Sheffield Wednesday 1-3 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 8 July 2020

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 1-3 Preston North End

Championship · Wednesday 8 July 2020, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sheffield Wednesday 1-3 Preston North End: match report

Sheffield Wednesday lost to Preston North End 1-3 in the Championship on Wednesday 8 July 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

Jacob Murphy opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goal came from Jacob Murphy (58'). Preston North End scored through Scott Sinclair (78'), Jayden Stockley (87') and Brad Potts (90+6').

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 16th on 52 points from 41 and Preston North End 11th on 58 points from 41. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 17th with 56 points, and Preston North End 9th with 66.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Preston North End in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jayden Stockley of Preston North End (8.9), ahead of Atdhe Nuhiu (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 3 draws and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Joey PelupessySheffield Wednesday
  • 58'Goal · Jacob MurphySheffield Wednesday · 1-0
  • 78'Goal · Scott SinclairPreston North End · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Atdhe NuhiuSheffield Wednesday
  • 87'Goal · Jayden StockleyPreston North End · 1-2
  • 90+6'Goal · Brad PottsPreston North End · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield Wednesday 4, draws 3, Preston North End 3.

Team news

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-1-4-2)

Joe Wildsmith, Liam Palmer, Dominic Iorfa, Julian Börner, Joey Pelupessy, Jacob Murphy, Massimo Luongo, Barry Bannan, Kadeem Harris, Alessio Da Cruz, Atdhe Nuhiu

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

Declan Rudd, Jordan Storey, Patrick Bauer, Ben Davies, Joe Rafferty, Ben Pearson, Ryan Ledson, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Tom Barkhuizen, Sean Maguire