English League Championship

FT Monday, December 28, 2009
Preston North End DLDWL 0
–
Sheffield United WDWDL 1
Bramall Lane · 25,231 att.

Match Report

Sri Lanka A survive Rayner scare

Offspinner Ollie Rayner took 5 for 68, his first five-wicket haul, to give Sussex hope of enforcing a win over Sri Lanka A, but the tourists eked out 191 for 8 as the match ended in a draw

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
5
54
Possession
46
5
SHOTS
13
1
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
2
Accurate Crosses
8
19
Crosses
30
0.1
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
6
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
19
Clearances
11

Head to Head

SHU leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SHU

  1. 23Mark BunnG
  2. 26Derek GearyD
  3. 5Chris MorganD
  4. 6Matthew KilgallonD
  5. 19Jordan StewartD
  6. 4Nick MontgomeryM
  7. 28Stephen QuinnM
  8. 18Jamie WardF
  9. 17Richard CresswellF
  10. 9Ched EvansF
  11. 37Henri CamaraF

Substitutes

  1. 13Ian BennettG
  2. 3Gary NaysmithD
  3. 16Andy TaylorD
  4. 2Ryan FranceM
  5. 10Kyel ReidM
  6. 12Lee WilliamsonM
  7. 25Glen LittleM

PNE

  1. 1Andy LonerganG
  2. 19Billy JonesD
  3. 6Neill CollinsD
  4. 12Sean St. LedgerD
  5. 3Callum DavidsonD
  6. 7Chris SedgwickM
  7. 18Michael TongeM
  8. 4Richard ChaplowM
  9. 17Paul ParryM
  10. 26Jon ParkinF
  11. 29Stephen ElliottF

Substitutes

  1. 22Wayne HendersonG
  2. 14Liam ChilversD
  3. 27Eddie NolanD
  4. 8Velice SumulikoskiM
  5. 11Darren CarterM
  6. 9Chris BrownF
  7. 33Neil MellorF

Timeline

  1. 24' Jon Parkin is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 46' Preston North End makes a sub: Chris Brown enters for Jon Parkin. Reason: Tactical
  3. 59' Preston North End makes a sub: Velice Sumulikoski enters for Paul Parry. Reason: Tactical
  4. 71' Sheffield United makes a sub: Lee Williamson enters for Stephen Quinn. Reason: Tactical
  5. 75' Sheffield United makes a sub: Glen Little enters for Henri Camara. Reason: Tactical
  6. 86' Goal!! Jamie Ward hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the left wing (aprox. 30 yards) and scores!! Sheffield United now leads 1 - 0
  7. 89' Preston North End makes a sub: Neil Mellor enters for Callum Davidson. Reason: Tactical
  8. 90' End of the game
  9. 90'+2' Jamie Ward is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 90'+3' Sheffield United makes a sub: Andy Taylor enters for Jamie Ward. Reason: Tactical

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