Preston North End — Sheffield United 2:3, 3 November: match result

match finished Championship · Matchday 14 Tuesday 3 November · 19:45 UTC

Preston North End 24th · 5 pts WLLDL

2 : 3 1st half 1:3

Sheffield United 9th · 22 pts LWWDW

Deepdale · referee J. Busby

Match predictionValue

No show from Preston North End: under three

88% · Preston North End average 0.8 goals per game

Prediction landed. We predicted “No show from Preston North End: under three”, and the match finished 2:3.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Preston North End 36% draw 26% Sheffield United 38%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Sheffield United win, and the match finished 2:3. Fans backed Sheffield United win — they got it right.

fans 75 votes

Preston North End 41% draw 16% Sheffield United 43%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

L. Leroy assist: A. Vukcevic 1-0 2'

C. Lang for J. Kenny 13'

S. Peck assist: H. Burrows 1-1 27'

S. Peck assist: B. Brereton Diaz 1-2 37'

S. Peck assist: R. Donovan 1-3 45+1'

C. Wiley for A. Vukcevic 46'

L. Lindsay for J. Storey 46'

O. Arblaster for J. Riedewald 58'

F. Seriki for T. Chong 58'

A. Devine for J. Erabi 64'

L. Leroy 66'

J. Ayew for H. Choudhury 71'

C. Lang assist: A. Devine 2-3 77'

S. McCallum for R. Donovan 84'

B. Potts for S. Mills 90'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Preston North End 3-4-1-2 4-4-2 Sheffield United

Daniel Iversen  
Odeluga Offiah  14 Jordan Storey  16 Andrew Hughes  
Stanley Mills  27 Leo Leroy  15 Jordan Thompson  3 Andrija Vukčević  
Andrew Moran  
Johnny Kenny  9 Jusef Erabi  

Thomas Cannon  22 Ben Brereton Díaz  
Tahith Chong  42 Sydie Peck  44 Jaïro Riedewald  11 Romelle Donovan  
Hamza Choudhury  5 Japhet Tanganga  25 Mark McGuinness  14 Harrison Burrows  
Michael Cooper  

Preston North End bench

7Alfie Devine
44Brad Potts
12Caleb Wiley
10Callum Lang
37Delano Burgzorg
32Ed Nolan
21Lee Nicholls
6Liam Lindsay
11Thierry Small

Sheffield United bench

38Femi Seriki
33Jamal Baptiste
10Jordan Ayew
2Matt Doherty
4Oliver Arblaster
30Rhys Norrington-Davies
3Sam McCallum
31Tommy Betts
23Tyrese Campbell

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

40%Possession60%

6Shots18

2Shots on target5

2Shots off target9

2Blocked shots4

4Shots inside box10

2Shots outside box8

105Attacks126

47Dangerous attacks48

3Corners3

3Offsides1

12Fouls7

1Yellow cards0

2Saves0

313Passes496

210Accurate passes384

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Preston North End

Sheffield UnitedThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Preston North End and Sheffield United met on matchday 14 of the Championship on 3 November at Deepdale. Final score — 2:3.

Preston North End sit 24th on 5 points after 9 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 6 losses). Sheffield United sit 9th on 22 points after 9 matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses), 3 matches without conceding.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Preston North End last five Sheffield United

WLLDL form LWWDW

9 Matches 9

1 — 2 — 6 Wins — draws — defeats 4 — 1 — 4

7 — 18 Scored — conceded 13 — 11

0.56 Points per game 1.44

0.78 Goals scored per game 1.44

1 Clean sheets 3

4 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 1 Current streak winless in 1

Preston North End at home: 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses, goals 4—6, 0.8 points per match.

Sheffield United away: 5 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses, goals 8—9, 1.2 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
8	West Ham United	14	6	5	3	36—21	23
9	Sheffield United	14	6	4	4	20—17	22
10	Portsmouth	15	6	4	5	20—18	22
…
23	Derby County	15	2	4	9	14—30	10
24	Preston North End	14	1	2	11	12—30	5

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