English League One

FT Sunday, May 24, 2015
Swindon Town LDDWD 0
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Preston North End WWLWW 4
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Wembley Stadium · 48,236 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
3
67
Possession
33
13
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
18
Crosses
8
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
6
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
15
Clearances
28

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

PNE

  1. 34Sam JohnstoneG
  2. 5Tom ClarkeD
  3. 6Bailey WrightD
  4. 23Paul HuntingtonD
  5. 15Callum WoodsD
  6. 8Neil KilkennyM
  7. 19John WelshM
  8. 24Daniel JohnsonM
  9. 10Jermaine BeckfordF
  10. 14Joe GarnerF
  11. 12Paul GallagherF

Substitutes

  1. 21Thorsten StuckmannG
  2. 3Scott LairdD
  3. 7Chris HumphreyM
  4. 17Kyel ReidM
  5. 31Alan BrowneM
  6. 9Kevin DaviesF
  7. 25Jordan HugillF

SWI

  1. 1Wes FoderinghamG
  2. 2Nathan ThompsonD
  3. 5Jack StephensD
  4. 6Jordan TurnbullD
  5. 3Nathan ByrneM
  6. 15Harry ToffoloM
  7. 4Massimo LuongoM
  8. 8Yaser KasimM
  9. 7Ben GladwinM
  10. 20Jonathan ObikaF
  11. 9Michael SmithF

Substitutes

  1. 25Tyrell BelfordG
  2. 29Rapha BrancoD
  3. 36Sam RickettD
  4. 19Louis ThompsonM
  5. 26Anton RodgersM
  6. 10Andrew WilliamsF
  7. 24Jermaine HyltonF

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal!! Jermaine Beckford hits a left footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre 6 yard and scores!! Preston North End now leads 1 - 0
  2. 5' Swindon Town makes a sub: Samuel Ricketts enters for Nathan Thompson. Reason: Injury
  3. 13' Goal!! Paul Huntington hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre 6 yard and scores!! Preston North End now leads 2 - 0
  4. 37' Preston North End makes a sub: Alan Browne enters for Paul Gallagher. Reason: Tactical
  5. 44' Goal!! Jermaine Beckford hits a left footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre and scores!! Preston North End now leads 3 - 0
  6. 54' Yasser Kasim is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 57' Goal!! Jermaine Beckford hits a left footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Preston North End now leads 4 - 0
  8. 58' Swindon Town makes a sub: Louis Thompson enters for Ben Gladwin. Reason: Tactical
  9. 66' Swindon Town makes a sub: Andrew Williams enters for Harry Toffolo. Reason: Tactical
  10. 68' Preston North End makes a sub: Kevin Davies enters for Jermaine Beckford. Reason: Injury
  11. 82' Preston North End makes a sub: Scott Laird enters for Daniel Johnson. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game

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