Thursday, 28 July 2022

Any Previous? - Latics v Preston

Latics kick off the new season with a home derby game against Preston North End at the DW Stadium.

 


We have met the Lilywhites on 49 occasions previously with the first of these meetings coming back in 1980, 26th August in the League Cup 2nd round 1st leg at Deepdale, just over 8,000 spectators saw us go down by a single goal, the return leg a week later at Springfield Park attracted a crowd of 9,692, despite a Jeff Wright goal, Preston won the game 1-2 and progressed to the 3rd round 3-1 on aggregate.

 

Our last meeting came in February 2020, the DW Stadium witnessed a win for Preston,  Chey Dunkley (57) scoring for the Latics after Tom Barkhuizen (7) and Daniel Johnson (48) had given the visitors a two goal lead.

Latics Team - Marshall; Byrne, Kipre, Dunkley, Naismith, Pearce (Gelhardt); Evans (Jacobs), Morsy, Williams; Lowe, Moore (Garner)

Unused Subs – Jones, Massey, Balogun, Roberts

Att – 12,439

Latics 1:2 Preston Highlights

 

Preston Away Form 2021/22

Preston’s 23 away games last season brought them 27 points, with 7 wins, 6 draws and 10 defeats, scoring 19 goals and conceding 28, Preston had the 12th best away form in the Championship.

 

Player To Watch – Daniel Johnson

 

Daniel Johnson

This is Johnson’s 9th season at Deepdale. Having come through the academy at Aston Villa he moved to Lancashire in January 2014 for a fee of £50,000. Close to clocking up 300 appearances, Johnson is an integral part of Preston’s midfield.

Last season Daniel Johnson made 41 appearances, scoring 7 goals from his attacking midfield spot and making 5 assists, he also made 28 interceptions and won 25 tackles, committing 42 fouls he picked up 9 yellow cards.

 

Full Record v Preston North End

Played – 49

Won – 15

Drawn – 14

Lost – 20

 

The Last Six Meetings

Date

Competition

Result

08 Feb 2020

Championship

Latics 1:2 Preston

10 Aug 2019

Championship

Preston 3:0 Latics

22 Apr 2019

Championship

Latics 2:0 Preston

06 Oct 2018

Championship

Preston 4:0 Latics

18 Feb 2017

Championship

Latics 0:0 Preston

23 Sep 2016

Championship

Preston 1:0 Latics

 

Grab a listen to this week’s podcast featuring a preview of the big game.

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