Derby County 0-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 December 2020

Result

Derby County 0-1 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 26 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Derby County 0-1 Preston North End: match report

Derby County were beaten by Preston North End 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 December 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Alan Browne of Preston North End in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Derby County received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Derby County were 23rd on 16 points from 19 and Preston North End 15th on 26 points from 20. Derby County went on to finish that season 22nd with 44 points, and Preston North End 13th with 61.

Derby County 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 Graeme Shinnie of Derby County (7.5), level with Josh Earl (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Derby County wins, 3 draws and 0 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Red card · Martyn WaghornDerby County
  • 43'Yellow card · Darnell FisherPreston North End
  • 90+6'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 0-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 7, draws 3, Preston North End 0.

Team news

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Derby County line-up (4-3-3)

Txiki Acaz, Nathan Byrne, Andre Wisdom, Matt Clarke, Lee Buchanan, Jason Knight, Krystian Bielik, Graeme Shinnie, Martyn Waghorn, Colin Kazim-Richards, Kamil Jóźwiak

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Josh Earl, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Daniel Johnson, Scott Sinclair, Sean Maguire