Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 Preston North End

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 Preston North End: match report

Sheffield Wednesday defeated Preston North End 4-1 in the Championship on Friday 30 March 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Atdhe Nuhiu opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Atdhe Nuhiu (50'), Lucas João (52'), Atdhe Nuhiu (90+2') and F. Forestieri (90+6'). Preston North End scored through Louis Moult (72').

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

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 17th on 41 points from 38 and Preston North End 9th on 60 points from 38. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Preston North End 7th with 73.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Atdhe Nuhiu of Sheffield Wednesday (8.6), ahead of Lucas João (8.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Sam HutchinsonSheffield Wednesday
  • 16'Yellow card · Atdhe NuhiuSheffield Wednesday
  • 50'Goal · Atdhe NuhiuSheffield Wednesday · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Lucas JoãoSheffield Wednesday · 2-0
  • 72'Goal · Louis MoultPreston North End · 2-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Atdhe NuhiuSheffield Wednesday · 3-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Ben DaviesPreston North End
  • 90+6'Goal · F. ForestieriSheffield Wednesday · 4-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-5-1-1)

Joe Wildsmith, Tom Lees, Daniel Pudil, Frederico Venâncio, Jack Hunt, Morgan Fox, Barry Bannan, Sam Hutchinson, Joey Pelupessy, Atdhe Nuhiu, Adam Reach

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Josh Earl, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Callum Robinson, Sean Maguire