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Commentary

1¹ SPRINGETT beat two Swansea City players and blasted a shot wide. 3¹ GOAL!! The creative HUGHES neatly headed on a cross for ZAROURY to volley the ball in. (1-0 Preston North End) 5¹ A mix up in the Preston North End defence enabled FOSTER to blast an effort just wide. 7¹ An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of FABIANSKI by OLOSUNDE. 10¹ NTCHAM brought the ball round BROWNE and stabbed a poor shot over the bar. 13¹ GOAL!! An outswinging corner was hoofed clear only for ZAROURY to blast the ball into the back of the net. (2-0 Preston North End) 18¹ The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from CULLEN fell just over. 20¹ A poor shot from BRADY rolled agonisingly wide. 25¹ GOAL!! Some good work by FOSTER on the right, left RAPHINHA yards clear, and he nutmegged TYRER and blasted the ball into the net. (2-1 Preston North End) 33¹ A accurate pass found RIIS and his right foot effort floated narrowly wide. 34¹ A useful ball from SPRINGETT on the right fell to ZAROURY who mishit his shot wide. 39¹ ZAROURY rattled an easy chance past the righthand post. 43¹ RAPHINHA drove a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out. 2² A cross from NTCHAM left RAPHINHA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. 9² RAPHINHA steamed through the Preston North End defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. 11² GOAL!! A great solo effort from DAVIES who beat a number of defenders before rocketing the ball in off the post. (3-1 Preston North End) 13² A corner fell to FOSTER who fired the ball inches over. 25² RAPHINHA headed wide. 29² RIIS fluffed a simple chance. 33² DARLING was put clear by RODON and he turned TYRER but thrust his shot over the bar. 34² RIIS kicked the ball wide from just outside the area. 40² SPRINGETT chipped the ball to TONI who headed it just beyond the far post. 42² A penalty box scramble resulted in BRADY knocking a low shot over.

Preston North End   League position: 22 Home league form: WXXL Overall league form: LLWXLXXL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Harry TYRER 6½ 1 7  Lukasz FABIANSKI(c) Matthew OLOSUNDE 6½ 2 6½ Joe RODON (c)Robbie BRADY 6½ 3 7½ ANGELIÑO Alan BROWNE 8  4 7  Olivier NTCHAM Ben DAVIES 7  5 7  Ben CABANGO Andrew HUGHES 5½ 6 5½ Harry DARLING Tony SPRINGETT 7  7 6  Héctor JUNIOR FIRPO Anass ZAROURY 7½ 8 7½ RAPHINHA (p)Emil RIIS 6½ 9 7½ Lyle FOSTER(p) (f)EOM Ji-sung 5  10 5½ Liam CULLEN(f) TONI 5½ 11 6  Joël PIROE Manager Alistair McCANN    12    Matt GRIMES Ben PEARSON    13    Matt TURNER Brad POTTS 7  14    Joe ALLEN Fraser HORNBY    15    Ollie COOPER Daniel JOHNSON 7½ 16    Armstrong OKO-FLEX

Swansea City   League position: 8 Away league form: LLXW Overall league form: LLWXLXWW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Preston North End 3 Swansea City 1 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 23,360, Stadium: Deepdale, Referee: Mellin 5½) Zaroury 3¹, Zaroury 13¹, Davies 11² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Raphinha 25¹ HughesóJohnson 12², OlosundeóPotts 13²           4 4 10 14 0 4 4 2 10 7 14 9 1 1 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Alan Browne ¶