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

Championship · Tuesday 14 September 2021

Result

Sheffield United 2-2 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 14 September 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sheffield United 2-2 Preston North End: match report

Sheffield United drew with Preston North End 2-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 14 September 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

M. Gibbs-White opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from M. Gibbs-White (7') and Sander Berge (84'). Preston North End scored through Daniel Johnson (19') and Emil Riis (90+5').

Discipline: Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 18th on 5 points from 6 and Preston North End 13th on 7 points from 6. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Preston North End 13th with 64.

Sheffield United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Johnson of Preston North End (8.0), ahead of Morgan Gibbs-White (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · M. Gibbs-WhiteSheffield United · 1-0
  • 13'Yellow card · Emil RiisPreston North End
  • 19'Goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 1-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Oliver NorwoodSheffield United
  • 74'Yellow card · Rhys Norrington-DaviesSheffield United
  • 84'Goal · Sander BergeSheffield United · 2-1
  • 90+5'Goal · Emil RiisPreston North End · 2-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Robin Olsen, George Baldock, John Egan, Jack Robinson, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Morgan Gibbs-White, Iliman Ndiaye, Luke Freeman, Patrick McCarthy

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Patrick Bauer, Andrew Hughes, Sepp van den Berg, Ben Whiteman, Ryan Ledson, Josh Earl, Daniel Johnson, Sean Maguire, Emil Riis