Preston North End 1-0 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2017

Result

Preston North End 1-0 Sheffield United

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Preston North End 1-0 Sheffield United: match report

Preston North End beat Sheffield United 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 16 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Jordan Hugill of Preston North End in the 58th minute.

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 10th on 32 points from 21 and Sheffield United 6th on 37 points from 21. Preston North End went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Sheffield United 10th with 69.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Robinson of Preston North End (8.4), ahead of Tom Clarke (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 5 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Paul GallagherPreston North End
  • 58'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 1-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 3, Sheffield United 5.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-3-1-2)

Chris Maxwell, Tom Clarke, Darnell Fisher, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Ben Pearson, Daniel Johnson, Paul Gallagher, Callum Robinson, Jordan Hugill, Tom Barkhuizen

Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)

Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Richard Stearman, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, Chris Basham, John Lundstram, Samir Carruthers, Leon Clarke, Patrick McCarthy