Preston North End v Sheffield United LIVE: 10-men PNE hit back from two down to level

Sheffield United will hope to make up some ground on the Championship promotion places this evening when they face Preston North End at Deepdale.
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The game is one of the Blades’ games in hand after the clash was postponed on Boxing Day last year.

Boss Paul Heckingbottom has warned his side that they will have to raise their levels tonight if they are to get their season back on track after Saturday’s defeat at Derby.

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Preston v Blades LIVE

and it’s Bogle who gets it with a well-struck effort after Egan’s initial header was saved by Iversen - it rebounded to Bogle who was a fair way out and smashed it past the Preston goalkeeper, it may have taken a touch but who cares as the Blades lead 1-0

to deny Sinclair after Basham missed his header, before United go up the other end and Ndiaye forces a fine save from Iversen to push his shot wide - a good few seconds for goalkeepers here

Good move from United

ends with Robinson crossing dangerously and Barkhuizen is forced to head over his own bar, Hourihane goes over to take the corner... it goes short to Norwood who shoots and it’s deflected behind again, the midfielder races away with his hands on his head and it looked to me like that one may have been sneaking in but for the deflection

Johnson’s centre after a poor kick out from Foderingham saw Preston break, Sinclair fed Johnson and his dangerous cross was blocked before Bauer got a shot off, saved easily by Foderingham down low

to a long throw and directs it on target but it’s easy for Iversen in the home goal to pluck it out of the air

And we’re underway

after the Blades take a knee, roared on by their travelling supporters behind Wes Foderingham’s goal

Not long until kick-off

now as Deepdale fills up - a decent away following from the Blades is expected despite the game being rearranged to a Tuesday night in January, and they’ll be expecting a much better showing from their side than the one they witnessed at Derby on Saturday

Oli McBurnie’s message to his teammates

as he misses out again at Preston after suffering from Covid-19 recently

The full, official teamsheet

courtesy of our man James Shield

And here’s the PNE side

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