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LAST TIME OUT



DANGER MAN

Benjamin Sorba William Thomas (born 25 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Huddersfield Town and the Wales national team.

In The Dressing Room

Manager Ryan Lowe will provide a team news update in his pre-match press conference.

A Look At Our Visitors


While PNE have already faced the Terriers twice this season, only one of those meetings was after Mark Fotheringham’s appointment, and even then it was during the early stages of his time as boss.

This time around, he’s three months into the job, however he probably hasn’t quite yet made the impact in terms of results that he’d have hoped for when he walked through the door for his first managerial role.

His side arrive at Deepdale bottom of the Championship table and with just one win in their last six league matches, and that’s a run of form they won’t want to encounter again during the second half of the campaign.

Going Head To Head


Games played: 98
PNE wins: 38
Draws: 24
Huddersfield Town wins: 36
Last meeting: Huddersfield Town 0-1 PNE, 18th October 2022

One To Watch


Huddersfield Town have spread their 19 league goals – the lowest amount in the division – throughout nine players so far this season, with Danny Ward and Jordan Rhodes sitting as joint-top scorers with three.

Like Rhodes, Ward is a vastly experienced striker at this level, and more often than not leads the line for the Terriers, with former Blackburn Rovers striker Rhodes used mostly off the bench.

Having scored 14 in the league last season, Ward will be looking for more to add to this campaign’s tally, but he has interestingly not scored in any of his 11 games versus the Lilywhites.

Match Officials

Geoff Eltringham will referee his second Championship game of the season on Monday.

The experienced EFL ref has officiated in the second, third, fourth and fifth tiers of English football so far this campaign, and his most recent PNE fixture was last season’s 1-0 defeat away to Derby County.

At this point of the campaign, he’s shown 31 yellow cards and one red in his nine games as the main official.

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Macs View

The first home game in front of fans on a Boxing Day since 2018 when we played Hull. Going to be used to playing the Terriers due again at Deepdale in the cup.
Classic meeting of side who are crap at home against a side who appear to be crap at home and away. Last seasons play off final seems a distant memory as they are going through managers at a rate of knots.
If we had a decent home record we could be close to the Dingles but we don't and we aren't
Anyway enjoy Christmas but always remember the real reason for a holiday at this time of the year is to watch footy