Preston North End 3-1 Swansea City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 28 August 2021
Result
Preston North End 3-1 Swansea City
Championship · Saturday 28 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Preston North End 3-1 Swansea City: match report
Preston North End won against Swansea City 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 28 August 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Joël Piroe opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Preston North End's goals came from S. van den Berg (21'), Emil Riis (45+2') and Ben Whiteman (52'). Swansea City scored through Joël Piroe (19').
Discipline: Preston North End received 4 yellow cards; Swansea City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Preston North End were 20th on 3 points from 4 and Swansea City 16th on 4 points from 4. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 64 points, and Swansea City 15th with 61.
Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Swansea City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sepp van den Berg of Preston North End (7.8), ahead of Ben Whiteman (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 5 for Swansea City.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Joël Piroe
- 21'Goal · S. van den Berg
- 45+2'Goal · Emil Riis
- 51'Yellow card · Steven Benda
- 52'Goal · Ben Whiteman
- 59'Yellow card · Ryan Ledson
- 61'Yellow card · Daniel Johnson
- 71'Yellow card · Ben Whiteman
- 85'Yellow card · Scott Sinclair
Head-to-head
Team news
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Preston North End line-up (3-4-1-2)
Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Patrick Bauer, Andrew Hughes, Sepp van den Berg, Ben Whiteman, Ryan Ledson, Josh Earl, Daniel Johnson, Sean Maguire, Emil Riis
Swansea City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Steven Benda, Joel Latibeaudiere, Ryan Bennett, Ryan Manning, Ethan Laird, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes, Jake Bidwell, Liam Cullen, Sander Krabbendam, Joël Piroe