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Sheff Wed 2-3 Preston
The match ends with Preston North End securing a 3-2 victory over Sheffield Wednesday.
Despite Sheffield Wednesday having a strong start with Charlie McNeill's two goals, Preston responded effectively in the second half with goals from Benjamin Whiteman, Lewis Dobbin, and Mads Frokjaer-Jensen securing the win.
Sheff Wed 2-3 Preston
With only a minute left, Preston North End are defending fiercely to maintain their lead. Sheffield Wednesday are pressing hard, looking for an equaliser, but Preston clear one attack after another.
Sheff Wed 2-3 Preston
Gary Hunt
BBC Radio Lancashire Sport
How many times you see him doing that over the years? Nathan Redmond cutting in on that left hand side, isolating, leading. Lindsay just drops his shoulders.
Sheff Wed 2-3 Preston
Nathan Redmond cuts in from the left and shoots across the face of goal, narrowly missing the bottom corner. Daniel Iversen watches it go past the post as Preston North End maintain their lead.
Sheff Wed 2-3 Preston
Stefan Thordarson comes on to replace Lewis Dobbin for Preston North End. Dobbin has been influential, having assisted in Preston's recent goal.
Sheff Wed 2-3 Preston
Sheffield Wednesday make two substitutions as Liam Cooper replaces Svante Ingelsson and Nathan Redmond steps in for Gabriel Otegbayo. Redmond is expected to provide additional attacking support as Wednesday look to level the game.
Sheff Wed 2-3 Preston
Paul Gallagher
Former Preston midfielder on BBC Radio Lancashire
Good quality again Lewis Dobbin, he starts to drive the ball and he and he finds Mads Frokjaer-Jensen. He's in the D and on his own, but he shows good quality.
Sheff Wed 2-3 Preston
Preston North End have turned the game around, now leading 3-2. Mads Frokjaer-Jensen's goal was well-crafted, initiated by Lewis Dobbin's impressive play down the left flank. Dobbin skilfully teed up Frokjaer-Jensen, who confidently struck the ball into the bottom corner from just outside the box. This marks Frokjaer-Jensen's second goal of the season, highlighting Preston’s attacking prowess.
Mads Fokjaer-Jensen
Mads Fokjaer-Jensen puts Preston North End ahead with a right-footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner, assisted by Lewis Dobbin.
Sheff Wed 2-2 Preston
Daniel Iversen keeps Preston in the game by saving Charlie McNeill's penalty attempt. Sheffield Wednesday miss a chance to retake the lead as Iversen makes a crucial stop.
Sheff Wed 2-2 Preston
Sheffield Wednesday have been awarded a penalty after Odeluga Offiah of Preston North End was judged to have handled the ball in the penalty area.
Sheff Wed 2-2 Preston
Bailey Cadamarteri receives a yellow card following a late challenge on Liam Lindsay. It was an old fashioned striker's tackle, nowhere near the ball, leaving Lindsay on the deck.
Sheff Wed 2-2 Preston
Preston North End make a substitution as Pol Valentín replaces Jamal Lewis after the latter suffers a hamstring injury. The change sees Valentín return to action, hoping to bolster Preston's right side as they continue to push for a lead.
Sheff Wed 2-2 Preston
Delay in match as Jamal Lewis appears to have a hamstring issue for Preston North End. The game pauses temporarily as the medical team assesses him.
Sheff Wed 2-2 Preston
Paul Gallagher
Former Preston midfielder on BBC Radio Lancashire
Just shows you how big set players are in games and that's two for Preston North End.
Liam Lindsay gets round the back and he just heads it straight back across the goal and Dobbin stood on his own and headed it into an empty net game on.
Sheff Wed 2-2 Preston
Preston North End capitalised on their set-piece opportunity, getting back on level terms through Lewis Dobbin's header. The effort was orchestrated beautifully as Liam Lindsay headed the ball back across the goal, allowing Dobbin to nod it into an empty net from close range. It's a testament to the importance of set plays in the game.
Lewis Dobbin
Lewis Dobbin scores a vital equaliser for Preston North End with a header from very close range into the top left corner. The goal was expertly assisted by Jordan Storey following a corner.
Sheff Wed 2-1 Preston
Preston North End make two changes at the start of the second half. Jamal Lewis comes on for Thierry Small, and Michael Smith replaces Jordan Thompson as they adjust their strategy to chase an equaliser.
Sheff Wed 2-1 Preston
The second half has just kicked off in what promises to be an exciting continuation of the match. Both teams are battling for possession, aiming to seize control as play resumes.
Sheff Wed 2-1 Preston
The first half ends with Sheffield Wednesday leading Preston North End 2-1.
Despite Preston's efforts to equalise, Sheffield Wednesday's initial sharpness in attack put them ahead early, and they capitalised on their opportunities well.
It remains to be seen if Preston can muster a comeback in the second half.
