It's now four games unbeaten for Preston North End, after their 1-1 draw with Swansea City at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon.

After Scott Sinclair had given Preston the lead with his first goal for the club - against one of his former sides - 27 minutes into the game, Rhian Brewster would equalise for Swansea just moments later, a goal that would be enough to ensure both sides ended the meeting with a point apiece.

Indeed, it was a game of few chances for the most part, with the two teams who started and finished the day just a place and a point a part seemingly cancelling each other out in a game where defence largely came out on top over attack.

One player who seemingly played a big part in that for Preston was Ben Pearson, with the holding midfielder putting in a real shift to help keep Swansea at bay across the course of the 90 minutes.

So just how good was Pearson for North End on Saturday?

Here, we put the spotlight on the 25-year-old's performance against Swansea, in order to find out.

Having come through the whole 97 minutes - including stoppage time - of Saturday's encounter, the stats certainly seem to suggest that Pearson made a big contribution for his side against Swansea in more ways than one.

With his role just in front of Preston's defence designed to help protect the back four behind him, Pearson carried out that job as reliably as ever on Saturday.

A defensive duel success rate of 83% - with the midfielder being beaten just once by an opposition attacker - helped reduce the threat on the back four behind him, and it wasn't just in the one on ones where Pearson impressed.

Across the course of the game, Pearson won possession for his side on no fewer than 13 occasions, which, coupled with the three interceptions he made, went a long way to helping North End control the flow of the game and reduce the threat posed to them by their opponents.

It should also be noted that Pearson often found himself having to come out of his natural position on a number of occasions in order to make those contributions on Saturday, which only goes to further highlight his commitment to the Preston cause.

As well as impressing in defence, Pearson also played his part going forward against Swansea.

With the midfielder winning 75% of the offensive duels he entered into, it does appear as though he was also capable of taking the game to the visitor's defence on Saturday.

Indeed, with Pearson also registering a pass success rate of 87% against Steve Cooper's side, his effective supply to his teammates in that sense will have also helped to keep the pressure on Swansea at Deepdale, and that percentage of Pearson's is made all the more impressive by the number of passes - 54 - that he made throughout the course of the game.

This, therefore, looks to have been one of those performances that highlights why Pearson is such a popular - and indeed important - figure around Deepdale, and with Preston still to play a number of other promotion-chasing sides in the final run-in, they will surely be hoping for a few more performances such as this one from the midfielder, between now and the end of the season.