Preston North End vs Sheffield Wednesday · Championship
Preston North End
11-10-5
3 – 0
FT
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Sheffield Wednesday
1-8-16
Deepdale · Preston · England
Preston North End beat Sheffield Wednesday heavily, 3-0 at Deepdale (crowd 18,069). Alistair McCann got the deciding goal at the 28-minute mark and it went to 2-0 when Milutin Osmajic scored after 61 minutes; Lewis Dobbin added to the lead late on, at 85 minutes. The ball split 54% to 47% and the shots 6 to 12. 7 of the 12 shots by Preston were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Deepdale · Preston · England
- Crowd
- 18,069
- Referee
- Gavin Ward
- Preston form
- DLLLD
- Sheffield Wed form
- DWLLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Sheffield Wed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
10Fouls8
2Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
4Offsides2
4Corner Kicks7
1Saves4
46.5%Possession53.5%
12Shots6
7On Goal1
60%On Target %20%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
293Accurate Passes366
386Passes454
80%Pass Completion %80%
6Accurate Crosses2
16Crosses12
40%Cross %20%
58Long Balls66
23Accurate Long Balls29
40%Long Balls %40%
2Blocked Shots2
17Effective Tackles11
26Tackles17
70%Tackle %60%
7Interceptions7
31Effective Clearances19
31Clearances19
Timeline
Full time · 3-0
⚽Lewis DobbinAssist: Alistair McCann
85'3 - 0
🔁Liam Lindsayreplacing Andrew Hughes
84'
83'
🔁Favour Onukwulireplacing Liam Palmer
🔁Lewis Dobbinreplacing Milutin Osmajic
77'
🔁Jordan Thompsonreplacing Alfie Devine
77'
🟨Milutin Osmajic
70'
66'
🔁Nathan Redmondreplacing Jarvis Thornton
66'
🔁Jamal Lowereplacing Charlie McNeill
🔁Daniel Jebbisonreplacing Michael Smith
62'
🔁Thierry Smallreplacing Jamal Lewis
62'
⚽Milutin OsmajicAssist: Benjamin Whiteman
61'2 - 0
🟨Jordan Storey
55'
Half-time · 1-0
40'
🔁Sean Fusirereplacing Liam Cooper
⚽Alistair McCannAssist: Jamal Lewis
28'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Preston North End3-1-4-2
28⚽🟨↓Osmajic
24↓Smith
18↓Lewis
8⚽McCann
2Valentín
21↓Devine
42Offiah
16↓Hughes
14🟨Storey
4Whiteman
1Iversen
Bench
- 7Will Keane
- 26Thierry Smallon for Jamal Lewis, 62'
- 17Lewis Dobbinon for Milutin Osmajic, 77' ⚽
- 15Jordan Thompsonon for Alfie Devine, 77'
- 44Brad Potts
- 9Daniel Jebbisonon for Michael Smith, 62'
- 12Jack Walton
- 10Mads Frökjaer
- 6Liam Lindsayon for Andrew Hughes, 84'
Sheffield Wednesday3-4-2-1
18Cadamarteri
8Ingelsson
17↓McNeill
12Amass
10Bannan
2↓Palmer
37↓Thornton
16↓Cooper
22Otegbayo
6Iorfa
1Charles
Bench
- 4Sean Fusireon for Liam Cooper, 40'
- 28Cole Mcghee
- 9Jamal Loweon for Charlie McNeill, 66'
- 32Joe Emery
- 20Rio Shipston
- 24Ethan Horvath
- 15Nathan Redmondon for Jarvis Thornton, 66'
- 27Reece Johnson
- 41Favour Onukwulion for Liam Palmer, 83'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
3Preston wins
1Level
1Sheffield Wed wins
Last times they met
FT
Sheffield Wed
2–3
Preston · 2025-26 English League Championship
FT
Preston
3–1
Sheffield Wed · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Sheffield Wed
1–1
Preston · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Preston
0–1
Sheffield Wed · 2023-24 English League Championship
FT
Sheffield Wed
0–1
Preston · 2023-24 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Preston
D1-1W2-1D1-1D0-0L2-1
Last games: Sheffield Wed
D1-1L3-0L3-1D2-2D0-0
