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Sheffield United 1-0 Preston NE - May 11, 2009 / Championship Play-Off 2009

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Championship Play-Off 2009 - Semi-finals

Bramall Lane - Sheffield - England

May 11, 2009

26 354

1 - 0

Preston NE

Assist by Kyle Walker (header) Greg Halford

59'

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59' - Goal Greg Halford59

62' - Substitution Chris Brownis substituted by Stephen Elliott

72' - Substitution Chris Sedgwickis substituted by Neil Mellor photo Darren Carter

72' - Substitution Barry Nicholsonis substituted by Darren Carter

82' - Substitution Greg Halfordis substituted by Leigh Bromby82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sheffield United

1 - 0

Preston NE

Sheffield United Preston NE

Team line-ups

Sheffield United

Kenny

Paddy Kenny

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Halford5982

Greg Halford

England

B.date08/12/1984

Age24 years

H1m93

positionRight central defender

Kilgallon

Matthew Kilgallon

England

B.date08/01/1984

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Morgan

Chris Morgan

England

B.date09/11/1977

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Naughton

Kyle Naughton

England

B.date11/11/1988

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Walker

Kyle Walker

England

B.date28/05/1990

Age18 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Montgomery

Nick Montgomery

England

B.date28/10/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Beattie

Craig Beattie

Scotland

B.date16/01/1984

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

Quinn

Stephen Quinn

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/04/1986

Age23 years

H1m68

positionLeft central midfielder

Howard

Brian Howard

England

B.date23/01/1983

Age26 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Cotterill

David Cotterill

Wales

B.date04/12/1987

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paddy Kenny		30	315	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greg Halford	5982	24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Kilgallon		25	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Morgan		31	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kyle Naughton		20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kyle Walker		18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Montgomery		27	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Beattie		25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Quinn		23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Howard		26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cotterill		21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

110

Preston NE

Lonergan

Andy Lonergan

England

B.date19/10/1983

Age25 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Mawéné

Youl Mawéné

France

B.date16/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

St Ledger

Sean St Ledger

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/12/1984

Age24 years

H1m81

positionRight central defender

Jones

Billy Jones

England

B.date24/03/1987

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Nolan

Eddie Nolan

Republic of Ireland

B.date05/08/1988

Age20 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Sedgwick72

Chris Sedgwick

England

B.date28/04/1980

Age29 years

H1m82

positionLeft Midfielder

Nicholson72

Barry Nicholson

Scotland

B.date24/08/1978

Age30 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Wallace

Ross Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/05/1985

Age23 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

McKenna

Paul McKenna

England

B.date20/10/1977

Age31 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

Brown62

Chris Brown

England

B.date11/12/1984

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Parkin

Jon Parkin

England

B.date30/12/1981

Age27 years

H1m94

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andy Lonergan		25	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Youl Mawéné		29	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sean St Ledger		24	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Jones		22	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie Nolan		20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Sedgwick	72	29	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Nicholson	72	30	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ross Wallace		23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul McKenna		31	358	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Brown	62	24	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jon Parkin		27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

119

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Leigh Bromby	82	28	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Darren Carter	72	25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Mellor	72	26	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stephen Elliott	62	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Cotterill

Darius Henderson

OUT

Craig Beattie

Jamie Ward

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Barry Nicholson

Darren Carter

OUT

Chris Brown

Neil Mellor

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Blackwell

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Blackwell vs Preston NE

5 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 11, 2009

Blackwell vs Irvine

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 11, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

James Alan Irvine

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Irvine vs Sheffield United

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 11, 2009

Irvine vs Blackwell

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 11, 2009

Referee

Alan Wiley

4 victories	3 draws	5 losses	Sheffield United12 matches	General total	Preston NE6 matches	0 victory	3 draws	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sheffield United1 match	Season total	Preston NE1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 18, 2009					Latest figure on May 11, 2009

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Key figures

It's the first time Greg Halford scores 1 goal vs Preston North End in his professional career

Preston NE keeps its 11 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 10/03/2009). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/10/2005-15/02/2006 time period (22 matches).

