Preston North End vs Derby County Match Preview

31 January 2019

The Lilywhites’ last TV clash with the Rams proved to be decisive in last season’s Play-Off race, so there will be plenty to play for when Sky Sports roll into Deepdale on Friday night.

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31 January 2019

That afternoon Tom Lawrence’s free kick was enough to take all three points back to Pride Park, but under the lights Alex Neil’s side will be looking to continue their winning run in front of their own fans.

Frank Lampard visits the ground as a manager for the first time; his last appearance here being part of Chelsea’s side that beat Darren Ferguson’s Lilywhites back in January 2009, in the former PNE manager’s first home game.

His side progressed to the fifth round of that same competition last weekend, over in East Lancashire, with a 1-0 win over Accrington and they currently occupy one of the Play-Off positions, so it will be a tough test for North End’s improved recent displays and should be a great spectacle for those in attendance and watching around the world.

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It’s a 7.45pm kick-off for our first Friday home game of the 2018/19 season, as we take on Frank Lampard’s Derby County in the SkyBet Championship at Deepdale to start the weekend…

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Ref Watch
Lancashire referee Darren Bond takes charge of his second North End game of the season when the Lilywhites entertain Frank Lampard’s Derby County on Friday night…

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Memorable Match
A memorable victory over the Rams at Deepdale came back on 15th May 2005, as the Lilywhites gave themselves a huge advantage after the Championship Play-Off semi-final first leg…

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The One And Only Issue 18
Tom Barkhuizen is closing in on 100 appearances for North End and aims to add more as he looks to propel PNE towards the top six…

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Team News
Manager Alex Neil will be able to welcome back skipper Tom Clarke for Friday night’s televised clash with Derby County at Deepdale…

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Match Coverage
This Friday night’s clash with Derby County is a live Sky Sports fixture, meaning iFollow coverage is limited to those countries without a TV deal for the EFL…

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Opposition View
Derby County manager Frank Lampard is expecting a ‘physical’ challenge when his side face PNE at Deepdale in front of the Sky Sports cameras on Friday night…

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Alex Neil’s Preview
Preston North End manager Alex Neil believes his side’s back-to-back away wins have given his side a timely boost ahead of the televised clash with Derby County on Friday night…

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Jayden Stockley Interview
One of the five new faces through the Deepdale doors since the opening of the transfer window, Jayden Stockley is adapting to life with the Lilywhites…

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Match Reports

Preston North End 0 Derby County 0

1 February 2019

Preston North End had to settle for a point at home to Derby County, despite dominating against Frank Lampard’s side.

Kelle Roos in the visitors goal managed to keep out the Lilywhites, who dominated against the visitors – who didn’t even have a shot on target – with the Rams keeper making a number of fine saves.

It was ‘same again’ for manager Alex Neil for the third game in a row, with Tom Clarke returning to the bench.

And the Lilywhites started brightly and could have been ahead inside two minutes. A Paul Gallagher corner from the right – the first of a number to cause problems for the Rams defence – headed down for Alan Browne to fire goalwards, Jayden Stockley then making a reaction header that flashed inches wide of the left-hand post.

On six minutes another corner that caused all sorts of problems by Gallagher from the right, but this time Jordan Storey was unable to keep his snap shot down from ten yards out, under pressure from Fikayo Tomori.

The first shot of the game from the visitors, by Harry Wilson, was from 30 yards and it hit the left-hand corner of post and bar out of nothing.

But the better chances kept coming for PNE and from yet another right-hand corner from Gallagher; Andrew Hughes headed down and Stockley,on the spin, half-volleyed with power, but over the cross bar from eight yards out.

Just before the half’s mid-point came a fourth Gallagher corner from the right – like the others, an outswinger – and this time Storey got up highest eight yards out, but couldn’t keep his header down and it flashed just over Roos’ cross bar.

With five minutes to go until the interval,Wilson again hit the woodwork, this time the right-hand post from 25 yards out, it came out and was eventually cleared by Darnell Fisher.

In the sixth minute of the second half Fisher was denied his first North End goal on his 59th appearance, collecting a superb ball from Gallagher inside the right corner of the penalty area, driving along and firing low, Roos using his legs to keep out the on-target effort.

The corners were again a threat in the second half and three inswingers in the first 15 minutes all caused problems; Davies getting his head on the last, heading into the six-yard box, but Sean Maguire could not divert the ball into the goal with a glancing effort on his first start of the season at Deepdale.

Gallagher then forced Roos into another smart save on 62 minutes, as the follow up from Potts hit his own man – Browne – and then Fisher was again denied by a last-ditch block by Richard Keogh.

Two great chances came the home side's way into the final ten minutes, as firstly Tom Barkhuizen – on for Gallagher – and then Potts broke away into the Derby half, only for at the final hurdle, as they both looked to shoot, the County defence recovered, and on both occasions, scrambled the ball clear and the game remained goalless.

PNE line-up: Rudd, Fisher, Hughes, Pearson, Storey, Davies, Potts, Gallagher (c) (Barkhuizen, 79), Stockley (Nmecha, 65), Browne, Maguire. Subs not used: Ripley, Earl, Clarke, Johnson, Ledson.

Derby County line-up: Roos, Bryson, Tomori, Keogh (c), Wilson, Waghorn (Bennett, 65), Lawrence, Evans, Holmes, Nugent (Wisdom, 69), Malone. Subs not used: Carson, Jozefzoon, Johnson, MacDonald, Huddlestone.

Attendance: 12,124 (963 Derby County fans)

Referee: Mr D Bond

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