Preston North End 0-1 Derby County: result and report
Championship · Monday 2 April 2018
Result
Preston North End 0-1 Derby County
Championship · Monday 2 April 2018, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Preston North End 0-1 Derby County: match report
Preston North End lost to Derby County 0-1 in the Championship on Monday 2 April 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Tom Lawrence of Derby County in the 52nd minute.
Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Preston North End were 10th on 60 points from 39 and Derby County 5th on 62 points from 38. Preston North End went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Derby County 5th with 78.
Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Curtis Davies of Derby County (8.2), ahead of Chris Baird (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Preston North End win, 3 draws and 6 for Derby County.
Going into the match Preston North End's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Derby County's L-D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 37'Missed penalty · Alan Browne
- 43'Yellow card · Ben Pearson
- 52'Goal · Tom Lawrence
- 68'Yellow card · David Nugent
- 88'Yellow card · Darnell Fisher
Head-to-head
Team news
Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)
Chris Maxwell, G. Cunningham, Darnell Fisher, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Callum Robinson, Sean Maguire
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Carson, Chris Baird, Andre Wisdom, Alex Pearce, Curtis Davies, Tom Lawrence, Andreas Weimann, Matej Vydra, Joe Ledley, Tom Huddlestone, David Nugent