Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 January 2021

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 30 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Preston North End: match report

Sheffield Wednesday beat Preston North End 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 30 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Liam Palmer of Sheffield Wednesday in the 45th minute.

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 22nd on 25 points from 24 and Preston North End 11th on 36 points from 26. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Preston North End 13th with 61.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Lees of Sheffield Wednesday (8.1), ahead of Sam Hutchinson (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Goal · Liam PalmerSheffield Wednesday · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 85'Yellow card · Osaze UrhoghideSheffield Wednesday

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Patrick BauerPreston North End · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

Keiren Westwood, Tom Lees, Sam Hutchinson, Osaze Urhoghide, Liam Palmer, Joey Pelupessy, Barry Bannan, Matt Penney, Adam Reach, Elias Kachunga, Callum Paterson

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

Daniel Iversen, Alan Browne, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Ryan Ledson, Ben Whiteman, Scott Sinclair, Jayson Molumby, Brad Potts, Emil Riis