Huddersfield Town 3-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Friday 14 April 2017

Result

Huddersfield Town 3-2 Preston North End

Championship · Friday 14 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Huddersfield Town 3-2 Preston North End: match report

Huddersfield Town defeated Preston North End 3-2 in the Championship on Friday 14 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Aiden McGeady opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Huddersfield Town's goals came from Elias Kachunga (43'), Jack Payne (70') and Collin Quaner (90+6'). Preston North End scored through Aiden McGeady (23') and Jordan Hugill (79').

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 5th on 70 points from 40 and Preston North End 8th on 62 points from 41. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 5th with 80 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Huddersfield Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Elias Kachunga of Huddersfield Town (8.2), ahead of Aaron Mooy (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Aiden McGeadyPreston North End · 0-1
  • 43'Goal · Elias KachungaHuddersfield Town · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · C. LöweHuddersfield Town
  • 58'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 61'Yellow card · Paul HuntingtonPreston North End
  • 61'Yellow card · M. VermijlPreston North End
  • 70'Goal · Jack PayneHuddersfield Town · 2-1
  • 79'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 2-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jordan HugillPreston North End
  • 90+6'Missed penalty · Aaron MooyHuddersfield Town
  • 90+6'Goal · Collin QuanerHuddersfield Town · 3-2
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Chris MaxwellPreston North End

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Danny Ward, Tommy Smith, Michael Hefele, Christopher Schindler, Chris Löwe, Jonathan Hogg, Philip Billing, Elias Kachunga, Aaron Mooy, Rajiv van La Parra, Nahki Wells

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

Chris Maxwell, Marnick Vermijl, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Aiden McGeady, Ben Pearson, Paul Gallagher, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Jordan Hugill