English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 16, 2025
Leicester City DWLWL 1
–
Preston North End LDLDW 2
1st2ndT
LEI011
PNE112
Deepdale · 16,797 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

7
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
1
60.3
Possession
39.7
14
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
357
Accurate Passes
191
417
Passes
267
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
9
Accurate Crosses
8
25
Crosses
25
0.4
Cross %
0.3
36
Long Balls
64
14
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
8
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
15
11
Tackles
25
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
9
23
Effective Clearances
27
23
Clearances
27

Head to Head

LEI leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

PNE · 5-3-2

  1. 1Daniel IversenG
  2. 19Lewis GibsonCD
  3. 16Andrew HughesCD-L
  4. 14Jordan StoreyCD-R
  5. 26Thierry SmallLB
  6. 2Pol ValentínRB
  7. 4Benjamin WhitemanCM
  8. 21Alfie DevineCM-L
  9. 8Alistair McCannCM-R
  10. 28Milutin OsmajicCF-L
  11. 24Michael SmithCF-R

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jakub StolarczykG
  2. 23Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  3. 5Caleb OkoliCD-R
  4. 33Luke ThomasLB
  5. 2James JustinRB
  6. 11Bilal El KhannoussAM
  7. 24Boubakary SoumaréLM
  8. 8Harry WinksRM
  9. 9Jordan AyewF
  10. 10Stephy MavididiAM-L
  11. 7Fatawu IssahakuAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Preston North End 1, Leicester City 0. Alfie Devine (Preston North End) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pol Valentín following a fast break.
  2. 45' Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Bilal El Khannouss.
  3. 57' Substitution, Leicester City. Wout Faes replaces Luke Thomas.
  4. 57' Substitution, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga replaces Stephy Mavididi.
  5. 67' Goal! Preston North End 1, Leicester City 1. Jeremy Monga (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wout Faes.
  6. 73' Substitution, Preston North End. Odeluga Offiah replaces Pol Valentín.
  7. 73' Substitution, Preston North End. Stefán Thórdarson replaces Alfie Devine.
  8. 74' Jordan Storey (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces James Justin because of an injury.
  10. 85' Goal! Preston North End 2, Leicester City 1. Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Thierry Small with a cross following a fast break.
  11. 85' Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  12. 86' Substitution, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer replaces Abdul Fatawu.
  13. 86' Substitution, Preston North End. Andrija Vukcevic replaces Thierry Small.

EFL Championship News

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