Swansea City 4-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 19 April 2023

Result

Swansea City 4-2 Preston North End

Championship · Wednesday 19 April 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Swansea City 4-2 Preston North End: match report

Swansea City won against Preston North End 4-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 19 April 2023. The half-time score was 3-0.

Joël Piroe opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Swansea City's goals came from Joël Piroe (2'), Joe Allen (35'), Harry Darling (44') and Joël Piroe (90+4'). Preston North End scored through Thomas Cannon (48') and Troy Parrott (71').

Discipline: Swansea City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Swansea City were 13th on 56 points from 42 and Preston North End 10th on 62 points from 42. Swansea City went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Swansea City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joël Piroe of Swansea City (9.4), ahead of Joe Allen (8.8).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Red card · Ryan LowePreston North End
  • 2'Goal · Joël PiroeSwansea City · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End
  • 35'Goal · Joe AllenSwansea City · 2-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
  • 44'Goal · Harry DarlingSwansea City · 3-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ben CabangoSwansea City
  • 48'Goal · Thomas CannonPreston North End · 3-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Thomas CannonPreston North End
  • 71'Goal · Troy ParrottPreston North End · 3-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Joel LatibeaudiereSwansea City
  • 90'Red card · Joe AllenSwansea City
  • 90+4'Goal · Joël PiroeSwansea City · 4-2
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Harry DarlingSwansea City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swansea City 4, draws 2, Preston North End 4.

Team news

Swansea City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Andy Fisher, Harry Darling, Ben Cabango, Nathan Wood, Joel Latibeaudiere, Joe Allen, Matt Grimes, Liam Cullen, Oliver Cooper, Ryan Manning, Joël Piroe

Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Ben Whiteman, Brad Potts, Daniel Johnson, Ryan Ledson, Álvaro Carreras, Liam Delap, Tom Cannon