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

Championship · Saturday 24 August 2019

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Saturday 24 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Preston North End beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 24 August 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Going into the game Preston North End were 10th on 6 points from 4 and Sheffield Wednesday 4th on 9 points from 4. Preston North End went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 17th with 56.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Johnson of Preston North End (8.3), ahead of Steven Fletcher (7.4).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Patrick Bauer, Ben Davies, Joe Rafferty, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Billy Bodin, Daniel Johnson, Sean Maguire, Jayden Stockley

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-3-3)

Keiren Westwood, Moses Odubajo, Tom Lees, Julian Börner, Morgan Fox, Kieran Lee, Sam Hutchinson, Barry Bannan, Jacob Murphy, Steven Fletcher, Kadeem Harris