Preston North End 2-1 Walsall: result and report

League One · Saturday 1 March 2014

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Walsall

League One · Saturday 1 March 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Preston North End 2-1 Walsall: match report

Preston North End defeated Walsall 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 1 March 2014. The half-time score was 2-1.

Preston North End's goals came from an own goal by Paul Downing (3') and Bailey Wright (29'). Walsall scored through Sam Mantom (5').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Walsall received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 5th on 58 points from 33 and Walsall 8th on 47 points from 32. Preston North End went on to finish that season 5th with 85 points, and Walsall 15th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Preston North End win, 0 draws and 2 for Walsall.

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read D-W-D-D-W and Walsall's L-D-L-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Own goal · Paul DowningPreston North End · 1-0
  • 5'Goal · Sam MantomWalsall · 1-1
  • 25'Yellow card · J. ChambersWalsall
  • 29'Goal · Bailey WrightPreston North End · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Joe GarnerPreston North End
  • 82'Red card · Sam MantomWalsall

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Preston North End 1, draws 0, Walsall 2.

Team news

Preston North End expected line-up

Declan Rudd, Bailey Wright, Paul Huntington, Tom Clarke, Keith Keane, Chris Humphrey, Joel Byrom, Kevin Davies

Walsall expected line-up

Richard O'Donnell, Paul Michael Downing, James Ashley Chambers, Andy Butler, Sam Mantom, Adam Chambers, James Baxendale, Craig Westcarr, Ashley Hemmings, Will Grigg