Preston North End 2-0 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Friday 26 December 2008

Result

Preston North End 2-0 Derby County

Championship · Friday 26 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 2-0 Derby County: match report

Preston North End beat Derby County 2-0 in the Championship on Friday 26 December 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sean St. Ledger opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Sean St. Ledger (30') and Jon Parkin (68'). Derby County did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Derby County received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 8th on 37 points from 24 and Derby County 16th on 29 points from 24. Preston North End went on to finish that season 6th with 75 points, and Derby County 18th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Preston North End wins, 4 draws and 1 for Derby County.

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Derby County's W-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Sean St. LedgerPreston North End · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Sean St. LedgerPreston North End
  • 68'Goal · Jon ParkinPreston North End · 2-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Preston North End 0, draws 4, Derby County 1.

Team news

Derby County expected line-up (4-4-2)

Roy Carroll, Tyrone Mears, Edward Lewis, Darren Moore, Andy Todd, Robbie Savage, Hossam Ghaly, Mile Sterjovski, Kenny Miller, Emanuel Villa, Alan Stubbs