Preston North End 2-0 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 May 2021

Result

Preston North End 2-0 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 1 May 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Preston North End · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Preston North End 2-0 Barnsley: match report

Preston North End won against Barnsley 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 1 May 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jordan Storey opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Jordan Storey (38') and Ched Evans (49'). Barnsley did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 14th on 55 points from 44 and Barnsley 6th on 77 points from 44. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Barnsley 6th with 79.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Barnsley in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Storey of Preston North End (9.0), ahead of Ched Evans (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 5 for Barnsley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Jordan StoreyPreston North End · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Michal HelikBarnsley
  • 49'Goal · Ched EvansPreston North End · 2-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 72'Yellow card · D. DikeBarnsley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 3, Barnsley 5.

Team news

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Sepp van den Berg, Ryan Ledson, Ben Whiteman, G. Cunningham, Alan Browne, Ched Evans, Tom Barkhuizen

Barnsley line-up (3-4-3)

Brad Collins, Michael Sollbauer, Michal Helik, Mads Andersen, Callum Brittain, Romal Palmer, Alex Mowatt, Callum Styles, Conor Mark Chaplin, Daryl Dike, Cauley Woodrow