Preston North End 2-3 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 3 November 2026

Result

Preston North End 2-3 Sheffield United

Championship · Tuesday 3 November 2026, 19:45 UTC · Deepdale, Preston · half-time 1-3

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Preston North End 2-3 Sheffield United: match report

Preston North End lost to Sheffield United 2-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 3 November 2026 at Deepdale. The half-time score was 1-3.

Léo Leroy opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Preston North End's goals came from Léo Leroy (2') and Callum Lang (76'). Sheffield United scored through Sydie frederick Peck (27'), Sydie frederick Peck (37') and Sydie frederick Peck (45+1').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 24th on 5 points from 13 and Sheffield United 10th on 19 points from 13. In the current table Preston North End are 24th on 5 points and Sheffield United are 9th on 22 points.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Sheffield United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sydie frederick Peck of Sheffield United (9.6), ahead of Romelle Donovan (7.3).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Léo LeroyPreston North End · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Sydie frederick PeckSheffield United · 1-1
  • 37'Goal · Sydie frederick PeckSheffield United · 1-2
  • 45+1'Goal · Sydie frederick PeckSheffield United · 1-3
  • 66'Yellow card · Léo LeroyPreston North End
  • 76'Goal · Callum LangPreston North End · 2-3

Form and table

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9Sheffield United146442017+322LWDWW
24Preston North End1412111230-185LLDLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 2, Sheffield United 6.

Team news

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

Daniel Iversen, O. Offiah, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, Stanley Mills, Léo Leroy, Jordan Thompson, Andrija Vukcevic, A. Moran, Johnny Kenny, Jusef Erabi

Sheffield United line-up (4-4-2)

Michael Cooper, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Japhet Tanganga, Mark McGuinness, Harrison Burrows, Tahith Chong, Sydie frederick Peck, Jaïro Riedewald, Romelle Donovan, Tom Cannon, Ben Brereton Díaz

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