League One
March 16, 2013
Brentford
1 - 0
Preston North End
League One
15:00 +00:00, March 16, 2013
Griffin Park, England
Referee: Gavin Ward
Last-gasp Bees sting North End
Scoring Summary
| Brentford | Preston North End |
|---|---|
| Sam Saunders (pen 90') |
Teams
| Brentford | Preston North End |
|---|---|
| 21 Simon Moore | 23 Declan Rudd |
| 5 Tony Craig | 15 Paul Connolly |
| 14 Shaleum Logan | 16 David Buchanan |
| 6 Harlee Dean | 4 Paul Huntington |
| 32 Liam Moore | 5 Chris Robertson |
| 8 Jonathan Douglas | 19 John Welsh |
| 20 Toumani Diagouraga | 11 Lee Holmes |
| 7 Sam Saunders | 8 Nicky Wroe |
| 12 Tom Adeyemi | 22 Jack King |
| 9 Clayton Donaldson | 14 Joe Garner |
| 17 Bradley Wright-Phillips | 29 Stuart Beavon |
| Substitutes | |
| 16 Antoine Gounet | Thorsten Stuckmann 1 |
| 24 Jake Bidwell | Luke Foster 27 |
| 4 Adam Forshaw | Andrew Procter 18 |
| 15 Stuart Dallas | Keith Keane 2 |
| 22 Jake Reeves | John Mousinho 21 |
| 19 Harry Forrester | Jeffrey Monakana 17 |
| 11 Marcello Trotta | Graham Cummins 9 |
| Substitutions | |
| Jake Bidwell for Tony Craig (55) | John Mousinho for John Welsh (33) |
| Adam Forshaw for Tom Adeyemi (65) | Keith Keane for Lee Holmes (46) |
| Marcello Trotta for Bradley Wright-Phillips (71) | Graham Cummins for Jack King (87) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Toumani Diagouraga (20) | David Buchanan (54) |
| Marcello Trotta (80) | |
| Shaleum Logan (90) | |
| Sam Saunders (90) | |
| · Squads: Brentford | Preston North End | |
Brentford moved into the automatic promotion spots with a 1-0 victory thanks to Sam Saunders' last-ditch penalty against Preston.
The winger was brought down by former Bee John Mousinho in the box deep into injury time and got up to send goalkeeper Declan Rudd the wrong way from the spot.
It was reward for a dominant display from the Londoners who laid siege to the visitors' goal almost from start to finish.
Rudd kept North End in it with a string of first half saves to twice deny Clayton Donaldson while defender Harlee Dean also saw a header cleared off the line.
Match-winner Saunders curled an effort just wide of the far post before the break while Lee Holmes fired over and Jack King side-footed wide for Preston.
Brentford took control after the break but again it was Rudd who rescued his side, tipping Saunders' curling free kick to safety and then looking on as the same player fired wide after a strong Shaleum Logan run and cross.
Skipper Jonathan Douglas fired over from close range and Bradley Wright-Phillips blazed over as the clock ticked down.
But the moment of madness from Mousinho cost his side dear and Saunders kept his cool to take maximum points for the Londoners.