Preston North End vs Sunderland, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

Preston North End

55': Josh Harrop
57': Jordan Hugill

FT
2 - 2

Sunderland

28': George Honeyman
59': Aiden McGeady

Sunderland earn a point on the road at Preston on Simon Grayson's return

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
5': Darnell Fisher (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Aiden McGeady (Sunderland).
6': Foul by Sean Maguire (Preston North End).
6': George Honeyman (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Billy Jones (Sunderland).
9': Sean Maguire (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Adam Matthews (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Darnell Fisher (Preston North End).
10': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Paul Huntington.
12': Darnell Fisher (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Foul by James Vaughan (Sunderland).
12': Foul by George Honeyman (Sunderland).
12': Josh Harrop (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
14': Delay in match George Honeyman (Sunderland) because of an injury.
15': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
15': Offside, Sunderland. George Honeyman tries a through ball, but James Vaughan is caught offside.
16': Attempt blocked. Alan Browne (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Barkhuizen.
17': Didier Ndong (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
17': Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).
18': Alan Browne (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by George Honeyman (Sunderland).
18': Foul by George Honeyman (Sunderland).
18': Joshua Earl (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
19': Attempt missed. Ben Davies (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Josh Harrop with a cross following a set piece situation.
20': Billy Jones (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
20': Foul by Sean Maguire (Preston North End).
20': Attempt saved. George Honeyman (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
23': Foul by Darnell Fisher (Preston North End).
23': Lee Cattermole (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
23': Darnell Fisher (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card.
24': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Josh Harrop.
25': Attempt missed. George Honeyman (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
26': Attempt saved. Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Vaughan.
27': Didier Ndong (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
27': Foul by Josh Harrop (Preston North End).
28': Goal! Preston North End 0, Sunderland 1. George Honeyman (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lynden Gooch following a set piece situation.
31': Adam Matthews (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
31': Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).
33': Foul by Aiden McGeady (Sunderland).
33': Joshua Earl (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Billy Jones (Sunderland).
35': Sean Maguire (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
37': Foul by Billy Jones (Sunderland).
37': Sean Maguire (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
38': Foul by Joshua Earl (Preston North End).
38': James Vaughan (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
42': Attempt missed. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
43': Foul by John O'Shea (Sunderland).
43': Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45'+1': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Aiden McGeady.
45'+2': Attempt blocked. Alan Browne (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Hugill.
45'+2': First Half ends, Preston North End 0, Sunderland 1.
45': Second Half begins Preston North End 0, Sunderland 1.
48': Offside, Preston North End. Ben Davies tries a through ball, but Jordan Hugill is caught offside.
50': Foul by Paul Huntington (Preston North End).
50': James Vaughan (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
53': Foul by Aiden McGeady (Sunderland).
53': Joshua Earl (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Foul by Billy Jones (Sunderland).
54': Tom Barkhuizen (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
55': Goal! Preston North End 1, Sunderland 1. Josh Harrop (Preston North End) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
56': Attempt blocked. Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Josh Harrop.
57': Goal! Preston North End 2, Sunderland 1. Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
59': Didier Ndong (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Foul by Josh Harrop (Preston North End).
59': Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Foul by Joshua Earl (Preston North End).
59': Goal! Preston North End 2, Sunderland 2. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Didier Ndong.
61': Alan Browne (Preston North End) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Jordan Hugill.
61': Foul by George Honeyman (Sunderland).
61': Tom Barkhuizen (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Offside, Sunderland. Lee Cattermole tries a through ball, but James Vaughan is caught offside.
64': Substitution, Sunderland. Duncan Watmore replaces Lynden Gooch.
65': Attempt missed. Sean Maguire (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joshua Earl.
68': Jason Steele (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
68': Delay in match Billy Jones (Sunderland) because of an injury.
68': Delay in match Tom Barkhuizen (Preston North End) because of an injury.
69': Substitution, Preston North End. Daryl Horgan replaces Tom Barkhuizen because of an injury.
70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
70': Substitution, Sunderland. Bryan Oviedo replaces Billy Jones because of an injury.
71': Foul by Paul Huntington (Preston North End).
71': George Honeyman (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
72': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Jordan Hugill.
73': Attempt missed. James Vaughan (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by George Honeyman with a cross.
73': Foul by Tyias Browning (Sunderland).
73': Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
75': Adam Matthews (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Jordan Hugill (Preston North End).
77': Substitution, Preston North End. Stephy Mavididi replaces Jordan Hugill.
78': Foul by Daniel Johnson (Preston North End).
78': James Vaughan (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
79': Attempt blocked. Josh Harrop (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
81': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Ben Davies.
83': Attempt blocked. Duncan Watmore (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Vaughan.
84': Substitution, Sunderland. Jonathan Williams replaces George Honeyman.
85': Foul by Josh Harrop (Preston North End).
85': Jonathan Williams (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
85': Darnell Fisher (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Tyias Browning (Sunderland).
86': Attempt missed. Duncan Watmore (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Adam Matthews with a cross.
88': Attempt blocked. James Vaughan (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
88': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Ben Davies.
88': Substitution, Preston North End. Callum Robinson replaces Sean Maguire.
88': Attempt missed. James Vaughan (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jonathan Williams with a cross following a corner.
90': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Jonathan Williams.
90'+3': Foul by Joshua Earl (Preston North End).
90'+3': Jonathan Williams (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Preston North End 2, Sunderland 2.
90'+5': Match ends, Preston North End 2, Sunderland 2.

Statistics

SUN		PNE
15	Fouls	16
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
5	Corner Kicks	2
0	Saves	2
39.9	Possession	60.1
11	SHOTS	9
4	ON GOAL	2
0.4	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
174	Accurate Passes	317
286	Passes	435
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.7
5	Accurate Crosses	3
19	Crosses	16
0.3	Cross %	0.2
87	Long Balls	72
35	Accurate Long Balls	34
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	4
23	Effective Tackles	12
27	Tackles	16
0.9	Tackle %	0.8
0	Interceptions	0
30	Effective Clearances	41
30	Clearances	41

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Deepdale
Location: Preston, England
Attendance: 17,621

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	West Bromwich Albion	6	+3	13
2	West Ham United	6	+5	11
3	Swansea City	6	+4	11
4	Queens Park Rangers	6	+3	11

Full Table

Line-Ups

Preston North End (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Chris Maxwell (GK)
20	Ben Davies
23	Paul Huntington
32	Joshua Earl
14	Darnell Fisher
10	Josh Harrop
8	Alan Browne
11	Daniel Johnson
9	Jordan Hugill
24	Sean Maguire
29	Tom Barkhuizen

Preston North End Substitutes:

Stephy Mavididi, Marnick Vermijl, Thomas Spurr, Callum Robinson, Calum Woods, Daryl Horgan, Matthew Hudson.

Sunderland (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Jason Steele (GK)
16	John O'Shea
18	Jiang Guangtai
21	Adam Matthews
2	Billy Jones
27	Lynden Gooch
6	Lee Cattermole
17	Didier N'Dong
9	James Vaughan
19	Aiden McGeady
26	George Honeyman

Sunderland Substitutes:

Darron Gibson, Duncan Watmore, Jonny Williams, Robbin Ruiter, Callum McManaman, Bryan Oviedo, Lamine Koné.

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