Match ends, Chesterfield 0, Preston North End 2.
ChesterfieldChesterfield0PrestonPreston North End2
Preston maintained their promotion push with a win against 10-man Chesterfield.
The Spireites got off to a disastrous start when Sam Hird was shown a straight red card only two minutes in, after he was adjudged to have fouled Joe Garner who was through on goal.
Garner then made the man advantage count as he nodded in Kevin Davies's right-wing cross on the half-hour mark.
Former Watford striker Garner bundled in a late second after Paul Huntington's header hit the post.
The winning margin could have been even greater for the visitors, but home goalkeeper Tommy Lee kept the score down as he saved Scott Laird's 25-yard strike and Garner's volley.
Byron Harrison spurned the host's best chance when he blazed the ball over the bar on the stretch from six yards.
The victory for Simon Grayson's side sees them close the gap to four points behind second-placed Swindon, while Chesterfield drop out of the play-off zone to seventh.
Line-ups
Chesterfield
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Lee
- 2Darikwa
- 23EvattBooked at 51mins
- 4HirdBooked at 3mins
- 3JonesSubstituted forRaglanat 5'minutes
- 10O'SheaBooked at 90mins
- 8RyanBooked at 43mins
- 5Morsy
- 12Clucas
- 13LaverySubstituted forDieseruvweat 68'minutes
- 18HarrisonSubstituted forDuffyat 68'minutes
Substitutes
- 15Humphreys
- 16Raglan
- 17Duffy
- 20Chapman
- 24Banks
- 26Dieseruvwe
- 28Ariyibi
Preston
Formation 3-5-1-1
- 34Johnstone
- 23Huntington
- 5Clarke
- 6Wright
- 4WisemanSubstituted forHumphreyat 70'minutes
- 12GallagherBooked at 90mins
- 19Welsh
- 24JohnsonBooked at 23minsSubstituted forKilkennyat 89'minutes
- 3Laird
- 14GarnerSubstituted forEbanks-Blakeat 82'minutes
- 9Davies
Substitutes
- 7Humphrey
- 8Kilkenny
- 16Buchanan
- 17Reid
- 21Stuckmann
- 22King
- 40Ebanks-Blake
- Referee:
- Peter Bankes
- Attendance:
- 6,309
Match Stats
Home TeamChesterfieldAway TeamPreston
- Possession
- Home43%
- Away57%
- Shots
- Home7
- Away11
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away6
- Corners
- Home4
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home7
- Away8
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Chesterfield 0, Preston North End 2.
Post update
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by John Welsh.
Post update
Hand ball by Sylvain Ebanks-Blake (Preston North End).
Booking
Jay O'Shea (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Jay O'Shea (Chesterfield).
Post update
Paul Gallagher (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution
Substitution, Preston North End. Neil Kilkenny replaces Daniel Johnson.
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Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Charlie Raglan.
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Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Chris Humphrey.
Substitution
Substitution, Preston North End. Sylvain Ebanks-Blake replaces Joe Garner.
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Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Chris Humphrey.
Goal!
Goal! Chesterfield 0, Preston North End 2. Joe Garner (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
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Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Thomas Lee.
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Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Tendayi Darikwa.
Substitution
Substitution, Preston North End. Chris Humphrey replaces Scott Wiseman.
Substitution
Substitution, Chesterfield. Emmanuel Dieseruvwe replaces Caolan Lavery.
Substitution
Substitution, Chesterfield. Mark Duffy replaces Byron Harrison.
Post update
Attempt saved. Joe Garner (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. Byron Harrison (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
