Match ends, Preston North End 3, Fleetwood Town 2.
PrestonPreston North End3FleetwoodFleetwood Town2
High-flying Preston North End made it six wins in a row despite an early scare from Fleetwood Town.
Stephen Jordan headed in from Steven Schumacher's corner and Scott Laird deflected a cross into his own net to give the visitors a 2-0 lead.
But the home side hit back in the second half when Joe Garner twice headed in to draw level.
And Garner completed his hat-trick to win the match with a left-footed strike from 12 yards.
Victory sees Preston go second, five points behind leaders Bristol City but with two games in hand. Fleetwood remain in 11th.
Line-ups
Preston
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Jones
- 3LairdSubstituted forHumphreyat 55'minutes
- 22King
- 23Huntington
- 16Buchanan
- 8Kilkenny
- 31BrowneSubstituted forWelshat 45'minutes
- 17ReidSubstituted forDaviesat 45'minutes
- 12Gallagher
- 27Robinson
- 14Garner
Substitutes
- 7Humphrey
- 9Davies
- 11Holmes
- 19Welsh
- 20Davies
- 21Stuckmann
- 30Brownhill
Fleetwood
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 28MaxwellBooked at 62mins
- 2McLaughlin
- 25Jordan
- 6PondBooked at 80mins
- 33Crainey
- 8SchumacherBooked at 14mins
- 7EvansSubstituted forDobbieat 82'minutes
- 11Hughes
- 19ProctorBooked at 65mins
- 12MorrisSubstituted forBlairat 72'minutes
- 18SarcevicSubstituted forMcAlindenat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Roberts
- 9Dobbie
- 13Lucas
- 17Blair
- 20McAlinden
- 24Southern
- 27Haughton
- Referee:
- Eddie Ilderton
- Attendance:
- 13,280
Match Stats
Home TeamPrestonAway TeamFleetwood
- Possession
- Home57%
- Away43%
- Shots
- Home17
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away2
- Corners
- Home8
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home7
- Away15
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Preston North End 3, Fleetwood Town 2.
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Attempt missed. Stephen Crainey (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Paul Huntington (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Stephen Dobbie (Fleetwood Town).
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Attempt blocked. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Stephen Crainey (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Stephen Dobbie replaces Gareth Evans.
Booking
Nathan Pond (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Joe Garner (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Nathan Pond (Fleetwood Town).
Goal!
Goal! Preston North End 3, Fleetwood Town 2. Joe Garner (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin Davies.
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Chris Humphrey (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Jamie Proctor (Fleetwood Town).
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Steven Schumacher (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by John Welsh (Preston North End).
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Foul by Kevin Davies (Preston North End).
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Steven Schumacher (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. John Welsh (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Liam McAlinden replaces Antoni Sarcevic.
