Preston North End Match v Huddersfield Town Preview

7 November 2019

It’s another Roses battle this weekend as Lancashire is visited by West Yorkshire, with Preston North End entertaining Huddersfield Town at Deepdale.

Ticket News

Ticket Information: Huddersfield Town Home

7 November 2019

The Lilywhites face the in-form side in the division with the Terriers seven unbeaten in recent weeks, with the decision to appoint the Cowley brothers into the top job at the John Smith’s Stadium looking a good one with their turnaround in form.

Having been relegated after two seasons in the Premier League in the summer, their start to the campaign led to the change at the top and results since then have shown the quality in the squad and that their early season league position was not reflective of their capabilities.

However, confidence is also high in the North End dressing room, as the side look to go into the final international break in the calendar year in the automatic promotion places, having briefly gone top with the win at Charlton Athletic last weekend.

With half season tickets on sale and another good visiting following, there is no better time to sample the atmosphere at Deepdale and to be a part of it, so get down and back the boys in their Championship push.

For Your Information
Match Details: PNE v Huddersfield Town, Deepdale, Saturday 9th November 2019, kick-off 3pm
Competition: EFL Championship (16/46)
PNE colours: Home kit, goalkeeper in green
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Here’s all the coverage accessible on PNE.Com in preview of the game…

Ticket Information: For our last game before the third international break of the season, we welcome Danny Cowley’s Huddersfield Town to Deepdale at the weekend. Click here for more information.

Match Officials: The match official for Saturday’s game at Deepdale is making his first trip to PR1 this season, but this is his second Lilywhites match of the campaign. Click here for details of all the officials.

We’ve Met Before: Preston North End meet the Huddersfield Town for the 83rd time in the league when they clash at Deepdale this weekend. Click here for more details of past battles.

How To Follow The Game: If you can’t make the trip to Deepdale for Saturday afternoon’s game, don’t worry, we will have full coverage on PNE.Com. Click here for details of how you can follow the match.

The One And Only Issue 11: Preston North End No.1 Declan Rudd is the main interview in this weekend’s edition of The One And Only. Click here for details.

Team News: Preston North End manager Alex Neil will be forced to make at least one change to the side that went top of the Championship for 24 hours last Sunday. Click here for details of the options.

Alex Neil Looking For Crucial Momentum: Preston North End manager Alex Neil wants to take another positive result into the final international break of the calendar year. Click here for the manager’s full interview.

Alan Browne On ‘Tough’ Terriers Test: Preston North End midfielder Alan Browne wants to go into the final international break of the calendar year on the back of another positive result. Click here for more from Alan.

Match Reports

Preston North End 3 Huddersfield Town 1

9 November 2019

The Lilywhites made it three wins on the bounce as they maintained their position in the automatic promotion places with a convincing win over Danny Cowley’s Huddersfield Town at Deepdale.

Jayden Stockley and Alan Browne both grabbed their first goals of the season and Paul Gallagher added a third from the penalty spot, as Alex Neil’s side ran out 3-1 victors, with Juninho Bacuna getting the Terriers consolation 15 minutes before the end.

Without Daniel Johnson and Ben Pearson, the North End boss brought in Ryan Ledson and Gallagher, who had replaced Johnson and scored the winner at The Valley the previous Sunday and it was the PNE No.12 who again provided the chance to open the scoring.

Stockley had been brought down by visiting skipper Christopher Schindler 20 yards from goal and his opposing captain curled a beautiful free kick around the wall and off the right-hand post, the ball popping up perfectly for Stockley to react first and head back into the empty net for a fourth minute lead.

It was all the home side, with very little threat at all from the Yorkshire outfit and before the 15 minute mark it could easily have been two as Tom Barkhuizen broke with pace right at the heart of the Town defence before pulling the ball left for Stockley, but his hooked half-volley flashed just wide of Kamil Grabara’s right-hand post.

But the in-form winger did create the second. The ball was worked from left to right, with Ledson finding the No.29, who cross was deep from the right to the back post. Stockley was flattened by Terrence Kongolo, with referee Geoff Eltringham highly-likely to have pointed to the spot, had Browne not slammed the ball on the volley off Grabara and into the back of the net to double his side’s advantage on 33 minutes.

