Preston North End 0-2 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 September 2022

Result

Preston North End 0-2 Sheffield United

Championship · Saturday 17 September 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 0-2 Sheffield United: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Sheffield United 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 September 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Iliman Ndiaye opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Preston North End did not score. Sheffield United scored through Iliman Ndiaye (40') and Oliver McBurnie (75').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 12th on 12 points from 9 and Sheffield United 1st on 20 points from 9. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 91.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Norwood of Sheffield United (8.5), ahead of Anel Ahmedhodzic (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 4 draws and 3 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End
  • 40'Goal · Iliman NdiayeSheffield United · 0-1
  • 73'Yellow card · John EganSheffield United
  • 75'Goal · Oliver McBurnieSheffield United · 0-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Oliver McBurnieSheffield United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Oliver NorwoodSheffield United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 4, Sheffield United 3.

Team news

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Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Ben Whiteman, Brad Potts, Ali McCann, Alan Browne, Álvaro Carreras, Troy Parrott, Emil Riis

Sheffield United line-up (3-4-2-1)

Wes Foderingham, Anel Ahmedhodzic, John Egan, Chris Basham, George Baldock, Iliman Ndiaye, Sander Berge, Oliver Norwood, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Rhian Brewster, Oli McBurnie