Preston North End vs Leicester 16/08/2025

Preston North End

Preston North End

Deepdale Stadium

16 Aug 2025, 16:00

2:1

Finished

Leicester

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

7'

Goal

Alfie Devine(Pol Valentín)

2ND HALF

B. El Khannouss

Patson Daka

46'

Luke Thomas

Jeremy Monga

57'

S. Mavididi

Wout Faes

57'

Jeremy Monga(Wout Faes)

Goal

67'

73'

Oddel Offiah

Alfie Devine

73'

S. Thordarson

Pol Valentín

74'

J. Storey

James Justin

Injured

76'

James Justin

H. Choudhury

77'

85'

M. Osmajić

85'

Goal

M. Osmajić(Thierry Small)

86'

Andrija Vukcevic

Thierry Small

Abdul Fatawu

Kasey Mcateer

86'

Match statistics

39%Possession61%

270Passes Attempted418

192Completed Passes360

6Corners4

23Throw-ins26

13Shots On Target14

Line-ups

Preston North End

Formation

5-3-2

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Lewis Jack

#19Gibson

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Andrew

#16Hughes

Pol

#2Valentín Sancho

Thierry

#26Small

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Alfie Sean

#21Devine

Alistair Edward

#8McCann

Milutin

#28Osmajić

Michael

#24Smith

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1
Lewis Gibson #19
J. Storey #14	74'
A. Hughes #16
Pol Valentín #2	73' 🎯7'
Thierry Small #26	86' 🎯85'
B. Whiteman #4
Alfie Devine #21	73' ⚽7'
A. McCann #8
M. Osmajić #28	85' ⚽85'
Michael Smith #24

Will not play

Callum Joseph

Callum Joseph Lang

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: Late March 2026

Alistair Edward

Alistair Edward McCann

Midfielder

Physical discomfort

Return: Doubtful

Manager

Preston North End

Paul Heckingbottom

Preston North End

Formation

5-3-2

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Lewis Jack

#19Gibson

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Andrew

#16Hughes

Pol

#2Valentín Sancho

Thierry

#26Small

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Alfie Sean

#21Devine

Alistair Edward

#8McCann

Milutin

#28Osmajić

Michael

#24Smith

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1
Lewis Gibson #19
J. Storey #14	74'
A. Hughes #16
Pol Valentín #2	73' 🎯7'
Thierry Small #26	86' 🎯85'
B. Whiteman #4
Alfie Devine #21	73' ⚽7'
A. McCann #8
M. Osmajić #28	85' ⚽85'
Michael Smith #24

Will not play

Callum Joseph

Callum Joseph Lang

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: Late March 2026

Alistair Edward

Alistair Edward McCann

Midfielder

Physical discomfort

Return: Doubtful

Manager

Preston North End

Paul Heckingbottom

Leicester

Formation

4-2-3-1

Jakub

#1Stolarczyk

Jannik

#23Vestergaard

Memeh Caleb

#5Okoli

Luke Jonathan

#33Thomas

James

#2Justin

Boubakary

#24Soumare

Harry

#8Winks

Bilal

#11El Khannouss

Stephy Alvaro

#10Mavididi

Issahaku

#7Abdul Fatawu

Jordan Pierre

#9Ayew

Starting XI

J. Stolarczyk #1
J. Vestergaard #23
Caleb Okoli #5
Luke Thomas #33	57'
James Justin #2	76' 77'
B. Soumaré #24
Harry Winks #8
B. El Khannouss #11	46'
S. Mavididi #10	57'
Abdul Fatawu #7	86'
Jordan Ayew #9

Will not play

Harry James

Harry James Souttar

Defender

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Early April 2026

Aaron James

Aaron James Ramsey

Midfielder

Physical discomfort

Return: Doubtful

Victor Bernth

Victor Bernth Kristiansen

Defender

Knee injury

Return: Late March 2026

Manager

Leicester

Martí Cifuentes

Head-to-head

20 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

5

Wins

6

Draws

9

Wins

Leicester

Leicester

Championship2024 • 1 match

Preston North End

Preston North End

Leicester

Championship2023 • 1 match

Leicester

Preston North End

Preston North End

Friendly2022 • 1 match

Preston North End

Preston North End

Leicester

Friendly2014 • 1 match

Preston North End

Preston North End

Leicester

Championship2011 • 1 match

Preston North End

Preston North End

Leicester

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	38	23	8	7	78:40	+38	77	WWWWL
2	Middlesbrough	38	20	10	8	59:37	+22	70	DWWLD
3	Ipswich Town	37	19	11	7	66:38	+28	68	WWDDW
4	Millwall	38	20	8	10	52:43	+9	68	WWWWL
5	Hull City	38	19	6	13	59:56	+3	63	WLLWL
6	Wrexham AFC	38	16	12	10	58:50	+8	60	WWLWL
7	Southampton	38	15	13	10	60:48	+12	58	WWDWD
8	Derby County	38	16	9	13	55:48	+7	57	LWWLW
9	Watford	38	14	13	11	50:46	+4	55	LWDLW
10	Birmingham City	38	14	11	13	48:48	0	53	LLLWD
11	Norwich City	38	15	7	16	51:45	+6	52	WWWWD
12	Swansea City	38	15	7	16	44:46	-2	52	DLWWL
13	Stoke City	38	14	9	15	45:40	+5	51	WLLDW
14	Bristol City	38	14	9	15	49:49	0	51	WLLLD
15	Sheffield Utd	38	15	5	18	53:52	+1	50	LWDLD
16	Queens Park Rangers	38	14	8	16	49:60	-11	50	LLLLW
17	Preston North End	38	12	13	13	42:48	-6	49	DLLLL
18	Charlton Athletic	38	12	12	14	36:45	-9	48	DLWWD
19	Blackburn Rovers	38	11	9	18	36:49	-13	42	LLDLW
20	Portsmouth	37	10	10	17	36:48	-12	40	LLDLL
21	West Brom	38	10	10	18	39:54	-15	40	DLDDW
22	Oxford United	38	9	12	17	36:49	-13	39	LWWWD
23	Leicester	38	11	11	16	51:60	-9	38	DLDWL
24	Sheffield Wed	38	1	9	28	23:76	-53	-6	LLLDL

Promotion

Playoff

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

Gavin Ward

Venue:

Deepdale Stadium

Capacity:

23 408

Preston North End vs Leicester match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Preston North End and Leicester. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.