Preston North End FC vs Huddersfield Town AFC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2020-21

Preston North End FC

3 – 0

Full Time

Huddersfield Town AFC

Sat 27 Feb 2021 · 15:00 UTC Deepdale Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+6'

Y 35' Rarmani Edmonds-Green

Y 57' Juninho Bacuna

Anthony Gordon 75' Y

Y 75' Pipa

Greg Cunningham 77' Y

Overview

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Preston North End FC vs Huddersfield Town AFC — Championship at Deepdale Stadium.

Preston North End FC 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Huddersfield Town AFC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Steve Martin
Referee Mark Dwyer
Referee James Linington
Referee Rob Merchant

3 games this season 🟨 4.3/game ⚽ 10.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Preston North End FC 11 games · Avg 2.5 goals Huddersfield Town AFC

Last 5 meetings

2021-02-27 Preston North End FC 3–0 Huddersfield Town AFC 2020-10-24 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–2 Preston North End FC 2020-07-04 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–0 Preston North End FC 2019-11-09 Preston North End FC 3–1 Huddersfield Town AFC

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Feb	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	3–0	W
24 Feb	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	0–0	D
20 Feb	Cardiff City FC	A	0–4	L
16 Feb	Watford FC	H	0–1	L
12 Feb	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	2–1	W
06 Feb	Rotherham United FC	H	1–2	L

Huddersfield Town AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Feb	Preston North End FC	A	0–3	L
23 Feb	Derby County FC	A	0–2	L
20 Feb	Swansea City AFC	H	4–1	W
16 Feb	Middlesbrough FC	A	1–2	L
13 Feb	Wycombe Wanderers FC	H	2–3	L
06 Feb	Luton Town FC	A	1–1	D

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)

64% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Preston North End FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	3 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Preston North End FC and Huddersfield Town AFC get this one started.
5' Huddersfield Town AFC is showing some good football. However, Huddersfield Town AFC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Preston North End FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
23' Brad Potts is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
28' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
33' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
35' Rarmani Edmonds-Green was booked on 35.
40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Huddersfield Town AFC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
45' Huddersfield Town AFC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
46' Aaron Rowe is replacing Rarmani Edmonds-Green for the Huddersfield Town AFC side.
51' It’s high time Alex Neil made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
54' The crowd applauds Duane Holmes as he leaves the pitch. Keiran Phillips steps in for Huddersfield Town AFC.
57' Poor challenge from Juninho Bacuna. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
62' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Preston North End FC and Huddersfield Town AFC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
67' Ched Evans doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
70' The crowd applauds Isaac Mbenza as he leaves the pitch. Scott High steps in for Huddersfield Town AFC.
75' Controversy at the stadium! Anthony Gordon argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
76' It is a substitution in Huddersfield Town AFC team. Richard Keogh is replaced by Richard Stearman on 76 minute.
77' Preston North End FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 77.
77' Another change for Preston North End FC made on 77 minute. Anthony Gordon leaves to be changed by Tom Barkhuizen.
80' Against the run of play, Scott Sinclair has scored! This game has turned on its head.
85' Preston North End FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Huddersfield Town AFC's shape.
90' Preston North End FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Daniel Johnson is hanging Scott Sinclair on the field on 90 minute.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Alex Neil

Huddersfield Town AFC Lineups

Starting XI

7
Juninho Bacuna
31
Ryan Schofield
18
Isaac Mbenza ↓ Scott High 70'
15
Richard Keogh ↓ Richard Stearman 76'
9
Duane Holmes ↓ Keiran Phillips 54'
22
Fraizer Campbell ↓ Yaya Sanogo 76'
8
Lewis O'Brien C
23
Naby Sarr
5
Alex Vallejo
2
Pipa
35
Rarmani Edmonds-Green ↓ Aaron Rowe 46'

Bench

20
Sorba Thomas
10
Alex Pritchard
12
Richard Stearman ↑ 76'
55
Yaya Sanogo ↑ 76'
44
Joel Pereira
17
Demeaco Duhaney
29
Aaron Rowe ↑ 46'
49
Scott High ↑ 70'
36
Keiran Phillips ↑ 54'

Coach Carlos Corberán

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alan Browne	5
Greg Cunningham	4
Milutin Osmajic	3
Will Keane	2
Kaine Hayden	1
Paul Gallagher	1
Tom Lees	1
Jayden Stockley	1

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2021-02-27 Preston North End FC 3–0 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2021-02-24 Preston North End FC 0–0 Queens Park Rangers FC D 2021-02-20 Cardiff City FC 4–0 Preston North End FC L 2021-02-16 Preston North End FC 0–1 Watford FC L 2021-02-12 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W 2021-02-06 Preston North End FC 1–2 Rotherham United FC L

Huddersfield Town AFC Form

2021-02-27 Preston North End FC 3–0 Huddersfield Town AFC L 2021-02-23 Derby County FC 2–0 Huddersfield Town AFC L 2021-02-20 Huddersfield Town AFC 4–1 Swansea City AFC W 2021-02-16 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Huddersfield Town AFC L 2021-02-13 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–3 Wycombe Wanderers FC L 2021-02-06 Luton Town FC 1–1 Huddersfield Town AFC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.58 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.77 Huddersfield Town AFC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 59% + Preston North End FC to win 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC57% Draw26% Huddersfield Town AFC17%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes44% 0% No56%

Avg goals/match: 2.35

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	68%	32%
± 2.5	41%	59%
± 3.5	22%	78%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

83%

Draw or Huddersfield Town AFC

43%

Preston North End FC or Huddersfield Town AFC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC38% Draw49% Huddersfield Town AFC13%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

14.1%

1 – 1

12.4%

0 – 0

11.6%

2 – 0

11.5%

2 – 1

8.9%

0 – 1

6.2%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

4.8%

1 – 2

4.3%

2 – 2

3.5%

0 – 2

2.7%

4 – 0

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Huddersfield Town AFC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	17%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	25%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	12%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

47% ✗

Huddersfield Town AFC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.