Preston North End 2-3 Southampton: result and report
Championship · Saturday 1 November 2008
Result
Preston North End 2-3 Southampton
Championship · Saturday 1 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Preston North End 2-3 Southampton: match report
Preston North End were beaten by Southampton 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 1 November 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Billy Jones opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Billy Jones (36') and Stephen Elliott (42'). Southampton scored through Alex Pearce (64'), Andrew Surman (69') and David McGoldrick (90').
Discipline: Preston North End received no yellow cards; Southampton received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Preston North End were 12th on 20 points from 14 and Southampton 22nd on 13 points from 14. Preston North End went on to finish that season 6th with 75 points, and Southampton 23rd with 45.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 0 for Southampton.
Going into the match Preston North End's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Southampton's D-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Billy Jones
- 42'Goal · Stephen Elliott
- 64'Goal · Alex Pearce
- 69'Goal · Andrew Surman
- 90'Yellow card · David McGoldrick
- 90'Goal · David McGoldrick
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton expected line-up
Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap