Preston North End 2-1 Swansea City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Swansea City

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 2-1 Swansea City: match report

Preston North End defeated Swansea City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 August 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

Harrison Ashby opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Preston North End's goals came from Andrew Hughes (67') and Duane Holmes (79'). Swansea City scored through Harrison Ashby (33').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Swansea City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 7th on 7 points from 3 and Swansea City 18th on 2 points from 3. Preston North End went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Swansea City 14th with 57.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Swansea City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrew Hughes of Preston North End (8.7), ahead of Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen (7.8).

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End
  • 33'Goal · Harrison AshbySwansea City · 0-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 48'Yellow card · Nathan WoodSwansea City
  • 67'Goal · Andrew HughesPreston North End · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Duane HolmesPreston North End · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 2, Swansea City 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Steven BendaSwansea City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
  • Ched EvansPreston North End · injury (Unknown Injury)

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

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

Swansea City line-up (3-5-2)

Carl Rushworth, Nathan Wood, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling, Harrison Ashby, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes, Charlie Patiño, Josh Key, Liam Cullen, Jerry Yates