Sheffield United 2-1 Preston North End: result and report

League One · Saturday 18 February 2012

Result

Sheffield United 2-1 Preston North End

League One · Saturday 18 February 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sheffield United 2-1 Preston North End: match report

Sheffield United won against Preston North End 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 18 February 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Graham Cummins opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Ched Evans (42') and Ched Evans (83'). Preston North End scored through Graham Cummins (38').

Discipline: Sheffield United received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 2nd on 59 points from 29 and Preston North End 14th on 38 points from 29. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 95 points, and Preston North End 18th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sheffield United wins, 2 draws and 3 for Preston North End.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Alex MarrowPreston North End
  • 27'Yellow card · A. BrownPreston North End
  • 38'Goal · Graham CumminsPreston North End · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Ched EvansSheffield United · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Graham CumminsPreston North End
  • 83'Goal · Ched EvansSheffield United · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield United 5, draws 2, Preston North End 3.

Team news

Sheffield United line-up

Steve Simonsen, Matthew Lowton, Lecsinel Jean-François, Harry Maguire, Ryan Flynn, K. McDonald, S. Quinn, Ched Evans, Richard Cresswell, Michael Doyle, N. Collins

Preston North End line-up

Thorsten Stuckmann, Chris Robertson, Nicky Hunt, Aaron Brown, Adam Barton, Paul Parry, Andrew Procter, Chris Holroyd, Graham Cummins, Barry Nicholson, Alex Marrow