Championship News: Preston North End vs Sheffield Wednesday Confirmed Line-ups

By Victor Martins, FootballPredictions.NET, 14:30 01/01/2026

We are building up to the Preston North End vs Sheffield Wednesday Championship game which is scheduled to start shortly, and the teams have just been announced.

First off, the starting line-up for Preston North End which has been confirmed as follows:

Preston North End

Daniel Iversen #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 94kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Denmark
Jamal Lewis
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Northern Ireland
Place of birth: Luton, England
Andrew Hughes #16
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Wales
Place of birth: Cardiff, Wales
Jordan Storey #14
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 28
Nationality: England
Place of birth: England
Odel Offiah #42
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 23
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Camden, England
Pol Valentín Sancho #2
Also known as Pol Valentín
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Avinyonet de Puigventós, Spain
Ben Whiteman #4
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 29
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Rochdale, England
Ali McCann #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Northern Ireland
Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland
Alfie Devine #21
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 21
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Warrington, England
Milutin Osmajić #28
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 26
Michael Smith #24
Forward
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 34
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Wallsend, England
Bench: Walton, J (G), Small, T (D), Lindsay, L (D), Potts, B (D), Thompson, J (M), Frøkjær-Jensen, M (M), Dobbin, L (F), Jebbison, D (F), Keane, W (F).

The team sheet line-up for Sheffield Wednesday has also been confirmed as follows:

Sheffield Wednesday

Pierce Charles #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Northern Ireland
Place of birth: Manchester, England
Harry Amass #12
Defender
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 18
Nationality: England
Place of birth: London, England
Liam Cooper #16
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Scotland
Place of birth: Kingston upon Hull, England
Gabriel Otegbayo #22
Defender
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Ireland
Place of birth: Ireland
Dominic Iorfa #6
Defender
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 30
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Southend-on-Sea, England
Liam Palmer #2
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Scotland
Place of birth: Worksop, England
Jarvis Thornton #37
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 19
Nationality: England
Place of birth: England
Svante Ingelsson #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Sweden
Barry Bannan #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 61kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Scotland
Place of birth: Airdrie, Scotland
Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri #18
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 20
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Leeds, England
Charlie McNeill #17
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 22
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Droylsden, England
Bench: Horvath, E (G), Johnson, R (D), Emery, J (D), McGhee, C (D), Fusire, S (M), Shipston, R (M), Onukwuli, F (F), Redmond, N (F), Lowe, J (F).

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