However, the match official had no choice but to point to the spot at the start of the second half as, yet again, Barkhuizen brought about a penalty, his right-wing cross clearly handled by Kongolo.

Gallagher, like six days previously against Charlton Athletic, stepped up – in front of the Alan Kelly Town End – and fired his penalty with pace and accuracy, right down the middle into the roof of the net, to make it 3-0 on six minutes inside the latter period.

Some of the football was now breath-taking and on 70 minutes, if the ball had ended up in the goal, it would have been talked about for a long time. Some great passing saw Maguire, Browne and Barkhuizen involved, the latter crossing for Stockley, whose header was blocked by Schindler for a corner. From that cross in, the ball was again worked beautifully, with the No.29 again delivering, this time finding Patrick Bauer, whose acrobatic volley was inches wide of the right-hand post.

Huddersfield grabbed a consolation on 74 minutes when Bacuna raced through from half-way, through the centre of the pitch, his low shot from the edge of the penalty area taking a slight deflecting, which squeezed it into the bottom right-hand corner.

This could have caused panic, however, North End continued to control the majority of the play, with Declan Rudd not needed to make any important saves in the closing minutes, with the defence in front of him holding firm and seeing the game out to keep the Terriers’ 50 year wait for a win at Deepdale going and to keep the Lilywhites on the heels of West Bromwich Albion at the top of the EFL Championship.

PNE line-up: Rudd, Fisher, Rafferty, Ledson, Bauer, Davies, Barkhuizen, Gallagher (c) (Potts, 72), Stockley (Nugent, 76), Browne, Maguire. Subs not used: Ripley, Bayliss, Storey, Ginnelly, Bodin.

Huddersfield Town line-up: Grabara, Elphick (Stankovic, 22), Kongolo, Bacuna, Chalobah, Kachunga, Diakhaby (Mounie, 59), Grant, Simpson (Pritchard, 65), Schindler (c), O’Brien. Subs not used: Schofield, Koroma, Hadergjonaj, Harratt.

Attendance: 16,038 (3,213 Huddersfield Town fans)

Referee: Mr G Eltringham

Ticket News

Ticket Information: Huddersfield Town Home

7 November 2019

For our last game before the third international break of the season, we welcome Danny Cowley’s Huddersfield Town to Deepdale at the weekend.

First Team News

Match Officials: Huddersfield Town Home

7 November 2019

Normal matchday prices apply for this game and you can click here for a full run down of the prices and concession categories on offer for league games at Deepdale.

Tickets are now on general sale from the ticket office at Deepdale, either to be loaded to your member card or via a paper ticket. For more information on member cards and their usage, click here.

This season we are also offering print at home tickets, so you can buy online and print our your ticket without needing to collect on the day, click here for more information.

For those still turning up and buying on the day, purchases can be made in person at both the Sir Tom Finney ticket office and also use the Invincibles Pavilion ticket office, which can be used to buy tickets for any part of the ground, not just the Pavilion. The Sir Tom Finney ticket office is open from 9am on a matchday and the Invincibles Pavilion ticket office is open from 1pm.

Tickets can be purchased at Deepdale from 9am until 5pm on Thursday, 9am until 6pm on Friday night, from 9am until kick-off on the day of the game, both in person and over the ticket hotline – 0344 856 1966.

First Team News

We’ve Met Before: Huddersfield Town Home

7 November 2019

Paper and print at home tickets can be purchased online at MyPNE.Com 24/7 right up until two hours before kick-off, with collections available from the Sir Tom Finney Stand collections windows, to the left of the ticket office. The online service is now fully responsive on both mobile and tablet. Or, if you have a member card, you can buy right up until kick-off on MyPNE.Com and load your ticket straight to your card!

For Terriers fans, tickets are available on the day, there will be no increases for matchday purchases and tickets are available for visiting supporters from the away ticket office next to the Bill Shankly Kop on Lowthorpe Road, with cash and card payments accepted, which will open from 1.30pm.

For home fans travelling to the game, the Leyland shuttle bus will be in operation, pick up points and times are as follows: 1.20pm, Leyland Tesco; 1.30pm, Railway Pub Leyland; 1.40pm, Beam and Brycg Pub Bamber Bridge; arrive Deepdale, 2.10pm. Tickets are £3 for a single or £4 return.

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