Preston North End 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026

Result

Preston North End 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Preston North End beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 in the Championship on Thursday 1 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Alistair Edward McCann opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Alistair Edward McCann (28'), Milutin Osmajic (61') and Lewis Dobbin (85'). Sheffield Wednesday did not score.

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 7th on 37 points from 24 and Sheffield Wednesday 24th on 11 points from 23. Preston North End went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 24th with 18.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ali McCann of Preston North End (8.5), ahead of O. Offiah (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Alistair Edward McCannPreston North End · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
  • 61'Goal · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End · 2-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End
  • 85'Goal · Lewis DobbinPreston North End · 3-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Josh SearyPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)

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

Daniel Iversen, O. Offiah, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, Ben Whiteman, Pol Valentín, Alfie Devine, Ali McCann, Jamal Lewis, Michael Smith, Milutin Osmajic

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-4-2-1)

Pierce Charles, Dominic Iorfa, Gabriel Otegbayo, Liam Cooper, Liam Palmer, Jarvis Thornton, Barry Bannan, Harry Amass, Charlie McNeill, Svante Ingelsson, Bailey Cadamarteri