Huddersfield Town 1-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 17 August 2021

Result

Huddersfield Town 1-0 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 17 August 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Huddersfield Town 1-0 Preston North End: match report

Huddersfield Town beat Preston North End 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 17 August 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal was an own goal by S. van den Berg in the 74th minute, credited to Huddersfield Town.

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 4 yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 22nd on 1 point from 2 and Preston North End 24th on 0 points from 2. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 4th with 86 points, and Preston North End 13th with 64.

Huddersfield Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Naby Sarr of Huddersfield Town (8.3), ahead of Lee Nicholls (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Huddersfield Town wins, 1 draw and 5 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End
  • 56'Yellow card · Fraizer CampbellHuddersfield Town
  • 56'Yellow card · Fraizer CampbellHuddersfield Town
  • 64'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 68'Yellow card · Naby SarrHuddersfield Town
  • 74'Own goal · S. van den BergHuddersfield Town · 1-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Lee NichollsHuddersfield Town

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Huddersfield Town 2, draws 1, Preston North End 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • PipaHuddersfield Town · injury (Groin Injury)
  • Matthew OlosundePreston North End · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

Huddersfield Town line-up (3-5-2)

Lee Nicholls, Tom Lees, Naby Sarr, Levi Colwill, Ollie Turton, Scott High, Jonathan Hogg, Lewis O'Brien, Sorba Thomas, Josh Koroma, Daniel Ward

Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Sepp van den Berg, Daniel Johnson, Ben Whiteman, Alan Browne, Josh Earl, Ched Evans, Brad Potts