Preston North End 1-2 Burnley: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 February 2011
Result
Preston North End 1-2 Burnley
Championship · Saturday 26 February 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Preston North End 1-2 Burnley: match report
Preston North End were beaten by Burnley 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 26 February 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Barry Nicholson opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Preston North End's goal came from Barry Nicholson (23'). Burnley scored through Jay Rodríguez (32') and J. Cork (84').
Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Burnley received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Preston North End were 24th on 24 points from 32 and Burnley 9th on 47 points from 31. Preston North End went on to finish that season 22nd with 42 points, and Burnley 9th with 68.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Preston North End wins, 1 draw and 3 for Burnley.
Going into the match Preston North End's last five read D-D-D-L-L and Burnley's D-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Barry Nicholson
- 32'Goal · Jay Rodríguez
- 79'Yellow card · I. Hume
- 84'Goal · J. Cork
Head-to-head
Team news
Preston North End line-up
Iain Turner, Craig Morgan, David Gray, Billy Jones, Paul Coutts, Keith Treacy, Ian Ashbee, Nathan Ellington, Leon Clarke, Sean St. Ledger, Barry Nicholson
Burnley line-up
Danny Fox, Clarke Carlisle, Tyrone Mears, Jack Cork, Dean Marney, Ross Wallace, Chris Eagles, Jay Rodríguez, Lee Grant, Michael Duff, Chris Iwelumo