It was a good day to be a Preston North End fan yesterday as they finally got back to winning ways on home soil.

PNE fans hadn't seen their team win at Deepdale since the back end of 2020, and their only two wins of this year have come on the road at Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers.

But something had to give as another struggling team in Huddersfield Town visited Deepdale, and they were ruthlessly put to the sword.

After having penalty appeals turned down and missing some golden chances, Preston took the lead through Brad Potts, and he was the man who supplied the ball for the second goal in the second half, which Ched Evans dispatched.

A slick counter attack finished the Terriers off late on, with PNE's top scorer Scott Sinclair slamming home Tom Barkhuizen's outside of the boot cross.

 

 

 

 

One man who had a part in all three goals was Evans, who supplied the 'pre-assist' for both the first and third goals.

The striker slid in Scott Sinclair for his chance that Ryan Schofield saved, only for Potts to fire in the rebound for PNE's opener, and then Evans' outside of the foot pass set Barkhuizen away for him to create the final goal.

The ex-Fleetwood man has been a surprise revelation for North End, with his physical style bringing other attack-minded players into play and he's starting to add a few goals to his performances as well.

Despite some skepticism when he arrived, Evans is winning over a lot of PNE fans - check out their reaction to his performance yesterday.