Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Preston North End: result and report
Championship · Saturday 3 December 2016
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Preston North End
Championship · Saturday 3 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Preston North End: match report
Sheffield Wednesday defeated Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 3 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
F. Forestieri opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from F. Forestieri (9') and Steven Fletcher (79', penalty). Preston North End scored through E. Doyle (82').
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Preston North End received no yellow cards and 3 red cards.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 6th on 28 points from 18 and Preston North End 9th on 26 points from 18. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-4-2 and Preston North End in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Fernando Forestieri of Sheffield Wednesday (7.7), ahead of Tom Clarke (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 4 draws and 4 for Preston North End.
Key events
- 9'Goal · F. Forestieri
- 58'Yellow card · Kieran Lee
- 65'Red card · F. Forestieri
- 79'Penalty goal · Steven Fletcher
- 82'Goal · E. Doyle
- 90'Red card · Jermaine Beckford
- 90'Red card · J. Beckford
- 90'Red card · E. Doyle
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Jack Hunt, Tom Lees, Glenn Loovens, Adam Reach, Barry Bannan, Sam Hutchinson, Kieran Lee, Ross Wallace, Fernando Forestieri, Lucas João
Preston North End line-up (4-3-3)
Chris Maxwell, Alex Baptiste, Tom Clarke, Bailey Wright, G. Cunningham, Daniel Johnson, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Aiden McGeady, Jordan Hugill, Callum Robinson