Sheffield United vs Preston North End · Championship
Sheffield United
17-6-22
2 – 3
FT
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Preston North End
15-15-15
Bramall Lane · Sheffield · England
One goal separated them as Preston North End beat Sheffield United 3-2 at Bramall Lane (crowd 27,115). Liam Lindsay got the deciding goal at the 5-minute mark and Liam Lindsay widened the gap after 20 minutes; a goal from Gustavo Hamer at the 71-minute mark cut it to 1-2 with a penalty and Lewis Dobbin widened the gap after 76 minutes. Patrick Bamford reduced the gap for Sheffield Utd at the 82-minute mark. Sheffield Utd led the shot count 17-12 and held 69% possession. From 12 shots, Preston found the target 6 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Bramall Lane · Sheffield · England
- Crowd
- 27,115
- Referee
- Andrew Kitchen
- Sheffield Utd form
- LWLWD
- Preston form
- DLLLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Utd | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Preston | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Side by side
12Fouls11
0Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
3Offsides0
10Corner Kicks5
3Saves1
69.1%Possession30.9%
17Shots12
3On Goal6
20%On Target %50%
2Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
377Accurate Passes107
466Passes207
80%Pass Completion %50%
8Accurate Crosses4
30Crosses11
30%Cross %40%
71Long Balls83
30Accurate Long Balls22
40%Long Balls %30%
7Blocked Shots4
6Effective Tackles13
8Tackles19
80%Tackle %70%
8Interceptions11
37Effective Clearances68
37Clearances68
Timeline
Full time · 2-3
🔁Ki-Jana Hoeverreplacing Femi Seriki
90'+3'
🔁Thomas Cannonreplacing Callum O'Hare
90'+3'
90'+3'
🔁Michael Smithreplacing Daniel Jebbison
87'
🔁Lewis Gibsonreplacing Andrija Vukcevic
82'
🟨Daniel Iversen
⚽Patrick BamfordAssist: Callum O'Hare
82'2 - 3
🔁Joe Rothwellreplacing Oliver Arblaster
81'
76'1 - 3
⚽Lewis DobbinAssist: Alfie Devine
⚽Gustavo HamerPenalty
71'1 - 2
63'
🔁Brad Pottsreplacing Pol Valentín
63'
🔁Robbie Bradyreplacing Thierry Small
🔁Danny Ingsreplacing Tahith Chong
54'
🔁Harrison Burrowsreplacing Leo Hjelde
45'
Half-time · 0-2
32'
🟨Andrija Vukcevic
20'0 - 2
⚽Liam LindsayAssist: Alfie Devine
16'
🟨Jordan Thompson
5'0 - 1
⚽Liam LindsayAssist: Jordan Thompson
Kick-off
Teams
Sheffield United4-2-3-1
45⚽Bamford
10↓O'Hare
8⚽Hamer
24↓Chong
4↓Arblaster
42Peck
5↓Hjelde
25McGuinness
38↓Seriki
2Tanganga
17Davies
Bench
- 31Luke Faxon
- 7Thomas Cannonon for Callum O'Hare, 90'+3'
- 22Tom Davies
- 19Chiedozie Ogbene
- 48Joe Rothwellon for Oliver Arblaster, 81'
- 44Jairo Riedewald
- 12Ki-Jana Hoeveron for Femi Seriki, 90'+3'
- 14Harrison Burrowson for Leo Hjelde, 45'
- 9Danny Ingson for Tahith Chong, 54'
Preston North End4-4-2
17⚽Dobbin
9↓Jebbison
21Devine
23Moran
15🟨Thompson
26↓Small
3🟨↓Vukcevic
6⚽⚽Lindsay
2↓Valentín
14Storey
1🟨Iversen
Bench
- 24Michael Smithon for Daniel Jebbison, 90'+3'
- 11Robbie Bradyon for Thierry Small, 63'
- 34Kitt Nelson
- 36Ed Nolan
- 13David Cornell
- 19Lewis Gibsonon for Andrija Vukcevic, 87'
- 44Brad Pottson for Pol Valentín, 63'
- 12Jack Walton
- 22Milos Lukovic
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
4Sheffield Utd wins
0Level
1Preston wins
Last times they met
FT
Preston
3–2
Sheffield Utd · 2025-26 English League Championship
FT
Sheffield Utd
1–0
Preston · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Preston
0–2
Sheffield Utd · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Sheffield Utd
4–1
Preston · 2022-23 English League Championship
FT
Preston
0–2
Sheffield Utd · 2022-23 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Sheffield Utd
D3-3L1-0W2-1W2-0L3-1
Last games: Preston
D2-2D1-1W2-1L2-0L2-1
