Charlton Athletic continued their 100% start to the Championship season with a victory over Preston, who have lost all three of their league games.
The home side took the lead after the break when Karlan Grant finished tidily after making a yard for himself in the area.
Preston, battered 4-0 at home by Everton in the Carabao Cup in midweek, looked for a way back into it but could not force Addicks keeper Arthur Okonkwo into a save of note.
Nathan Jones’ men sit at the top of the table as the only side to have won all three of their league matches this campaign.
Prior to Saturday’s match Preston had won their past six league matches against Charlton but hopes of making that seven today would not have been high.
Paul Heckingbottom’s men had fallen to opening league losses at Bolton and to Wolves before being taken apart by Everton at Deepdale on Wednesday.
The Preston boss said his side needed five new signings before the end of the window after the defeat by the Toffees, in which midfielder Ali McCann suffered a hamstring injury, and he gave debuts to Stanley Mills and Caleb Wiley from the bench after the duo joined on Thursday and Friday respectively.
Grant gave the home side the lead with his first goal for the club since leaving for Huddersfield in January 2019 as Millenic Alli’s cross came to him in the area.
Alli had a chance to wrap it up late on but was denied by a good save from Preston keeper Daniel Iversen.
It did not matter though as the away side managed just one shot on target all game and will now look to pick up their first points of the season at home to Bristol City on Tuesday.
Charlton, who have now won three games at the start of a second tier season for just the second time in their history, visit West Brom on Wednesday.