Preston vs West Brom 1-1

Preston and West Brom drew 1-1 at Deepdale, with Aune Heggebo’s equaliser on 82 minutes earning the visitors a point after Andrew Hughes had put Preston ahead late on.

The first half brought no goals, and Preston had already made a change at the break when Alfie Devine was replaced by Andrew Moran on 45 minutes. The score stayed 0-0.

West Brom made two changes on 60 minutes, with Harry Whitwell and Barney Stewart going off for J. Morgan and Aune Heggebo. Hughes then opened the scoring in the 78th minute, finishing Leo Leroy’s assist for 1-0, but Heggebo levelled four minutes later after coming on in the 60th minute. Preston made two changes on 70 minutes, sending on Callum Lang and Jusef Erabi for Brad Potts and Johnny Kenny, while West Brom added Kareem Tunde and Rabby Nzingoula in the closing stages.

West Brom had 72% of the ball and 616 passes to Preston’s 224, and also led the shot count 20 to 18 and shots on target 6 to 4. West Brom won 9 corners to Preston’s 6 and posted 1.87 expected goals to 1.73, while Preston had 5 saves to West Brom’s 3 and committed 11 fouls to 7.

Harry Whitwell was booked for West Brom in the 33rd minute, Andrew Moran was booked for Preston in the 64th minute, and Preston’s Graham Alexander was also shown a yellow card in the 83rd minute.