Alan Browne continued his good home form with a first-half goal in the win against Millwall

Millwall's dreadful away form continued as they dropped into the relegation zone with a defeat against Preston North End at Deepdale.
Preston's Alan Browne opened the scoring in the 37th minute when he latched onto Lukas Nmecha's pass to finish.
The home side doubled their lead five minutes later when Tom Barkhuizen was found by Paul Gallagher, and the forward slotted past the advancing Jordan Archer.


Millwall, who are yet to win on their travels this season, started the second half brightly with Jed Wallace and Steve Morison both going close before Jake Cooper made the breakthrough just after the hour mark.

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The defender, who signed a new contract this week, headed in from a Shane Ferguson corner to reduce the arrears.
Preston responded well and almost extended their lead again when Browne's header was cleared off the line.
But they made sure of the points in the 82nd minute when Andrew Hughes curled a free-kick into the bottom corner.
Lions striker Lee Gregory made it 3-2 in the third minute of stoppage time, but Neil Harris' side ran out of time to get anything out of the game.
The result means Millwall have picked up just three points from 11 away matches this campaign.
Preston boss Alex Neil:
"I thought that it was a bit of a mixed performance on the whole. In the first half we controlled the ball well, but we did not look to penetrate them enough, and I thought the balance wasn't quite right at times.
"But two great passes from Paul Gallagher opened the game up in the first half. The first one, which goes through Lukas Nmecha, gets the goal and his pass for the second goal was a cracker.
"It wasn't great, but at the end of the day we have got three points, another win under our belts and we are now closer to the play-offs than the drop zone."
Millwall manager Neil Harris:
"It was groundhog day for us, we've conceded five or six chances and conceded three goals. At the other end we've created about 10 clear cut chances and scored two and ultimately we've come away with nothing from the game.
"In the 30 or so minutes before they score the opening goal, I cannot remember Preston being in our penalty area, but the two times the ball goes into our penalty area in the first half we concede.
"We simply cannot give opportunities like that away and expect to get away with it, because at this level it gives you a mountain to climb. If you wanted 90 minutes to sum up our season in a nutshell, that was it."

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Line-ups

Preston

    1Rudd

    5Clarke

    23Huntington

    6DaviesBooked at 15mins

    16Hughes

    4Pearson

    12Gallagher

    29Barkhuizen

    8BrowneSubstituted forBurkeat 90+2'minutes

    11JohnsonSubstituted forLedsonat 82'minutes

    45Nmecha

Substitutes

    2Fisher

    14Storey

    15Woods

    18Ledson

    19Burke

    22Maxwell

    33Walker

Millwall

    1Archer

    12RomeoBooked at 5mins

    4Hutchinson

    5CooperBooked at 80mins

    3MeredithSubstituted forFergusonat 45'minutes

    7WallaceBooked at 69mins

    28Leonard

    18TunnicliffeSubstituted forElliottat 82'minutes

    22O'Brien

    20Morison

    9Gregory

Substitutes

    2McLaughlin

    11Ferguson

    13Amos

    17Webster

    19Elliott

    21Karacan

    25Wallace

Referee:

John Brooks

Attendance:

10,924

Match Stats

Home TeamPrestonAway TeamMillwall

Possession

Home59%

Away41%

Shots

Home14

Away17

Shots on Target

Home7

Away4

Corners

Home8

Away10

Fouls

Home9

Away10

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Match ends, Preston North End 3, Millwall 2.Full TimePosted at 90'+4'
Second Half ends, Preston North End 3, Millwall 2.
Posted at 90'+3'
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Shaun Hutchinson.Posted at 90'+3'
Attempt blocked. Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Barkhuizen.
Goal!Posted at 90'+2'
Goal! Preston North End 3, Millwall 2. Lee Gregory (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mahlon Romeo.Posted at 90'+2'
Attempt missed. Mahlon Romeo (Millwall) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.Posted at 90'+2'
Attempt blocked. Tom Elliott (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aiden O'Brien.SubstitutionPosted at 90'+2'
Substitution, Preston North End. Graham Burke replaces Alan Browne.Posted at 90'+1'
Foul by Lukas Nmecha (Preston North End).Posted at 90'+1'
Ryan Leonard (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Posted at 89'
Attempt missed. Tom Barkhuizen (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Ledson.Posted at 89'
Ben Pearson (Preston North End) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Paul Gallagher.Posted at 88'
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Ryan Leonard.Posted at 85'
Offside, Preston North End. Declan Rudd tries a through ball, but Lukas Nmecha is caught offside.Posted at 85'
Ben Pearson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Posted at 85'
Foul by Ryan Leonard (Millwall).Posted at 83'
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Ben Pearson.SubstitutionPosted at 82'
Substitution, Millwall. Tom Elliott replaces Ryan Tunnicliffe.SubstitutionPosted at 82'
Substitution, Preston North End. Ryan Ledson replaces Daniel Johnson.
Goal!Posted at 81'
Goal! Preston North End 3, Millwall 1. Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.BookingPosted at 80'
Jake Cooper (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.Posted at 80'
Tom Barkhuizen (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.Posted at 80'
Foul by Jake Cooper (Millwall).Posted at 79'
Tom Clarke (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Posted at 79'
Foul by Shaun Hutchinson (Millwall).Posted at 79'
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Ben Pearson.Posted at 75'
Declan Rudd (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Posted at 75'
Foul by Jake Cooper (Millwall).Posted at 74'
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Ben Davies.Posted at 74'
Attempt blocked. Ryan Tunnicliffe (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.Posted at 73'
Delay over. They are ready to continue.Posted at 71'
Delay in match Paul Huntington (Preston North End) because of an injury.Posted at 71'
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Alan Browne.Posted at 70'
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Paul Huntington.Posted at 70'
Attempt blocked. Aiden O'Brien (Millwall) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jed Wallace.BookingPosted at 69'
Jed Wallace (Millwall) is shown the yellow card.Posted at 69'
Ben Pearson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Posted at 69'
Foul by Jed Wallace (Millwall).Posted at 66'
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.Posted at 66'
Foul by Tom Clarke (Preston North End).

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Source: bbc.com