Preston vs Huddersfield - League Cup, Round of 128 (Sat, 8 August 2026)
League Cup Round of 128 After extra time
- Goal: Erabi 90+3'
- Red card: Gibson 21'
- Goal: Balker 38'
Goodison Park, Liverpool
Events
First half
- 4' Yellow card: L. Gooch
- Red card: L. Gibson 21'
- Yellow card: A. Vukcevic 37'
- 38' Goal: R. Balker assist: L. Sorensen 0-1
Second half
- Substitution: A. VukcevicL. Lindsay 46'
- 46' Substitution: L. GoochB. Mumba
- Yellow card: A. McCann 69'
- 71' Substitution: A. FletcherJ. Taylor
- 71' Substitution: D. Sanches FernandesJ. Smith-Sway
- Substitution: C. LangD. Burgzorg 71'
- Substitution: M. OsmajicJ. Erabi 72'
- Substitution: P. ValentinJ. Storey 83'
- 84' Substitution: S. RoughanI. Bowat
- 90' Yellow card: R. Ledson
- 90+1' Yellow card: L. Sorensen
- Substitution: J. ThompsonA. Moran 90+2'
- Goal: J. Erabi assist: D. Burgzorg 1-1 90+3'
Penalty shoot-out
- 1 Missed penalty: R. Ledson missed penalty
- Penalty goal: A. Devine 1
- 2 Missed penalty: M. Harness missed penalty
- Penalty goal: J. Erabi 2
- 3 Penalty goal: B. Mumba
- Penalty goal: A. McCann 3
- 4 Penalty goal: J. Smith-Sway
- Missed penalty: A. Moran missed penalty 4
- 5 Penalty goal: J. Taylor
- Penalty goal: D. Burgzorg 5
Stats
PrestonHuddersfield
- 46% Possession 54%
- 10 Shots 10
- 3 On target 2
- 7 Corners 5
- 11 Fouls 16
All stats
- 342 Passes 399
- 75% Pass accuracy 82%
- 1 Saves 2
- 3 Offsides 1
- 3 Yellow cards 2
- 1 Red cards 0
Player of the match
RBRadinio Balker
Huddersfield· 1 goalLineups & ratings
Preston
3-4-3 Coach Paul Heckingbottom
16
Hughes
1
Iversen
10 ↓71'
15 ↓90'
3 ↓46'
2 ↓83'
Valentín
28 ↓72'
8
19
7
24
- 6 Liam Lindsay for A. Vukcevic
- 37 Delano Burgzorg for C. Lang
- 9 Jusef Erabi for M. Osmajic
- 14 Jordan Storey for P. Valentin
- 23 Andrew Moran for J. Thompson
- 21 Lee Nicholls
- 30 George Gryba
- 32 Ed Nolan
- 36 Max Wilson
Huddersfield
3-4-3 Coach Liam Manning
18
Kasumu
11 ↓71'
4
2
Sørensen
6
Whatmough
7 ↓46'
10
12
Balker
30 ↓71'
23 ↓84'
Roughan
1
- 19 Bali Mumba for L. Gooch
- 9 Joe Taylor for A. Fletcher
- 27 Jay Smith-Sway for D. Sanches Fernandes
- 15 Ibane Bowat for S. Roughan
- 5 Joe Low
- 14
- 17
- 26 George Sebine
- 33 Nikola Tzanev
Bench · Preston
- 6 Liam Lindsay for A. Vukcevic
- 37 Delano Burgzorg for C. Lang
- 9 Jusef Erabi for M. Osmajic
- 14 Jordan Storey for P. Valentin
- 23 Andrew Moran for J. Thompson
- 21 Lee Nicholls
- 30 George Gryba
- 32 Ed Nolan
- 36 Max Wilson
Bench · Huddersfield
- 19 Bali Mumba for L. Gooch
- 9 Joe Taylor for A. Fletcher
- 27 Jay Smith-Sway for D. Sanches Fernandes
- 15 Ibane Bowat for S. Roughan
- 5 Joe Low
- 14
- 17
- 26 George Sebine
- 33 Nikola Tzanev