Preston North End 3-1 Huddersfield Town: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 19 October 2016

Result

Preston North End 3-1 Huddersfield Town

Championship · Wednesday 19 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Preston North End · Huddersfield Town · Championship predictions

Preston North End 3-1 Huddersfield Town: match report

Preston North End beat Huddersfield Town 3-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 19 October 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Tom Clarke opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Tom Clarke (6'), A. Baptiste (42') and Paul Gallagher (53'). Huddersfield Town scored through N. Wells (81').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 17th on 15 points from 12 and Huddersfield Town 5th on 21 points from 12. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Huddersfield Town 5th with 80.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-2 and Huddersfield Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Gallagher of Preston North End (8.6), ahead of Alex Baptiste (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Preston North End win, 0 draws and 1 for Huddersfield Town.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Tom ClarkePreston North End · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · A. BaptistePreston North End · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · M. HudsonHuddersfield Town
  • 53'Goal · Paul GallagherPreston North End · 3-0
  • 81'Yellow card · N. WellsHuddersfield Town
  • 81'Goal · N. WellsHuddersfield Town · 3-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Jordan HugillPreston North End

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Preston North End 1, draws 0, Huddersfield Town 1.

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Alex Baptiste, Tom Clarke, Bailey Wright, G. Cunningham, Paul Gallagher, Ben Pearson, Daniel Johnson, Ben Pringle, Jordan Hugill, Callum Robinson

Huddersfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Danny Ward, Tommy Smith, Mark Hudson, Christopher Schindler, Chris Löwe, Jonathan Hogg, Aaron Mooy, Sean Scannell, Jack Payne, Rajiv van La Parra, Elias Kachunga