Preston's Mads Frokjaer-Jensen scores his side's winner at Sheffield Wednesday
Preston North End twice came from behind to earn their first win in four Championship games with a 3-2 victory over lowly Sheffield Wednesday.
Charlie McNeill's first goals of the season twice gave Wednesday the lead at Hillsborough and the forward might have earned his side a first win since September with a first career hat-trick, but saw his second-half penalty saved by Daniel Iversen.
Ben Whiteman and Lewis Dobbin twice equalised for Preston before substitute Mads Frokjaer-Jensen completed the comeback after being introduced in the second half.
The Owls remain bottom of the Championship and 22 points from safety, while play-off chasing North End move up one place to fifth.
McNeill put the hosts in front on four minutes after Manchester United loanee Harry Amass had burst into the box and cut the ball back for his unmarked team-mate to curl into the back of the net.
Whiteman - back in the Preston starting XI after suspension - quickly equalised from outside the area when the ball was cut back to him from a corner after Ethan Horvath had denied Alfie Devine and Thierry Small in quick succession.
Undeterred, the lively Owls went back in front when McNeill, another graduate of Manchester United's academy, claimed his second with a close-range header from Liam Palmer's cross.
Wednesday kept the pressure on in the first half, with Iversen denying Yan Valery and Bailey Cadamarteri, but could not make their dominance count further.
Dobbin equalised just shy of the hour mark when he nodded in from a corner after Liam Lindsay made first contact with the delivery at the far post.
Henrik Pedersen's side were handed a golden opportunity to earn their first win in 12 when Odeluga Offiah handled in the area, but Iversen guessed the right way to keep out McNeill's spot-kick.
They were punished three minutes later when Frokjaer-Jensen found the bottom corner from the edge of the area.
Another substitute almost had the final say, but it was not to be for Nathan Redmond on his Wednesday debut as his late effort curled wide, leaving his side on minus four points.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Henrik Pedersen told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"The boys had a fantastic reaction today. The derby last week was tough. The reaction at Millwall was fantastic from the boys, then the first home game from the derby it was a fantastic performance.
"We have spoken a lot about the last two weeks where we have played three games in a week where we have played poor first half but good second half, but the game was normally done after the first half.
"This reaction to be there from the first moment, to put this effort, to put this energy in, I think this half was the best of the season.
"We were strong defensively but we were especially strong on the ball. It makes me proud that the boys can play a first half like this with this confidence, with this belief, with this intensity in a third game in six days.
"We could, we should, have maybe scored one or two more goals. Second half I think we do it really well also, then miss the penalty and, a minute later, a goal in the other. It was tough, but a strong performance."
Pedersen: 'Fantastic reaction today'
Preston North End boss Paul Heckingbottom told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"It's not one I'm going to enjoy watching back for lots of reasons.
"The spirit, the drive and the will to win had got us over the line, but I have said many times that we wanted to improve from last season in terms of winning games when we weren't at out best and we have done that today.
"We were poor first half. We spoke about them in transition being really dangerous, their big threats this season have been fast breaks, whether that's been in open play or first and second balls from a throw-in, goal-kick or set play.
"The fact we turned the ball over so cheaply first half played into their hands and we didn't deal with that.
"I know when I watch it back there will be lots of things I'm not happy with.
"We were better [in the second half]."
Heckingbottom: 'We had to be better, simple'
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 18 | 32 | 43 |
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| 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 33 |
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| 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 31 |
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| 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 30 |
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| 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 30 |
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| 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 29 |
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| 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 28 |
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| 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 27 |
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| 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 26 |
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| 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 26 |
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| 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 25 |
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| 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 25 |
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| 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 25 |
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| 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 24 |
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| 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 24 |
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| 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 | -1 | 24 |
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| 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 23 |
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| 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 20 |
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| 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 19 |
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| 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 18 |
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| 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 17 |
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| 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 17 |
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| 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 13 |
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| 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 36 | -22 | -4 |
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Manager:Henrik Pedersen
Formation:3 - 1 - 4 - 2
Manager:Paul Heckingbottom
Formation:3 - 5 - 2
Manager:Henrik Pedersen
Formation:3 - 1 - 4 - 2
Manager:Paul Heckingbottom
Formation:3 - 5 - 2
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Sheffield Wednesday have won just two of their last nine league games against Preston North End (D2 L5), with both wins coming by a 1-0 scoreline (January 2021, December 2023).
Having lost five consecutive away league games against Sheffield Wednesday between March 2012 and December 2018, Preston North End have since lost just one of their last four visits to Hillsborough (W2 D1).
Sheffield Wednesday haven’t won any of their previous 10 league games at Hillsborough (D3 L7), their longest run since October 2020; only in August 1975 (13), August 1968 (11) and March 1955 (11) have they suffered longer such streaks in the Football League.
Preston are unbeaten in their last three away league games (W1 D2); they last enjoyed a longer run in March 2024 (4).
Preston’s Daniel Jebbinson has five goal involvements across his last six league games (3 goals, 2 assists).
