 65.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Preston North End win, 4 draws and 4 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Matty JamesPreston North End · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Kyle BartleySheffield United
  • 70'Missed penalty · Jon ParkinPreston North End
  • 71'Goal · Jon ParkinPreston North End · 2-0
  • 81'Goal · Mark YeatesSheffield United · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Paul CouttsPreston North End

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Preston North End 1, draws 4, Sheffield United 4.

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