Preston without suspended Ben Pearson for Huddersfield game

Posted Thursday, November 07, 2019 by PA

Preston boss Alex Neil will have to make at least one change for Saturday’s Sky Bet Championship clash with Huddersfield.

Ben Pearson is suspended after collecting his fifth booking of the campaign during Sunday’s 1-0 win at Charlton.

Fellow midfielder Daniel Johnson will be assessed after limping off with a foot injury before half-time at the Valley, while striker Louis Moult will miss the rest of the campaign with cruciate ligament damage.

However, skipper Tom Clarke is close to returning from a knee injury, while Brad Potts and David Nugent are both back in training after sitting out last weekend.

Huddersfield too will have a key player missing through suspension, with midfielder Jonathan Hogg facing a week on the sidelines.

Hogg also picked up a fifth caution of the season last weekend in Saturday’s 1-0 win at Brentford and will sit out his first league game of the season.

Manager Danny Cowley has a series of option as he considers a replacement with Trevoh Chalobah, Alex Pritchard and Jon Gorenc Stankovic all candidates for the vacancy.

Steve Mounie is back in training after a toe injury and Jaden Brown remains a doubt, while Herbert Bockhorn, Terence Kongolo and Collin Quaner are still unavailable.