Preston North End vs Leicester City

Championship

Preston

1-1-0

2-1

Final

Leicester

1-0-1

Deepdale

Match pulse

PNEAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'LEI

40%Possession60%

14Shots14

4On target2

6Corners4

1Saves2

11Fouls7

74'Jordan StoreyPNE85'Milutin OsmajicPNE

Team	1H	2H	T
PNE	1	1	2
LEI	0	1	1

Who won: Preston 2-1

Preston North End beat Leicester City 2-1 on Saturday, August 16, 2025 at Deepdale. Goals for Preston: Alfie Devine (7') and Milutin Osmajic (85'). Goals for Leicester: Jeremy Monga (67').

What it means

Preston has dropped 4 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Leicester

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1Jakub StolarczykG
2Jannik VestergaardCD-L
3Caleb OkoliCD-R
4Luke ThomasLB
5James JustinRB
6Bilal El KhannoussAM
7Boubakary SoumaréLM
8Harry WinksRM
9Jordan AyewF
10Stephy MavididiAM-L
11Fatawu IssahakuAM-R

Preston24th in English League Championship

Lineup (5-3-2)

1Daniel IversenG
2Lewis GibsonCD
3Andrew HughesCD-L
4Jordan StoreyCD-R
5Thierry SmallLB
6Pol ValentínRB
7Benjamin WhitemanCM
8Alfie DevineCM-L
9Alistair McCannCM-R
10Milutin OsmajicCF-L
11Michael SmithCF-R

Head to head

LEI leads series 4-0-1

Last meeting: Leicester 1, Preston 0 (Oct 30)

Last 5

LEI

L@ HUD2-2
Wvs SHW2-1
L@ BOU0-2
Wvs IPS2-0
T@ NFO2-2

PNE

W@ BRW1-0
T@ QPR1-1
Lvs LIV1-3
T@ BRC2-2
Lvs PLY1-2

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Game info

Venue: Deepdale, Preston, England · Attendance 16,797
Officials: Gavin Ward

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