Leicester City 2-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Friday 3 April 2026

Result

Leicester City 2-2 Preston North End

Championship · Friday 3 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Leicester City 2-2 Preston North End: match report

Leicester City drew with Preston North End 2-2 in the Championship on Friday 3 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-2.

Patson Daka opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Patson Daka (4') and Patson Daka (81'). Preston North End scored through Andrew Moran (38') and Ben Whiteman (45').

Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 19th on 45 points from 39 and Preston North End 13th on 52 points from 39. Leicester City went on to finish that season 21st with 52 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Patson Daka of Leicester City (8.7), ahead of Daniel Iversen (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Patson DakaLeicester City · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Andrew MoranPreston North End
  • 21'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
  • 38'Goal · Andrew MoranPreston North End · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow cardLeicester City
  • 45'Goal · Ben WhitemanPreston North End · 1-2
  • 57'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
  • 81'Goal · Patson DakaLeicester City · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 5, draws 2, Preston North End 3.

Team news

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Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jakub Stolarczyk, Ricardo Pereira, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Jamaal Lascelles, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Oliver Skipp, Harry Winks, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Divine Mukasa, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Patson Daka

Preston North End line-up (5-3-2)

Daniel Iversen, Pol Valentín, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Thierry Small, A. Moran, Ben Whiteman, Alfie Devine, Milutin Osmajic, Lewis Dobbin