Preston North End 0-3 Leicester City: result and report

Championship · Monday 29 April 2024

Result

Preston North End 0-3 Leicester City

Championship · Monday 29 April 2024, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 0-3 Leicester City: match report

Preston North End lost to Leicester City 0-3 in the Championship on Monday 29 April 2024. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Preston North End did not score. Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (36'), Jamie Vardy (52') and K. McAteer (67').

Discipline: Preston North End received 4 yellow cards; Leicester City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 10th on 63 points from 44 and Leicester City 1st on 94 points from 44. Preston North End went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Leicester City 1st with 97.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Leicester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Abdul Fatawu Issahaku of Leicester City (8.7), ahead of Wout Felix Lina Faes (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 4 for Leicester City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 0-1
  • 46'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 52'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 0-2
  • 54'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
  • 62'Yellow card · Robbie BradyPreston North End
  • 67'Goal · K. McAteerLeicester City · 0-3
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Duane HolmesPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 4, draws 2, Leicester City 4.

Team news

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Preston North End line-up (3-4-1-2)

Freddie Woodman, Jack Whatmough, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Liam Millar, Ryan Ledson, Alan Browne, Robbie Brady, Will Keane, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Milutin Osmajic

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

Jakub Stolarczyk, Ricardo Pereira, Conor Coady, Jannik Vestergaard, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Yunus Akgün, Harry Winks, Wilfred Ndidi, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Jamie Vardy, Kasey McAteer