No Sheffield United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Kevin Blackwell has done less than 0.97 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSheffield United 2-2 Blackpool10/03/2009

VSheffield United 4-2 Derby County14/03/2009

VSheffield United 2-0 Ipswich Town04/04/2009

VSheffield United 2-1 Barnsley07/04/2009

DSheffield United 0-0 Nottingham Forest13/04/2009

VSheffield United 1-0 Swansea25/04/2009

Overall

VReading 0-1 Sheffield United10/04/2009

DSheffield United 0-0 Nottingham Forest13/04/2009

LBurnley 1-0 Sheffield United20/04/2009

VSheffield United 1-0 Swansea25/04/2009

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Sheffield United03/05/2009

DPreston North End 1-1 Sheffield United08/05/2009

Current form

Away

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Preston North End03/03/2009

LCrystal Palace 2-1 Preston North End07/03/2009

DCharlton 0-0 Preston North End21/03/2009

DBristol City 1-1 Preston North End04/04/2009

VDoncaster Rovers 0-2 Preston North End13/04/2009

VBirmingham City 1-2 Preston North End25/04/2009

Overall

LPreston North End 0-1 Blackpool11/04/2009

VDoncaster Rovers 0-2 Preston North End13/04/2009

VPreston North End 6-0 Cardiff City18/04/2009

VBirmingham City 1-2 Preston North End25/04/2009

VPreston North End 2-1 Queens Park Rangers03/05/2009

DPreston North End 1-1 Sheffield United08/05/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	8	3
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	5
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Brian Howard	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Sean St Ledger
Jamie Ward	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Brian Howard	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Sean St Ledger

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

32 v

9 d

6 l

92 gf

43 ga

Away

49 matches

9 v

16 d

24 l

50 gf

87 ga

Total

96 matches

41 v

25 d

30 l

142 gf

130 ga

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

24 v

16 d

9 l

87 gf

50 ga

Away

47 matches

6 v

9 d

32 l

43 gf

92 ga

Total

96 matches

30 v

25 d

41 l

130 gf

142 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 26, 1910
Home	5 - 0	November 26, 1910

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 25, 1954
Away	5 - 0	September 25, 1954

Latest head to head

May 08, 2009 - Barrages Premier League 2009

Preston NE

1 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

January 31, 2009 - Championship 2008/2009

Preston NE

0 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

October 25, 2008 - Championship 2008/2009

Sheffield United

1 - 0

Preston NE

March 29, 2008 - Championship 2007/2008

Preston NE

3 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

October 20, 2007 - Championship 2007/2008

Sheffield United

1 - 1

Preston NE

Best historical scorers against Preston NE

Andy Gray	3 goals	2004 - 2004
James Beattie	2 goals	2007 - 2008
Paul Peschisolido	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Danny Webber	1 goal	2005 - 2005
David Kelly	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Peter Ndlovu	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

David Healy	3 goals	2001 - 2004
Graham Alexander	3 goals	1999 - 2004
Richard Cresswell	3 goals	2001 - 2005
Alex Mathie	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Neil Mellor	2 goals	2008 - 2008
Callum Davidson	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Preston NE

Paddy Kenny	12 matches	2002 - 2009
Michael Tonge	11 matches	2001 - 2008
Nick Montgomery	11 matches	2001 - 2009
Phil Jagielka	9 matches	2000 - 2005
Chris Morgan	8 matches	2003 - 2009
Michael Brown	7 matches	2000 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Paul McKenna	14 matches	1999 - 2009
Graham Alexander	13 matches	1999 - 2005
Richard Cresswell	9 matches	2001 - 2005
Chris Lucketti	9 matches	2001 - 2005
Youl Mawéné	8 matches	2004 - 2009
Chris Sedgwick	8 matches	2005 - 2009