Preston North End 3-0 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 20 April 2021

Result

Preston North End 3-0 Derby County

Championship · Tuesday 20 April 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 3-0 Derby County: match report

Preston North End won against Derby County 3-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 20 April 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ben Whiteman opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Ben Whiteman (18'), Ched Evans (73') and Ryan Ledson (87'). Derby County did not score.

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 17th on 49 points from 42 and Derby County 21st on 43 points from 42. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Derby County 22nd with 44.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Iversen of Preston North End (7.8), level with Ryan Ledson (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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Ben WhitemanPreston North End · 1-0
  • 73'Goal · Ched EvansPreston North End · 2-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Nathan ByrneDerby County
  • 87'Goal · Ryan LedsonPreston North End · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 1, draws 3, Derby County 6.

Team news

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

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

Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)

Txiki Acaz, Nathan Byrne, Andre Wisdom, Matt Clarke, Craig Forsyth, Max Bird, Graeme Shinnie, Patrick Roberts, Tom Lawrence, Jason Knight, Colin Kazim-Richards