English:
West Brom Secures Victory Over Preston in Hard-Fought Match at The Hawthorns
West Bromwich, England – In a closely contested match at The Hawthorns, West Brom emerged victorious against Preston with a solid performance, particularly in the second half. The match, part of the Championship’s tenth round, was officiated by Andrew Kitchen.
The game started intensely, reflected by an early yellow card for West Brom’s N. Phillips in the 10th minute. However, the home side managed to open the scoring in the 40th minute thanks to a goal from M. Johnston, assisted by T. Collyer.
After the break, West Brom extended their lead in the 63rd minute with a goal from I. Price, following an assist from A. Mowatt. Preston, despite slightly dominating possession with 51%, struggled to find a way through the home side’s defense. The intensity of the game remained high, with yellow cards for Preston’s J. Storey and West Brom’s C. Mepham in quick succession.
Preston managed to pull one back in the 78th minute thanks to a goal from M. Smith, assisted by D. Jebbison, but it wasn’t enough to change the course of the match. Despite having more total shots (17 compared to West Brom’s 16), Preston only managed to get 5 of them on target, while West Brom were more effective with 6 shots on target. West Brom enjoyed 49% possession, 8 corners, 10 fouls and 2 yellow cards. Preston on the other hand had 51% possession, 4 corners, 10 fouls and 1 yellow.
Substitutions west brom: at minute 55 T. Collyer came in and J. Molumby went out., at minute 67 J. Maja came in and A. Heggebo went out., at minute 86 S. Iling Junior came in and K. Grant went out., at minute 87 M. Johnston came in and C. Taylor went out., at minute 88 I. Price came in and O. Diakite went out.
Substitutions preston: at minute 68 A. Vukcevic came in and O. Offiah went out., at minute 68 M. Osmajic came in and D. Jebbison went out., at minute 69 H. Armstrong came in and A. McCann went out., at minute 69 T. Small came in and M. Smith went out., at minute 75 A. Devine came in and M. Frokjaer-Jensen went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
West Brom
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