English League Championship

FT Saturday, March 29, 2008
Sheffield United DWWWW 1
–
Preston North End WWWDW 3
Deepdale · 14,647 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
4
0
Possession
0
12
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.6
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
4
Accurate Passes
3
4
Passes
3
1.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
6
Accurate Crosses
1
20
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.1
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
5
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
11
8
Clearances
11

Head to Head

SHU leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

PNE

  1. 1Andy LonerganG
  2. 5Youl MaweneD
  3. 12Sean St. LedgerD
  4. 3Callum DavidsonD
  5. 19Billy JonesM
  6. 7Chris SedgwickM
  7. 16Paul McKennaM
  8. 11Darren CarterM
  9. 15Simon WhaleyM
  10. 9Chris BrownF
  11. 33Neil MellorF

SHU

  1. 1Paddy KennyG
  2. 21John HallsD
  3. 16Matthew KilgallonD
  4. 5Chris MorganD
  5. 3Gary NaysmithD
  6. 18Michael TongeM
  7. 15Gary SpeedM
  8. 14David CarneyM
  9. 12David CotterillF
  10. 24Billy SharpF
  11. 9Rob HulseF

Timeline

  1. 27' Matthew Kilgallon is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 28' Callum Davidson powers the penalty kick with his left foot high through the middle and scores!! The goalkeeper was nowhere near the shot.
  3. 46' Preston makes a sub: Matthew Hill enters for Callum Davidson. Reason: Injury
  4. 58' Sheff Utd makes a sub: Stephen Quinn enters for David Carney. Reason: Tactical
  5. 63' Goal!! Neil Mellor hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Preston now leads 2 - 0
  6. 67' Sheff Utd makes a sub: James Beattie enters for Gary Naysmith. Reason: Tactical
  7. 72' Chris Morgan is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 82' Preston makes a sub: Richard Chaplow enters for Simon Whaley. Reason: Injury
  9. 84' Sheff Utd makes a sub: Keith Gillespie enters for David Cotterill. Reason: Tactical
  10. 87' James Beattie powers the penalty kick with his right foot to the upper left corner and scores!! The goalkeeper was nowhere near the shot.
  11. 90' End of the game
  12. 90'+3' Chris Morgan has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: second bookable offence
  13. 90'+4' Neil Mellor is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  14. 90'+7' Goal!! Neil Mellor hits a very good right footed shot high through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Preston now leads 3 - 1

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