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'

Jordan 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
Jordan Storey #14	74'
A. Hughes #16
Pol Valentín #2	73' 🎯7'
Thierry Small #26	86' 🎯85'
Ben Whiteman #4
Alfie Devine #21	73' ⚽7'
Ali McCann #8
M. Osmajić #28	85' ⚽85'
Michael Smith #24

Will not play

Jamal

Jamal Piaras Lewis

Defender

Thigh injury

Return: Out for season

Callum Joseph

Callum Joseph Lang

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: Early May 2026

Alistair Edward

Alistair Edward McCann

Midfielder

Ankle injury

Return: Early May 2026

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
Jordan Storey #14	74'
A. Hughes #16
Pol Valentín #2	73' 🎯7'
Thierry Small #26	86' 🎯85'
Ben Whiteman #4
Alfie Devine #21	73' ⚽7'
Ali McCann #8
M. Osmajić #28	85' ⚽85'
Michael Smith #24

Will not play

Jamal

Jamal Piaras Lewis

Defender

Thigh injury

Return: Out for season

Callum Joseph

Callum Joseph Lang

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: Early May 2026

Alistair Edward

Alistair Edward McCann

Midfielder

Ankle injury

Return: Early May 2026

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

Memeh Caleb

Memeh Caleb Okoli

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Doubtful

Victor Bernth

Victor Bernth Kristiansen

Defender

Knee injury

Return: Doubtful

Benjamin

Benjamin Nelson

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Doubtful

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	42	25	10	7	84:42	+42	85	LWWDD
2	Ipswich Town	41	21	12	8	71:42	+29	75	WDWWL
3	Millwall	42	21	10	11	56:47	+9	73	LDWLD
4	Southampton	42	20	12	10	73:50	+23	72	WWWWW
5	Middlesbrough	42	20	12	10	62:42	+20	72	DDLDL
6	Hull City	42	20	8	14	64:60	+4	68	LWDDL
7	Wrexham AFC	42	17	13	12	63:60	+3	64	LWDLL
8	Derby County	42	18	9	15	61:53	+8	63	WWLWL
9	Norwich City	42	17	7	18	55:50	+5	58	LWDWL
10	Bristol City	42	16	10	16	52:51	+1	58	DLWWD
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	58:63	-5	58	WWWDD
12	Watford	42	14	15	13	52:51	+1	57	WDLDL
13	Preston North End	42	14	15	13	50:53	-3	57	LWDDW
14	Swansea City	42	16	9	17	50:54	-4	57	LLDDW
15	Birmingham City	42	15	11	16	51:52	-1	56	DLLLW
16	Stoke City	42	15	10	17	49:46	+3	55	WLWLD
17	Sheffield Utd	42	16	6	20	59:59	0	54	DLDLW
18	Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17	39:51	-12	49	DLLDL
19	Portsmouth	42	12	12	18	43:57	-14	48	LDDWW
20	Blackburn Rovers	43	12	12	19	38:53	-15	48	DWDDL
21	West Brom	42	11	13	18	42:56	-14	46	WWDDD
22	Oxford United	42	10	14	18	41:54	-13	44	DLDDW
23	Leicester	42	11	14	17	54:64	-10	41	LDDDL
24	Sheffield Wed	42	1	11	30	25:82	-57	-4	LLLDD

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.