Huddersfield Town 3-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 December 2015

Result

Huddersfield Town 3-1 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 26 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Huddersfield Town 3-1 Preston North End: match report

Huddersfield Town defeated Preston North End 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.

N. Wells opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Huddersfield Town's goals came from N. Wells (38'), N. Wells (55') and Emyr Huws (76'). Preston North End scored through Adam Reach (90+4').

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 4 yellow cards; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 19th on 21 points from 22 and Preston North End 16th on 25 points from 22. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 19th with 51 points, and Preston North End 11th with 62.

The highest match rating in our data went to Emyr Huws of Huddersfield Town (8.5), ahead of Joe Lolley (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Huddersfield Town wins, 1 draw and 2 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Emyr HuwsHuddersfield Town
  • 25'Yellow card · T. SmithHuddersfield Town
  • 38'Goal · N. WellsHuddersfield Town · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Paul HuntingtonPreston North End
  • 52'Yellow card · Paul GallagherPreston North End
  • 55'Goal · N. WellsHuddersfield Town · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Joe GarnerPreston North End
  • 65'Yellow card · Jonathan HoggHuddersfield Town
  • 65'Yellow card · J. LynchHuddersfield Town
  • 76'Goal · Emyr HuwsHuddersfield Town · 3-0
  • 90+4'Goal · Adam ReachPreston North End · 3-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Huddersfield Town 0, draws 1, Preston North End 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Stevie MayPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)

Huddersfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

J. Steer, Tommy Smith, Mark Hudson, Joel Lynch, Ben Chilwell, Jonathan Hogg, Emyr Huws, Sean Scannell, Kyle Dempsey, Joe Lolley, Nahki Wells

Preston North End expected line-up

Jordan Pickford, Bailey Wright, Calum Woods, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Alan Browne, John Welsh, Daniel Johnson, Will Keane, Joe Garner