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

Championship · Saturday 22 December 2018

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 22 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Preston North End: match report

Sheffield Wednesday won against Preston North End 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 22 December 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Michael Hector of Sheffield Wednesday in the 62nd minute.

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 18th on 24 points from 22 and Preston North End 15th on 28 points from 22. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Preston North End 15th with 61.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-3-3 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Hector of Sheffield Wednesday (7.8), ahead of Tom Lees (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 2 draws and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Louis MoultPreston North End
  • 26'Red card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 57'Yellow card · Declan RuddPreston North End
  • 62'Goal · Michael HectorSheffield Wednesday · 1-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End
  • 79'Yellow card · Paul HuntingtonPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield Wednesday 5, draws 2, Preston North End 3.

Team news

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

Keiren Westwood, Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Michael Hector, Morgan Fox, Joshua Onomah, Joey Pelupessy, Adam Reach, Marco Matias, Steven Fletcher, Lucas João

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Paul Gallagher, Ben Pearson, Lukas Nmecha, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, L. Moult