Preston North End 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 August 2023

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Sunderland

Championship · Saturday 12 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Preston North End · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Preston North End 2-1 Sunderland: match report

Preston North End defeated Sunderland 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 12 August 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Will Keane opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Will Keane (25') and Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (59'). Sunderland scored through Jack Clarke (31', penalty).

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Preston North End went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Sunderland 16th with 56.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Clarke of Sunderland (8.4), ahead of Will Keane (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Will KeanePreston North End · 1-0
  • 31'Penalty goal · Jack ClarkeSunderland · 1-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Will KeanePreston North End
  • 59'Goal · Mads Frökjaer-JensenPreston North End · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Daniel BallardSunderland
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Brad PottsPreston North End

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 2, Sunderland 1.

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Brad Potts, Ali McCann, Ryan Ledson, Kian Best, Alan Browne, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Will Keane

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

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Dan Ballard, Luke O'Nien, Dennis Cirkin, Dan Neil, Pierre Ekwah, Patrick Roberts, Jobe Bellingham, Jack Clarke, Bradley Dack