Leicester City FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Leicester City FC

2 – 2

Full Time

Preston North End FC

Fri 3 Apr 2026 · 14:00 UTC King Power Stadium 28,797 HT 45' · FT 45'

Patson Daka 4' 1–0

1–1 38' Andrew Moran

1–2 45' Ben Whiteman

Patson Daka 81' 2–2

Y 15' Andrew Moran

Y 21' Andrew Hughes

Y 57' Liam Lindsay

Y 64' Jordan Storey

Overview

Match Preview

Leicester City FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship at King Power Stadium.

Leicester City FC 46 games · 46 pts (2026/27)
Preston North End FC 15 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Benjamin Speedie (England)
Assistant 1 Bhupinder Gill
Assistant 2 Alex James (England)

7 games this season 🟨 3.6/game ⚽ 10.6 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Leicester City FC 4 games · Avg 3.3 goals Preston North End FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-03 Leicester City FC 2–2 Preston North End FC 2025-08-16 Preston North End FC 2–1 Leicester City FC 2024-04-29 Preston North End FC 0–3 Leicester City FC 2023-10-04 Leicester City FC 3–0 Preston North End FC

Recent Form

Leicester City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Apr	Preston North End FC	H	2–2	D
21 Mar	Watford FC	A	0–0	D
14 Mar	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	1–3	L
10 Mar	Bristol City FC	H	2–0	W
07 Mar	Ipswich Town FC	A	1–1	D
28 Feb	Norwich City FC	H	0–2	L

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Apr	Leicester City FC	A	2–2	D
20 Mar	Stoke City FC	H	3–1	W
14 Mar	Norwich City FC	A	0–2	L
11 Mar	Coventry City FC	A	0–3	L
06 Mar	Oxford United FC	H	1–3	L
28 Feb	Millwall FC	H	0–2	L

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

7% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Preston North End FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/6

46-60

1/3

61-75

–/4

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	4 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to King Power Stadium that hosts another battle between Leicester City FC and Preston North End FC.
4' GOAL! Patson Daka fires home to make it 1-0!
9' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Leicester City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
14' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Daniel Jebbison made 377 appearances and scored 11 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
15' Andrew Moran has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 15.
20' Leicester City FC have won 526 goals from 364 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
21' A moment of madness from Andrew Hughes on 21 minutes earns him a card. Preston North End FC will be frustrated.
26' It is a cagey affair so far. Leicester City FC in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Preston North End FC's compact 5-3-2.
31' It’s high time Paul Heckingbottom made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
36' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
38' The deadlock is broken! Andrew Moran gets on the scoresheet on 38 minutes.
43' Preston North End FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
45' Assisted by Alfie Devine with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ben Whiteman makes no mistake. 1-2!
50' It looks surprising Leicester City FC does not make any changes. Liam Lindsay has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
55' Leicester City FC is showing some good football. However, Leicester City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
57' Liam Lindsay picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
62' The travelling Preston North End FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
64' It’s a booking for Preston North End FC player. Jordan Storey gets a card.
67' Preston North End FC ring the changes. Andrew Moran has done his job and it is now time for Brad Potts to step up.
72' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Preston North End FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
74' Fresh legs for Leicester City FC! Ben Nelson comes on to replace Jamaal Lascelles.
79' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
80' A change in the Preston North End FC ranks — Lewis Dobbin exits the field as Michael Smith enters on 80.
81' GOAL! Patson Daka scores on 81.
85' The Preston North End FC bench stirs into life. Thierry Small is withdrawn and Andrija Vukcevic gets his opportunity.
88' Time for substitution for Leicester City FC. Patson Daka is replaced by Jordan Ayew.
90' Another substitution for Leicester City FC to replace Divine Mukasa by Jannik Vestergaard on 90 minute.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.

Lineups

Leicester City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

21
Ricardo Pereira
24
Jamaal Lascelles ↓ Ben Nelson 74'
8
Harry Winks
22
Oliver Skipp ↓ Bobby Reid 74'
10
Stephy Mavididi ↓ Jeremy Monga 88'
20
Patson Daka ↓ Jordan Ayew 88'
5
Caleb Okoli
33
Luke Thomas
1
Jakub Stolarczyk
7
Abdul Issahaku
29
Divine Mukasa ↓ Jannik Vestergaard 90'

Bench

17
Hamza Choudhury
9
Jordan Ayew ↑ 88'
31
Asmir Begovic
23
Jannik Vestergaard ↑ 90'
14
Bobby Reid ↑ 74'
18
Joe Aribo
4
Ben Nelson ↑ 74'
12
Dujuan Richards
28
Jeremy Monga ↑ 88'

Coach Andy King

Preston North End FC Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

6
Liam Lindsay ↓ Lewis Gibson 67'
16
Andrew Hughes
14
Jordan Storey
4
Ben Whiteman
1
Daniel Iversen
2
Pol Valentin Sancho
28
Milutin Osmajic ↓ Daniel Jebbison 67'
21
Alfie Devine
26
Thierry Small ↓ Andrija Vukcevic 85'
17
Lewis Dobbin ↓ Michael Smith 80'
23
Andrew Moran ↓ Brad Potts 67'

Bench

44
Brad Potts ↑ 67'
24
Michael Smith ↑ 80'
13
David Cornell
3
Andrija Vukcevic ↑ 85'
19
Lewis Gibson ↑ 67'
9
Daniel Jebbison ↑ 67'
42
Odel Offiah
34
Kitt Nelson
22
Milos Lukovic

Coach Paul Heckingbottom

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Patson Daka	2
Kiernan Dewsbury Hall	2
Jamie Vardy	2
Kasey McAteer	1
Ben Whiteman	1
Andrew Moran	1
Kelechi Iheanacho	1

Head to Head

Leicester City FC Form

2026-04-03 Leicester City FC 2–2 Preston North End FC D 2026-03-21 Watford FC 0–0 Leicester City FC D 2026-03-14 Leicester City FC 1–3 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2026-03-10 Leicester City FC 2–0 Bristol City FC W 2026-03-07 Ipswich Town FC 1–1 Leicester City FC D 2026-02-28 Leicester City FC 0–2 Norwich City FC L

Preston North End FC Form

2026-04-03 Leicester City FC 2–2 Preston North End FC D 2026-03-20 Preston North End FC 3–1 Stoke City FC W 2026-03-14 Norwich City FC 2–0 Preston North End FC L 2026-03-11 Coventry City FC 3–0 Preston North End FC L 2026-03-06 Preston North End FC 1–3 Oxford United FC L 2026-02-28 Preston North End FC 0–2 Millwall FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.69 Leicester City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.15 Preston North End FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Leicester City FC49% Draw26% Preston North End FC25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.84

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Leicester City FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Preston North End FC

51%

Leicester City FC or Preston North End FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Leicester City FC35% Draw45% Preston North End FC20%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.3%

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 0

2 – 0

8.2%

0 – 0

7.7%

1 – 2

6.3%

0 – 1

5.8%

2 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

4.5%

0 – 2

3.8%

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Leicester City FC

Handicap	Leicester City FC covers	Push	Preston North End FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	22%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	15%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Leicester City FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.