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Wrexham score four past Preston as three players open accounts
Sat 15:00 · Racecourse Ground, Wrexham · Championship
WREXHAM
PRESTON
4–1
Joe Worrall 
Ben Whiteman 
Sam Smith 
Kieffer Moore
Alfie Devine
Match report
Worrall and Whiteman turn it round
Wrexham beat Preston North End 4-1 in the Championship at the Racecourse Ground on Saturday 17 October, days after a 2-1 home defeat by West Bromwich Albion. Joe Worrall headed in Danny Imray's cross from a short corner after 31 minutes, Alfie Devine equalised for Preston five minutes later, and Ben Whiteman, against his former club, drilled a shot into the bottom corner from the edge of the area on 42 minutes. Phil Parkinson made four changes, bringing in Worrall, Matty James, Imray and Sam Smith.
Smith and Moore settle it
Smith headed in Whiteman's corner on 59 minutes, and Kieffer Moore made it 4-1 four minutes later, getting the final touch after Worrall's flick for his fifth goal of the season.
One Preston shot on target
Wrexham had 61% of possession and 18 shots, six on target and 12 from inside the box, according to Sportmonks. Preston had 11 shots and put only one on target. Whiteman, with a goal and an assist, was the highest-rated player on the pitch at 8.38. Wrexham's next league match was a 2-0 defeat at Blackburn Rovers on 24 October.
The match in numbers
How it happened
Andrija Vukcevic
Ben Whiteman
Joe Worrall
Assist: Danny ImrayAlfie Devine
Assist: Johnny KennyBen Whiteman
Sam Smith
Assist: Ben Whiteman
Andrew Hughes
Kieffer Moore
Assist: Joe Worrall
Jordan Thompson
Callum Doyle
Léo Leroy
Full match timeline
- 2′Corner
- 2′Shot Off Target
- 12′Corner
- 12′Shot Off Target
- 12′Shot Off Target
- 14′Corner
- 14′Shot Off Target
- 14′Offside
- 23′Shot On Target
- 24′Corner
- 24′Shot Off Target
- 27′Corner
- 30′Shot On Target
- 31′Corner
- 31′Shot On Target
- 34′Shot Off Target
- 36′Shot On Target
- 36′Shot Off Target
- 41′Shot Off Target
- 42′Shot On Target
- 43′Offside
- 44′Corner
- 45′Shot Off Target
- 45+2′Shot Off Target
- 47′Shot Off Target
- 50′Offside
- 52′Shot Off Target
- 53′Offside
- 58′Shot Off Target
- 59′Corner
- 59′Shot On Target
- 61′Offside
- 63′Shot On Target
- 63′Shot Off Target
- 65′Shot Off Target
- 69′Shot Off Target
- 70′Shot Off Target
- 70′Shot Off Target
- 75′Shot Off Target
- 76′Corner
- 84′Corner
- 84′Shot Off Target
- 87′Shot Off Target
- 90+3′Offside
The numbers
More match data (32)
- 5
- 5
- 96
- 92
- 56
- 35
- 113
- 98
- 5
- 5
- 4
- 1
- 8
- 8
- 8
- 6
- 14
- 9
- 7
- 5
- 5
- 4
- 26
- 28
- 102
- 70
- 23
- 29
- 9
- 16
- 3
- 0
- 467
- 298
- 331
- 169
- 0
- 1
- 22
- 14
- 4
- 4
- 7
- 13
- 56
- 60
- 12
- 10
- 4
- 3
- 11
- 8
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 0
- 42
- 50
- 31
- 13
- 30
- 19
- 8
- 11
Shooting positions
Wrexham
Preston North End
Match insights
- 1
Wrexham's 4 goals came from 4 different scorers. No player scored twice.
- 2
Wrexham put 6 of 18 shots on target (33%). Preston North End managed 1 of 11 (9%).
- 3
Wrexham took 12 shots inside the box, more than Preston North End's 11 attempts from every distance combined.
- 4
Ben Whiteman's 8.4 was the top rating of anyone who played 30 minutes, and led the game for key passes (3).
- 5
Wrexham had 61% of the ball to Preston North End's 39%.
The attacking picture
How the attack changed
On target
Attacks
Dangerous attacks
Score by period
- Half-time
- 2
- 1
- Full-time
- 4
- 1
- Second half only
- 2
- 0
Match conditions and officials
overcast clouds · 11.4°C · wind 2.57 km/h · humidity 66%
Officials: Simon Hooper, Wade Smith, Matthew Joyce, Elliot Bell
Line-ups and ratings
Starting shapes
Wrexham
Preston North End
The benches
Substitutes
Wrexham · 3-4-1-2
- Bailey Cadamarteri
Issa Kaboré
George Dobson
Oliver Rathbone
Danny Ward
Zak Vyner
Lewis O'Brien
Aaron James
Ryan Longman
Preston North End · 3-4-2-1
Pol Valentín- Jusef Erabi
Thierry Small
Lee Nicholls
A. Moran- Ed Nolan
- Isaac Irwin
Delano Burgzorg
Brad Potts
Player ratings
Star man Ben Whiteman
Wrexham
Preston North End