Preston North End 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 August 2017

Result

Preston North End 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Saturday 5 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Preston North End 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Preston North End won against Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 5 August 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Daniel Johnson of Preston North End in the 79th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 3 yellow cards.

Preston North End went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 15th with 57.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommy Spurr of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Paul Huntington (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 33'Yellow card · F. ForestieriSheffield Wednesday
  • 55'Yellow card · Barry BannanSheffield Wednesday
  • 74'Yellow card · Daniel PudilSheffield Wednesday
  • 79'Penalty goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 1-0
  • 84'Yellow card · Jordan HugillPreston North End

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, G. Cunningham, Darnell Fisher, Tommy Spurr, Paul Huntington, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Callum Robinson, Sean Maguire

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-1-1)

Keiren Westwood, Jack Hunt, Glenn Loovens, Tom Lees, Daniel Pudil, Barry Bannan, Adam Reach, George Boyd, Sam Hutchinson, J. Rhodes, Fernando Forestieri