Preston North End 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 December 2016

Result

Preston North End 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Saturday 31 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Preston North End 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Preston North End drew with Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 31 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Greg Cunningham opened the scoring in the 77th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Greg Cunningham (77'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Adam Reach (90+4').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 13th on 33 points from 23 and Sheffield Wednesday 5th on 40 points from 23. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 4th with 83.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Clarke of Preston North End (7.7), ahead of Sam Hutchinson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 3 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 73'Yellow card · Steven FletcherSheffield Wednesday
  • 75'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 77'Goal · Greg CunninghamPreston North End · 1-0
  • 90+4'Goal · Adam ReachSheffield Wednesday · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 4, draws 3, Sheffield Wednesday 3.

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Alex Baptiste, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Paul Gallagher, Ben Pearson, Daniel Johnson, Aiden McGeady, Callum Robinson, Simon Makienok

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

Keiren Westwood, Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Glenn Loovens, Daniel Pudil, Ross Wallace, Sam Hutchinson, Barry Bannan, Adam Reach, Steven Fletcher, Atdhe Nuhiu