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

Championship · Monday 28 December 2009

Result

Sheffield United 1-0 Preston North End

Championship · Monday 28 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sheffield United 1-0 Preston North End: match report

Sheffield United won against Preston North End 1-0 in the Championship on Monday 28 December 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Jamie Ward of Sheffield United in the 86th minute.

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

Going into the game Sheffield United were 11th on 32 points from 23 and Preston North End 15th on 29 points from 22. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 8th with 65 points, and Preston North End 18th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield United wins, 4 draws and 1 for Preston North End.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Jon ParkinPreston North End
  • 86'Goal · Jamie WardSheffield United · 1-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Jamie WardSheffield United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Sheffield United 3, draws 4, Preston North End 1.

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