Walsall 3-1 Preston North End: result and report

League One · Saturday 22 September 2012

Result

Walsall 3-1 Preston North End

League One · Saturday 22 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Walsall 3-1 Preston North End: match report

Walsall beat Preston North End 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 22 September 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Joel Byrom opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Walsall's goals came from James Baxendale (38'), George Bowerman (55', penalty) and George Bowerman (58'). Preston North End scored through Joel Byrom (10').

Discipline: Walsall received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Walsall were 9th on 11 points from 7 and Preston North End 5th on 11 points from 7. Walsall went on to finish that season 9th with 68 points, and Preston North End 15th with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Walsall wins, 2 draws and 0 for Preston North End.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Joel ByromPreston North End · 0-1
  • 16'Yellow card · Joel ByromPreston North End
  • 38'Goal · James BaxendaleWalsall · 1-1
  • 55'Penalty goal · George BowermanWalsall · 2-1
  • 58'Goal · George BowermanWalsall · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Walsall 0, draws 2, Preston North End 0.

Team news

Walsall line-up

Karl Darlow, Andy Butler, Ben Purkiss, Andy Taylor, Nicky Featherstone, Florent Cuvelier, Sander Krabbendam, James Baxendale, Will Grigg, George Bowerman, Dean Holden

Preston North End line-up

Steve Simonsen, Scott Laird, Paul Huntington, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, John Mousinho, Bailey Wright, Nicky Wroe, Joel Byrom, John Welsh, William Hayhurst, Stuart Beavon