Preston North End 2-0 Charlton Athletic: Thierry Small and Daniel Jebbison net in Lilywhites win
Source: Sky Sports
Published 2 days ago
Thierry Small scored against his old club as Preston beat Charlton 2-0 in the Sky Bet Championship.
The 21-year-old was getting token jeers from the away following and he responded with a deflected opener in the 67th minute.
In a game of attrition on a windy afternoon, Daniel Jebbison scored his first goal for Preston to double the lead late in the second half.
It was Jebbison who had the first shot of a very cagey opening after 15 minutes but the on-loan Bournemouth man directed Andrija Vukcevic's delivery comfortably wide.
Charlton were happy to sit in and contain North End with Sonny Carey having their first sight of goal 10 minutes later, curling well wide from 25 yards despite having time to pick his spot.
Shortly after, Lewis Dobbin had two bites at the Charlton cherry - scuffing a shot from range harmlessly wide before thundering over the bar from a tight angle inside the box.
Vukcevic was a constant threat down the left for Preston and his whipped delivery was glanced wide by Ben Whiteman as another half-chance went begging for the hosts.