Preston North End 3-2 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Friday 24 October 2025

Result

Preston North End 3-2 Sheffield United

Championship · Friday 24 October 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Preston North End 3-2 Sheffield United: match report

Preston North End beat Sheffield United 3-2 in the Championship on Friday 24 October 2025. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Andre Brooks opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Lewis Dobbin (45+4'), an own goal by Japhet Tanganga (46') and Daniel Jebbison (58'). Sheffield United scored through Andre Brooks (10') and Callum O'Hare (16').

Discipline: Preston North End received 4 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 11th on 16 points from 11 and Sheffield United 21st on 9 points from 11. Preston North End went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Sheffield United 13th with 60.

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 Daniel Jebbison of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Tyrese Campbell (7.9).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

10'Goal · Andre BrooksSheffield United · 0-1
16'Goal · Callum O'HareSheffield United · 0-2
29'Yellow card · Odeluga OffiahPreston North End
34'Yellow card · Jaïro RiedewaldSheffield United
45+4'Goal · Lewis DobbinPreston North End · 1-2
46'Own goal · Japhet TangangaPreston North End · 2-2
58'Goal · Daniel JebbisonPreston North End · 3-2
83'Yellow card · Stefán Teitur ThórdarsonPreston North End
85'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
90+3'Yellow card · Harrison ArmstrongPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 2, Sheffield United 6.

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Team news

Unavailable

Josh SearyPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)
Jordan ThompsonPreston North End · injury (Ankle Surgery)
Will KeanePreston North End · injury (Calf Injury)

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson, Andrew Hughes, O. Offiah, Harrison Armstrong, Ben Whiteman, Alfie Devine, Andrija Vukcevic, Daniel Jebbison, Lewis Dobbin

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

Michael Cooper, Japhet Tanganga, Mark McGuinness, Ben Mee, Chiedozie Ogbene, Sydie frederick Peck, Jaïro Riedewald, Harrison Burrows, Callum O'Hare, Andre Brooks, Tyrese Campbell