Preston 3 Accrington Stanley 2

All the goals were scored in the first half as Preston fielded a strong side. Lonergan, Jones, Hill, Chilvers, Jarrett, Hawley, Mellor and Whaley have all featured at some point for the first team in their careers.

Preston opened the scoring through Hawley but were pegged back before top reserve scorer of last season Mellor bagged a goal. Stanley levelled before half time before the out of sorts Whaley gave Preston the lead again.