Preston North End 2-2 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2017

Result

Preston North End 2-2 Sunderland

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Preston North End · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Preston North End 2-2 Sunderland: match report

Preston North End drew with Sunderland 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 30 September 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

George Honeyman opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Josh Harrop (55') and Jordan Hugill (57'). Sunderland scored through George Honeyman (28') and Aiden McGeady (59').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 5th on 19 points from 10 and Sunderland 23rd on 6 points from 10. Preston North End went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Didier Ndong of Sunderland (7.8), ahead of Josh Earl (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 0 draws and 0 for Sunderland.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Darnell FisherPreston North End
  • 28'Goal · George HoneymanSunderland · 0-1
  • 55'Goal · Josh HarropPreston North End · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 2-1
  • 59'Goal · Aiden McGeadySunderland · 2-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Jason SteeleSunderland

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 0, Sunderland 0.

Team news

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

Chris Maxwell, Darnell Fisher, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Josh Earl, Alan Browne, Josh Harrop, Daniel Johnson, Sean Maguire, Tom Barkhuizen, Jordan Hugill

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jason Steele, Billy Jones, John O'Shea, Tyias Browning, Adam Matthews, Lee Cattermole, Didier Ndong, Aiden McGeady, George Honeyman, Lynden Gooch, James Vaughan