Derby County B Team came out on top in a 3-2 win over Preston North End in the Central League at Moor Farm Training Centre on Monday.

Keith Briggs took charge of the B Team as they claimed their second win on the bounce, after winning 4-0 against Chesterfield in the Central League Cup on Thursday 4th September.

The win against Preston was the Rams’ first in the 2025/26 Central League, having lost 2-1 away to Oxford United Under-21s in the first match of the competition back in August.

Derby’s first-team defender Sondre Langås played the full game and captained the side against the Lilywhites, as he continued to build up his match sharpness following knee surgery conducted in the off-season.

Owen Eames gave Derby the lead at Moor Farm with a spectacular curling strike from distance. Oguntolu flicked the ball into the path of the midfielder, who took a touch and wrapped the ball just inside the right-hand post from 20 yards.

Marley Mintus doubled Derby’s lead before the break, as a well-timed body feint allowed him to find space to turn his defender and unleash a low strike, in a busy penalty area, that beat the goalkeeper.

The visitors hit back with a...