(2-0 Preston North End)| 18¹ | LANG beat two Sheffield United players and thundered a shot wide. |
| 19¹ | MARMOUSH shot over. |
| 22¹ | A cross from HARALDSSON left KEAN in lots of space but he rushed his shot. |
| 24¹ | An exceptional effort from MARMOUSH scraped the outside of the lefthand post. |
| 29¹ | A mix up in the Sheffield United defence enabled KEAN to blast the ball over. |
| 30¹ | MARMOUSH nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box. |
| 33¹ | The 'keeper dived to his right to stop a fierce shot from Sheffield United's BROOKS. |
| 33¹ | The motionless CARNESECCHI was a mere bystander as a backpass from LOBOTKA fell just wide. |
| 39¹ | COLWILL was put clear by CHRISENE and he nutmegged the 'keeper but thrust his shot inches wide. |
| 44¹ | VATA stroked an easy chance past the far post. |
| 0² | A penalty box meleé resulted in VATA tapping the ball over. |
| 3² | MARMOUSH headed over the bar. |
| 8² | LOBOTKA made space on the left and knocked the ball to MARMOUSH who fired the ball over. |
| 11² | MARMOUSH fired a left foot shot just beyond the far post from long range. |
| 17² | LANG worked the ball to ROGERS, MARMOUSH latched onto his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of CHARLES. |
| 21² | An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of CHARLES by MARMOUSH. |
| 22² | BROOKS's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. |
| 26² | A shot from KEAN was smothered by CHARLES. |
| 30² | A poor shot from LANG trickled agonisingly wide. |
| 37² | KEAN touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Sheffield United 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. |
| 37² | A accurate pass was collected by CHARLES and his looping shot floated narrowly over. |
| 41² | A shot from LANG seemed a certain goal but the Sheffield United 'keeper managed to punch the ball away. |
| 43² | LANG knocked the ball to MARMOUSH who headed it over the bar. |